But if you canʼt tick nearly all of the boxes below, you are unlikely to have written a great essay. If, when you have completed a draft, you only tick a few boxes, donʼt panic! It just means that you havenʼt finished yet. Go back and address the areas where you have identified that you have fallen short, and make such changes as you can until you feel that you have done your very best. A great essay will almost always be the product of several drafts. 1.Content a) Have you explained the relevant legal issues, and put them in context?b) Have you made good use of primary source material?c) Have you engaged with the most important and relevant scholarly literature?2.Argument/Analysisd) Have you minimised the amount of superfluous descriptive material?e) Is your essay focused around one or two clear and relevant points of analysis? f) Does your argument have a clear, logical and well-flowing structure?3.Languageg) Does your use of language follow accepted rules of spelling, grammar and punctuation? h) Does your use of language clearly and succinctly communicate the argument you want to put across? Do you make good use of stylistic elements?4.Originality/Independence of Thoughti) Can you identify some element of your essay that is clearly ʻyoursʼ, that is not wholly derivative of what you have read or heard in lectures or seminars?