In answering the essay question, please write your answers in bluebooks, using only one side of a page and observing margins. This leaves the facing side of each page available if you need to insert additional responses after reading over your answer. Please answer in complete sentences. Bullet points are not sentences. I like to see liberal use of paragraphs, underlined headings, and similarly helpful organizational devices.
Legible handwriting is essential.
Be advised that you will not be given any credit for answers that I cannot read. If I have to struggle to read your writing, I am not likely to be in a generous mood when I assign your grade. Answering unasked questions is at best a waste of time, as is regurgitating a litany of legal rules without any application to the facts or discussion of applicable policies. There may not be a fight or wrong answer for the essay question. What is of utmost importance to me in the essay question is your reasoned analysis.