JQuery Validation plugin with Laravel

My front-end validation rules don't seem to work. Herewith my create.blade.php and member_form.blade.php files

create.blade.php

{!! Form::model($member, ['action' => 'MemberController@store', 'id' => 'createform']) !!}

    @include('members.partials.member_form')

    <button class="btn btn-success" type="submit">Save Member</button>

{!! Form::close() !!}

<script>
    $(document).ready(function(){
        $("#createform").validate({
            rules: {
                name: {
                    required:true
                }
            }
        });
    });
</script>

member_form.blade.php

<div class="form-group">
{!! Form::label('name', 'First Name:') !!}
{!! Form::text('name', null, ['class' => 'form-control']) !!}
</div>

When I'm testing the Jquery validation plugin, I only get my back-end validation messages. No front-end validation message appear when I try to create a blank create form where no name input is entered. Did I enter the js script in the wrong place or is my code wrong? Documentation seem to be inline with what I coded here.

via Chebli Mohamed