Podcast Episode 210: Listen and Learn — Evidence: Special Privileges

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, as part of our “Listen and Learn” series, we’re discussing Evidence, specifically some special forms of privileged communication.

In this episode we discuss:

• Privileged communication vs. confidentiality
• The two types of marital (or spousal) privilege
• Requirements for communication between a doctor and a patient for it to be considered privileged
• Scope of the clergy-penitent privilege
• Two hypos illustrating how privilege may come up on the bar exam

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Resources:

• “Listen and Learn” series
• California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, February 2009
• California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2012
• Podcast Episode 89: Listen and Learn – What Is Hearsay?

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