Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, as part of our “Listen and Learn” series, we’re looking at the conditions that have to be satisfied in order to form a valid contract. We’ll review the concepts and illustrate them with two essay questions from previous bar exams.
In this episode we discuss:
- Determining the applicable law governing a contract
- The conditions that have to be satisfied for a valid contract
- Recognizing when there is a counter-offer
- Applying the mailbox rule to determine the time at which an offer is accepted
- Analyzing two hypos from previous California bar exams involving contract formation
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Resources:
- “Listen and Learn” series
- The Brainy Bar Bank: Streamlining Bar Study
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2012
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2019
- Podcast Episode 64: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Contract Law
- Podcast Episode 71: Tackling an MEE Contracts Essay Question
- Podcast Episode 95: Listen and Learn – Promissory Estoppel
- Podcast Episode 102: Listen and Learn – The Statute of Frauds
- Podcast Episode 119: Listen and Learn – Anticipatory Repudiation (Contracts)
- Podcast Episode 150: Listen and Learn – Corporate Formation and Pre-Incorporation Liability
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