Task List	Anticipated Barriers	Plan	Self-Evaluation
Week 1	Begin research using secondary sources Identify at least five precedential cases relevant to research question	I’m not sure how to identify the best secondary sources I have two extra shifts at work this week and a big presentation on Friday	I will talk to the law librarians about how to narrow down the universe of secondary sources Every day this week I’ll wake up an hour early to research precedential cases before I head to school	I met with the law librarian for 10 minutes and that helped me find several good secondary sources I found my five cases in the first two mornings of research so I didn’t have to wake up early the rest of the week
Week 2	Finish research Synthesize research with respect to elements of applicable defense	This is a big task and I have been putting things off and wasting time when an assignment seems overwhelming I’m not sure about “synthesizing”: how do I organize all this law in a way that makes sense?	Starting today, I will spend the two hours I have free between Torts and Contracts class in the library with my phone off, until my research seems finished I will talk to my TA about how she synthesizes cases	I kept my phone on in the library and ended up using research time to check social media-now I need to spend additional time next week finishing the research My TA showed me a really helpful method to organize the caselaw I’ve found
Week 3	Finish research Outline memo’s discussion Write memo’s fact section	The phone! My cousin’s wedding is Saturday and I don’t want to have to do class work this weekend	This time I’ll leave my phone in my locker while I’m in the library I’ll add an hour of library time Mon-Thurs to finish these tasks so I can reward myself with a weekend off	The locker idea worked and I finished the research! I’m not entirely done with the facts, but I finished my outline before the weekend and I’m confident I can draft the facts after class today