Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In today’s episode, we’re talking about contract defenses, including mistake, fraudulent misrepresentation, and non-disclosure. For a refresher on the concepts involved in contract formation, take a look at episode 161 of the podcast.
In this episode we discuss:
- Determining the governing law of a contract
- Conditions for a valid contract
- Mutual mistake and unilateral mistake present at contract formation
- Fraudulent misrepresentation related to contract formation
- The contract defense of non-disclosure
- Analyzing two hypos from previous California bar exams
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Resources:
- “Listen and Learn” series
- The Brainy Bar Bank: Streamlining Bar Study
- Private Bar Exam Tutoring
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, February 2018
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, October 2020
- Podcast Episode 64: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Contract Law
- Podcast Episode 71: Tackling an MEE Contracts Essay Question
- Podcast Episode 161: Listen and Learn – Contract Formation
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