The Research Proposal and Annotated Bibliography will be on the
subject of the student’s choosing as it relates to any legal topic they
wish to write about. Please, the topic should be relate to legal topic, anything that have to do with Law
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Assignment #1 Research Proposal and Annotated Bibliography (Due February 3, 2023)
Students will be required to submit a Course Paper and annotated bibliography.
The Course Paper will be on the subject of the student’s choosing as it relates to any legal topic
they wish to write about. Students are not required to get pre-approval for their research
proposal and annotated bibliography. Students are encouraged to think creatively and outside
the box. In past years, the students who have refined and interesting thesis statements often
succeed. The Course Paper and Annotated bibliography will test your ability to craft persuasive,
interesting, and thought-provoking legal, and academic writing.
The Course Paper proposal will consist of 20% of your final grade and is due on February 3,
2023. The proposal cannot exceed five pages, double-spaced, with a 12-sized Time News
Roman font. The student is required to provide, at a bare minimum: a) the topic, b) the
research question, c) the working thesis of your paper, d) proposed arguments in support of
your thesis, and e) an annotated bibliography with at least 5 sources that you are planning to
use for your paper.
The annotated bibliography must provide a brief summary of the source
and how it would be deployed in a final paper. Students will be expected to sufficiently explain
their thesis, arguments, and purpose of the paper. Students will be assessed on their
understanding of the topic in question, their engagement with the subject matter proposed,
and their ability to briefly explain their proposed paper to the professor.