1050 points total (topic + draft + final)

A. Writing Assignment

The purpose of this research paper is to explore any current internet legal issue related to how Artifical Intelligence is changing the legal profession, and produce a brief summary report.
Your report must be no more than 1000 words.
Your report will be graded using a rubric based on the College of Business Writing Flag rubric.
This assignment is intended to provide context, opportunity and feedback to you to improve your writing with discipline-specific texts, tools, and strategies.
Good writing is essential to academic learning and intellectual development.

 This assignment is designed to promote your abilities to...

a. practice the processes and procedures for creating and completing a successful written assignment;

b. understand the main features and uses of writing;

c. adapt writing to the general expectations of readers;

d. make use of the technologies commonly used for research and writing; and

e. learn the conventions of evidence, format, usage, and documentation

B. College of Business Written Communications Outcomes

A student should be able to:

• construct coherent business writings (e.g. memos, reports, summaries); {Rubric criteria:  Thesis/Purpose & Structure}
• formulate intelligent claims and make purposeful, appropriately documented use of authoritative sources as supporting evidence; {Rubric criteria: Development of Support of Ideas}
• adapt the structure, content, and tone of your writing to knowledge and attitudes of your audience; {Rubric criteria: Style}
• use vivid, concrete language; concise, varied sentences; unified, cohesive paragraphs; gender-inclusive English; and a college-level vocabulary; and {Rubric criteria: Organization}
• proofread, edit, and correct your final copy for common spelling errors, punctuation, capitalization, and usage. {Rubric criteria: Mechanics & References}

Each student is required to write an original report
Do not copy and paste an article from the internet.
Use Generative Artificial Intelligence responsibly-carefully review your prompts and any AI output before submitting.
You are encouraged to share your writings with each other, to solicit feedback for improvement.
Feel free to use Microsoft OneDrive for Business or GoogleDocs to share your drafts with fellow students.

(50)Your topic must be submitted using the Research Paper Topic Assignment that is available on your website home page by the due date listed in the D2L Calendar.

(300) Your research paper draft submission must be a Word document uploaded to the D2L Assignment "Project Draft Submission" by the due date listed in the D2L Calendar.

(700) Your research paper final submission must be a Word document uploaded to the D2L Assignment "Project Final Submission" by the due date listed in the D2L Calendar.

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Note that rubrics contain the same guidelines, difference is point value.

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