The American Judiciary Essay

Sonia Sotomayor

Written Assignments Each student will prepare a term paper, of a minimum of ten (10) pages, on a topic encompassed by jurisprudence. The term paper will be due May 4th. Late briefs will not be accepted. It is easy to download from the Internet but that is not only morally dishonest but educationally counterproductive, since you are defeating the purpose of writing and thus cheating yourself as well. See, also, Statement of College Policy on Plagiarism. All papers must be submitted as a pdf and formatted in the APA citation method. Students will use the American Psychological Association (APA) style for written assignments, as appropriate. APA guidelines can be found on the John Jay College Library website http://www.lib. jjay.cuny.edu/ under “library publications.” The Writing Center -located in room 01 .68 NB, is a service that provides free tutoring in writing to students of John Jay College. The Center emphasizes formulating a thesis, organizing, and developing ideas, documenting American Psychological Association (APA) style, evaluating evidence, and revising a paper, and writing specific to the disciplines. If you are given a Referral Form to the Writing Center, you must comply with their requirements to get further instruction on the specific items addressed on the form: this is not an option. The Center’s tutorial staff offers help in all stages of writing: Prewriting -overcoming writing block, generating material, formulating a thesis, doing research. Writing -organizing, paragraphing, supporting one’s points, expressing one’s ideas clearly. Post-writing -revising, reorganizing, proofreading.