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Podcast Episode 120: Listen and Learn — Piercing the Corporate Veil

February 2, 2021 By Bar Exam Toolbox Leave a Comment

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we have another episode in our “Listen and Learn” series, where we review a substantive area of the law and apply that law to fact patterns. This time we’re looking at piercing the corporate veil, which is a commonly-tested issue in Corporations and LLC essays.

In this episode we discuss:

  • What exactly is the corporate veil?
  • The four situations in which a court will pierce the corporate veil and hold the shareholders personally liable
  • What does it mean for a corporation to act as its shareholders’ alter ego?
  • Analyzing a hypo from the February 2017 California bar exam
  • Other issues that are often tested together with piercing the corporate veil
  • The difference between piercing corporate and LLC veils

Thanks for listening!
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How to Avoid Distractions During Bar Study

January 27, 2021 By Ariel Salzer Leave a Comment

How to Avoid Distractions During Bar StudyPicture it: You’re stuck in your apartment. Bar study is wearing on and on. You’re feeling bored and yet simultaneously overwhelmed. You can’t go socialize due to Coronavirus restrictions. You’re running out of money, time and patience. Worse yet, you suddenly get the urge to throw all the time you don’t have into a new project.

If you really need to buckle down and study, you might find yourself having thoughts like these: [Read more…] about How to Avoid Distractions During Bar Study

Podcast Episode 119: Listen and Learn — Anticipatory Repudiation (Contracts)

January 26, 2021 By Bar Exam Toolbox Leave a Comment

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, in an episode from our “Listen and Learn” series, we’re talking about anticipatory repudiation, which is an often-tested issue both on the MBE and on Contracts essays.

In this episode we discuss:

  • What is anticipatory repudiation?
  • What constitutes an “unequivocal communication”?
  • Presenting a demand for adequate assurances of the contract’s completion
  • Rights and remedies available to the non-repudiating party
  • Topics that anticipatory repudiation is tested alongside of
  • Going through two hypos from bar exam Contracts essays

Thanks for listening!
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Reading on Screens—Where will you encounter it?

January 20, 2021 By Emily Carter Leave a Comment

Reading on Screens—Where will you encounter it?As lawyers and law students, we are living in an increasingly digitized world. From law school to the bar exam to practice, many tasks that were exclusively paper-based have been transferred to an online format.

Perhaps we won’t be able to call it “book” briefing much longer? In law school, you might find yourself needing to read an online casebook or study aid. The major book publishers now all offer digitized texts. In most cases, though, you will still have the option to choose a print book or digitized text. [Read more…] about Reading on Screens—Where will you encounter it?

Podcast Episode 118: More on Memorization for the Bar Exam

January 19, 2021 By Bar Exam Toolbox Leave a Comment

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re revisiting the best memorization techniques for long-term retention of material. There are many different ways to memorize, and you have to test them to figure out which ones work best for you.

In this episode we discuss:

  • Why is memorization such a problem for many bar studiers?
  • How much is realistic to memorize for each of the heavily-tested areas?
  • Some of the most effective ways to memorize
  • How to focus your time so you are as productive as possible
  • Practicing the material you have memorized
  • When is it too late to start memorizing?

Thanks for listening!
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Should I Wait Until After the Covid-19 Pandemic to Re-Sit if I failed the Bar Exam?

January 13, 2021 By Christen Morgan Leave a Comment

I Failed the Bar Exam. Should I Wait Until After the Covid-19 Pandemic to Re-Sit?As 2020 closed and perhaps the most bizarre and uncertain bar exam season comes to an end, we are now faced with the reality of bar exam results.

For the majority of examinees who were guinea pigs for the first remote exam administered in their jurisdiction, awaiting these results must have been especially hard amid a pandemic.

Faced with an unprecedented scenario, examinees had no mentor who could truly help to manage their expectations for this experience. Furthermore, the anxiety of waiting must have been magnified by the fear of having to re-sit the exam with no end to the pandemic in sight. A fear that has been realized for many examinees who have received a failing score.

So, what next?

If you failed the 2020 bar, with the next examination just a few weeks out, you’re probably wondering whether you should re-sit the next bar exam in February or even later in July. The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly made bar prep an almost impossible experience; therefore, these are valid concerns to have.

If you’re wondering whether you should re-sit the exam during the pandemic, consider the below factors.

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