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Podcast Episode 75: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Trusts

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we are walking through the February 2016 California bar exam question on wills, trusts, and property. This is part of our series of podcasts talking about how to approach questions on the California bar exam.

In this episode we discuss:

  • The law pertaining to trusts, interests in real property, and the duties of a trustee
  • Reading the question on trusts from the February 2016 California bar exam
  • Noting the legal significance of each fact in the fact pattern chronologically
  • Allotting enough time to outline each part of the question before you begin writing
  • Creating solid attack plans to help you memorize the rules

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Podcast Episode 74: Taking a Second Bar Exam in Another State

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re talking about taking the bar in a new state, when you’re already licensed elsewhere.

In this episode we discuss:

  • Figuring out if it’s possible to take the attorney version of the exam
  • What are the most efficient study methods if you’ve already passed once?
  • Evaluating what topics you should focus on
  • Why the passage rate for attorney applicants is not very high
  • How early should you start studying?
  • Is your job willing to make accommodations if needed?

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Podcast Episode 73: How to Learn the Law Needed for the MBE

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we’re strategizing about how to resolve problems you’re having while studying for the MBE, specifically when you’re struggling with the law.

In this episode we discuss:

  • How complicated is the law on the MBE?
  • The importance of evaluating why you are getting questions right or wrong
  • Doing targeted practice on areas of the law where you feel less confident
  • The surprising powers of handwriting
  • Using frequency analysis, especially if you are short on time
  • Resources for extra help with your studying

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Podcast Episode 72: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Civil Procedure

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we are walking through the July 2017 California bar exam question on civil procedure. This is part of our series of podcasts talking about how to approach questions on the California bar exam.

In this episode we discuss:

  • The law pertaining to subject matter jurisdiction, joinder, and pleading requirements
  • Reading the facts in the civil procedure question from the July 2017 California bar exam
  • The importance of carefully reading the questions you’re asked before you start your answer
  • How to determine what law applies in a federal court
  • When a civil litigant has a right to a jury trial
  • What is the best course of action if two conclusions are possible?

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Podcast Episode 71: Tackling an MEE Contracts Essay Question

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we are walking through a UBE Contracts essay question from the July 2018 bar exam. This is part of our series of podcasts on how to approach Multistate Essay Examination questions.

In this episode we discuss:

  • How to easily determine you are working with a Contracts question
  • Does the scope of the question fall into the UCC world or the common law world?
  • A review of Article 2 of the UCC and the common law of contracts
  • Reading the Contracts question from the July 2018 bar exam
  • Is a verbal promise to keep an offer to sell goods open binding when the offer is made by a non-merchant?
  • Tip: Glance at the questions at the end before you start reading the facts in the hypothetical

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Podcast Episode 70: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Criminal Law and Procedure

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we are walking through the February 2017 California bar exam question on criminal law and criminal procedure. This is part of our series of podcasts talking about how to approach questions on the California bar exam.

In this episode we discuss:

  • Fourth Amendment rights, including The Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Doctrine
  • When is a search by a state actor valid?
  • Establishing whether probable cause exists for a warrant to be issued
  • The “good faith exception” to the warrant requirement
  • Self-Incrimination Clause of the Fifth Amendment, and the Miranda rights
  • The defense of entrapment

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