Podcast Episode 177: Listen and Learn — Best Evidence Rule

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re focusing on an important topic in Evidence – the Best Evidence Rule, which requires a witness to produce the document whose contents he or she is testifying about.

In this episode we discuss:

• How Evidence is different from most other topics on the bar exam
• The Best Evidence Rule and its related exceptions
• Analyzing several hypos from previous California bar exams
• Structuring an answer to an Evidence question on the bar exam

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Resources:

• “Listen and Learn” series
• Private Bar Exam Tutoring
• The Brainy Bar Bank: Streamlining Bar Study
• California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2005
• California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, February 2012
• Podcast Episode 24: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Professional Responsibility and Evidence
• Podcast Episode 79: Tackling an MEE Criminal Law/Procedure and Evidence Essay
• Podcast Episode 91: Listen and Learn – Logical and Legal Relevance

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