For his Law course, Usama needs to write a legal opinion about a case. Unsure how to write it, he emails his uncle who is a practising lawyer. His uncle emails him a model answer which Usama hands in after changing one or two words. Is this acceptable help?
(Refer to Third party assistance: What is it?)

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BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

Third-party assistance occurs when someone other than the student produces, substantially drafts, or supplies the assessed work. University academic-integrity policies and standard assessment rules treat submitting another person’s model answer—even with minimal edits—as plagiarism or collusion because the student is representing someone else’s intellectual work as their own.

1. Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Plagiarism: presenting someone else’s work as your own without proper attribution.
- Collusion/unauthorized collaboration: getting impermissible help so the submitted work is not independently produced.
- Acceptable help: general discussion, teaching of concepts, referencing sources, or feedback permitted by the instructor; not handing over a ready-made model answer for submission.

2. Step-by-step reasoning
- Uncle’s act: he supplied a model answer (this is third-party creation of assessed content).
- Usama’s action: he made only minor wording changes (one or two words) and submitted it as his own.
- Result: the core substance, structure, arguments and legal analysis come from the uncle, not Usama.

3. Intermediate logical steps (explicit)
- If the majority of content/analysis originated with the uncle, authorship lies with the uncle.
- Changing a few words does not transform authorship nor make the work original to Usama.
- Assessment rules require the student’s independent demonstration of skills/knowledge.

4. Why the correct answer is correct
- The correct answer, No, follows because submitting a model answer received from another person—even with minimal edits—constitutes third-party assistance and is unacceptable. The student has not independently produced the legal opinion and is misrepresenting authorship.

5. Why other possible answers would be incorrect
- “Yes” is wrong because it ignores authorship and academic integrity rules.
- “Yes if you change one or two words” is wrong because minor edits do not create original work.
- “Yes if you disclose/acknowledge” is typically insufficient; many institutions still prohibit third-party drafting even if acknowledged unless explicit permission was granted.

6. Conclusion
- The correct response is No. This confirms the provided answer: No.

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