| Bar Exam
Resource Guide
This resource guide highlights
important information and services for Cleveland-Marshall students as
they prepare to take the bar examination in Ohio or elsewhere.
Bar
Passer
Special
Services for Cleveland Marshall Law Students
Veterans
Ohio Bar Exam Information
Application to Take the Ohio Bar
Bar Exam Information
for Other States/Patent Bar
Multistate Bar Examinations
Commercial Bar Review
Courses & Programs
Examination
Preparation Resources at the Law Library
Tutorials and Resource Guides for Bar Subjects
The
Bar Passer
The Bar Passer
is a Cleveland-Marshall College of Law publication designed to highlight
bar passing strategies and bar exam logistics.
The Bar Tender was
the precursor to the Bar Passer. You may view the following past
issues.
Special
Services for Cleveland-Marshall Students
Cleveland-Marshall students
will be able to take a three credit hour bar preparation class beginning
in Fall, 2005. The course will cover Contracts, Torts, and Property, and
will be offered on a pass/fail basis. Preference for the Fall 2005 class
will be given to those taking the February 2006 Bar Exam. For more information,
see the March 2005 issue
of the Bar Passer.
Bar
Exam Costs (September 2, 2004) - Excel spreadsheet
prepared by Professor Beverly J. Blair.
Cleveland-Marshall's
Bar Exam Logistics , 2004 ed. (Please note that
this file is saved in Rich Text file (RTF) format, which allows it to
be opened in both MS Word and WordPerfect.)
Veterans
Eligible veterans may receive
reimbursement for the fee charged by the Ohio Supreme Court to take the
bar examination under a licensing and certification benefit which took
effect March 1, 2001. For information about reimbursement benefits
and to find out if you are eligible, visit the GI
Bill web site and click on Education
Benefit Programs. Only the cost of the test is reimbursable:
other fees associated with bar examination preparation, including those
for materials and bar review courses, are not included in the benefit.
Ohio
Bar Exam Information
Ohio
Bar Admissions Office
The Supreme Court of Ohio derives
its exclusive jurisdiction to regulate admission to the practice of law
in the state from Ohio
Constitution, Article 4, sec. 2. The
rules for admission to the bar are set out in Rule
1 of the Rules for the Government of the Bar. The Bar
Admissions Office page at the Court's web site contains applications,
rules, requirements, important dates and general information and policies,
as well as sample
essay questions for the last several years and bar
results.
Application
to take the Ohio Bar Examination The Application
to Register as a Candidate for Admission web page contains most
of the documents required to complete an Application to Register as a
Candidate for Admission.
Important dates for 2007
and 2008 include:
| November 1 |
Deadline: Application
to take the July 2007 Bar Examination |
| November 15 |
Deadline: Timely
Application
to Register as a Candidate for Admission to the Practice
of Law (for applicants in the second year of law school) |
| December 10 |
Deadline: Petiton to
waive filing deadlines for February 2008 bar exam. |
| January 16 |
Deadline: Late Application to
Register as a Candidate for the July 2008 Bar Examination |
| Feb 26-Feb 28
|
Administration of the February 2008
Bar Examination |
| April 2? |
Deadline: Application to Take
the July 2008 Bar Examination |
Columbus
Hotel Information
A listing of hotels within 2.5
miles of the Ohio Bar Exam test site including prices and distances.
Materials Available at
the Law Library
Ohio Board of Bar Examiners,
Outline of Subjects Tested on Essay Portion of Ohio Bar Examination (Columbus,
OH: Supreme Court of Ohio 1984-) KFO
76 .Z9 O8546 [Library has 1984,1985,
1997 - November
2002 (most recent version posted on the Court's web site)]
Outlines the subjects tested on the essay portion of the Ohio Bar Examination
in order to provide a guide to bar examiners in drafting the essay questions.
Note: the current list of subjects tested appears in Section
5, Ohio Bar Examination, of Rule 1: Admission to the Practice of
Law of the Rules of Court for the Government of the
Bar of Ohio.
Ohio Bar Examination: Essay
Questions and Selected Answers (Supreme Court of Ohio 1992)
KFO 76 .Z9 O553 [Library has 1992, 1994 - February
2005] Contains the essay questions given on the designated exam
along with actual applicant answers. If the Multistate Performance Test
(MPT) was part of the examination, it will include two MPT questions and
sample applicant answers.
Lecture by Marcia Mengel:
Clerk of the Ohio Supreme Court [videorecording] (Cleveland-Marshall
College of Law 2006) KFO76
M45 2006 Clerk Mengel explains to applicants what they may expect
when they take the Ohio bar examination.
Bar
Exam Information for Other States and the Patent Bar
Comprehensive Guide
to Bar Admission Requirements
American Bar Association, 1984
- . This publication of the National Conference of State Bar Examiners
and the American Bar Association Section of Legal education compiles information
received from state bar admission officers. Available from the ABA's
web site and in print in the Law Library KF302.A15
C66
Bar
Admission Offices for the Fifty States
The American Bar Association provides an online directory of bar admission
offices for each state
Federal
Bar Association
This site provides information on joining the federal bar.
Jurist:
Bar Exams/ Bar Admissions
Includes links to state bar admission offices, as well as, rules, sample
exams and recent results for many states.
Bar
Exam Central at Law.com
Includes results, pass rates for prior years.
Patent
Bar
Site of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Enrollment
and Discipline contains information on requirements for admission to the
patent bar, notice of examinations, exam questions and answers and exam
results.
Materials Available at
the Law Library
Law and Legal Information
Directory
(Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1980 -) KF
190 .L35
Chapter 3 - Bar Examination and Admission to Legal Practice Requirements
The Lawyer's Almanac
(New York, NY: Aspen Law & Business, Inc. 1984 -) KF
190 .L3625
Has maps of states using the Multistate tests, required passing scores,
and bar examination statistics. List of state bar associations is also
included.
The Bar Examiner
(Denver, CO: National Conference of Bar Examiners 1931-)
K2 .A74 NCBE quarterly magazine on bar
admission issues.
BAR/BRI Digest
(Washington D.C.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Legal & Professional
Publications 1981-)
KF 303 .N28 Articles on bar exam issues, information
on the Multistate and Patent bar exams, and a comprehensive guide to each
state's bar exam requirements and BAR/BRI course information.
The Best Test Preparation
and Review Course, Patent Bar Exam : For Registration to Practice Before
the U.S. Patent Office
(Piscataway, NJ: Research
& Education Association )
KF 303 .B47 2000 This book includes tips and
strategies for passing the patent bar including two actual patent exams.
Multistate
Bar Examinations
The
National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE)
The NCBE is the non-profit corporation that develops and prepares the
Multistate sections of bar examinations. The four multistate exams include
the MBE, MPT, MPRE, and MEE. Their web site contains information
booklets on each test, a list of jurisdictions
using the NCBE exams, and study
aids.
MBE
Multistate Bar Examination
The MBE is a six hour, two hundred question multiple choice examination
covering contracts, torts, constitutional law, criminal law, evidence,
and real property.
MEE
(Multistate Essay Exam)
The MEE is a three hour, six question essay examination covering agency
and partnership, commercial paper, conflict of laws, corporations, decedents'
estates, family law, federal civil procedure, sales, secured transactions,
and trusts and future estates.
MPT
Multistate Performance Test
The MPT is three ninety minute skills exam covering legal analysis, fact
analysis, problem solving, resolution of ethical dilemmas, organization
and management of a lawyering task, and communication. The MPT became
one of the Multistate tests in 1997.
MPRE
Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination
The MPRE is a fifty question, two hour, multiple choice examination administered
three times a year. Registration
is also available online.
In February 2002 the American
Bar Association (ABA) adopted certain changes to the Model Rules of Professional
Conduct (MRPC) as a result of the recommendations of the Commission on
Evaluation of the Rules of Professional Conduct (popularly known as "Ethics
2000"). In August 2002 the American Bar Association adopted additional
changes to the MRPC as a result of the recommendations of the Commission
on Multijurisdictional Practice and the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics
and Professional Responsibility. These 2002 changes to the MRPC will first
be reflected in the content of the Multistate Professional Responsibility
Examination (MPRE) that will be administered in March 2004. Changes to
the MRPC that were adopted by the ABA at its August 2003 Annual Meeting
will be tested no earlier than a year from the date of adoption.
Candidates who are planning
to take the MPRE should obtain a copy of the Information Booklet for the
applicable year. The current MPRE Information Booklet appears elsewhere
on this website.
The website referred to is:
http://www.ncbex.org/
Materials Available at
the Law Library
Sample MBE
(Chicago, IL: National Conference of Bar Examiners 1991)
KF 303 .N25 [Library has I- February 1991,
II - July 1991, III- July 1998] Actual MBE used in a prior bar examination.
Includes sample answer sheet and exam key but doesn't provide explanation
of answers. Purpose stated is to "familiarize applicant with the format
and nature" of the exam, not the substantive law because applicable law
may have changed.
Multistate Bar Examination
Questions
(Chicago, IL: National Conference of Bar Examiners 1989)
KF 303 .N37 [Library has 1989-90, 1992] Contains
over five hundred previously published questions and an answer key in
order to "familiarize the applicant with the format and nature" of the
MBE not to review the substantive law as it may have changed since that
exam.
Mastering the MBE: Test Taking
Strategies for Scoring High on the Multistate Bar Exam
Talamo, John J., (Naperville, IL: Sphinx Pub. 2002)
KF 303 .T35 Techniques on preparing for the
Multistate Bar Exam and dealing with the bar exam in general.
The MPT, Multistate Performance
Test
(Chicago, IL: National Conference of Bar Examiners 1998 -)
KF 303 .M82 Reprint of MPT Exams that were
administered in states that use this test. Includes point sheets that
"describe the factual and legal points encompassed in the lawyering task,
and outlines issues and points that may be addressed by examinee." Point
sheet is not an official grading guide.
MPRE Sample Questions VI
(Iowa City, IA: National Conference of Bar Examiners 1984) KF
303 .M56 Most of the one hundred and fifty MPRE questions
have been administered on actual exams and cover areas in the MPRE subject
matter outline. Includes an answer key and description of the MPRE.
Gilbert MultiState Exam
Workshop
(S.l.,: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
1999)
KF 303 .G553 1999 This title includes over
1400 representative questions grouped according to difficulty and bar
exam oriented answers with fully detailed explanations. Includes
four audio cassettes.
Supreme Bar Review
: MPRE Review Lecture Outline & Released MPRE Questions with Answer
Key
(Cleveland, OH] : Bar Experts,
Inc., c2004) KF303
.M67 2004 This title includes a comprehensive lecture outline,
lecture handouts, released MPRE questions and an explanatory answer key
to released questions. A 3 hour and 50 minute DVD is included. The
lecturer is Cleveland-Marshall professor Stephen Lazarus.
Commercial
Bar Review Courses & Programs
Bar review courses, such as
those listed below, offer preparation for the Bar Exam. Inclusion in this
list is for informational purposes only, and does not imply endorsement
or recommendation.
BAR/BRI
BAR/BRI is a nationwide full-service bar review course. BAR/BRI's coverage
includes substantive and practical preparation for the MBE, the "state
specific" section and the Multistate Performance Test or Multistate Essay
Exam for states that have adopted those components.
BAR/BRI
Patent Bar Review
The BAR/BRI Patent Bar Review focuses on preparing individuals to pass
the patent bar exam and offers a six day program at various times of the
year in different parts of the country.
PMBR
Preliminary Multistate Bar Review
PMBR is a supplemental Multistate course that specializes in preparing
students specifically for the Multistate Bar Examination, commonly referred
to as the MBE. The MBE is a uniform, national 200 question multiple-choice
exam covering the six subject areas of Torts, Contracts, Property/Future
Interests, Evidence, Constitutional Law and Criminal Law/Procedure. Every
state, with the exception of Louisiana and the state of Washington, has
adopted the MBE as part of its exam.
BAR
Plus Bar Review
BarPlus offers information about bar exams throughout the country and
links to MPRE preparation.
Beat
the Bar.Com
Beat The Bar.Com provides study tools to use with multi-state questions.
Beat The Bar Study Tools are intended to work with any source of Multi-state
Bar Exam questions, BAR/BRI, PMBR, MicroMash, etc. The materials
provided consist of six study tools with one tool for each MBE topic.
Celebration
Bar Review
The Celebration Bar Review is a home study bar review and test preparation
course. Each Celebration Bar Review course includes a complete lecture
series on audio cassette tape, narrative outlines of the law, questions
for each part of the exam, a personal study guide and the services of
a personal mentor. Each course includes essay writing workshops
and discussions of state specific essays.
DVD
Bar Review of Ohio
This comprehensive program is
designed from the ground up to prepare you specifically for the Ohio bar
exam and includes everything you need to pass the first time. DVD Bar
Review of Ohio is the only bar review course taught entirely by an Ohio-based
faculty (including several Cleveland-Marshall Law professors). Every student
receives complete home-study DVD video lectures for all subjects; students
also have the option to attend classroom sessions (in select cities).
The DVD videos feature a unique menu-driven system which corresponds with
the headings in the written outlines. This comprehensive program also
includes Essay, MBE and MPT workshops, a complete MPRE Review, and a free
Course Guarantee.
Essay
Advatage
Essay Advantage is a supplemental
course specifically designed for the written portion (essay and MPT) of
the Ohio Bar Exam. The Ohio program contains one full day of live instruction
on how to write answers to the various question types featured on the
Ohio Bar Exam, an interactive handout to accompany the lecture, a 300-page
book highlighting the vast majority of topics and substantive law that
has been tested on the Ohio Bar Exam, practice essays with model answers
and grading keys for many of the assigned questions, and a number of carefully
selected essay questions that you can answer and submit for individual
analysis and critiquing.
Eureka
Bar Review
Eureka Bar Review is a web based
bar review course which includes programs on essay writing, performance
test writing and MBE practice and approaches. It begins with a series
of diagnostic tests.
Fleming's
Fundamentals of Law
Fleming's Fundamentals of Law (FFOL) is a full service legal seminar business
offering instruction to law students in all areas of their legal education
with bar materials focusing on the California Bar.
Intellectual
Properties Enterprises
IP Enterprises provides an array
of prep review materials aimed at helping you pass the patent bar exam.
IP Enterprises provides you with a lecture style outline of the MPEP,
37 C.F.R. and 35 U.S.C. The outline includes summaries, key points,
and an index.
Jim
Longacre's Pass the Patent Bar
A patent bar home study course.
MicroMash
Bar Review
The MicroMash Bar Review is a home based bar review course which includes
components for the MBE and state bar exams. The MicroMash MBE Review is
a software based program with more than 2,200 questions and answers.
The MicroMash State Bar Review provides print based materials for 22 jurisdictions.
MyBarPrep
This is a source for help with the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE). The MBE
is administered in 52 jurisdictions including Guam, Saipan, and the Virgin
Islands. It is not administered in Washington and Louisiana.
Net
Bar Exams
Net Bar Exams is a web based self study bar review for the multistate
bar exam. It offers subject specific materials for areas of the
exam.
Pass
the Bar.Com
This is a web site by bar tutor Scott Pearce. It contains a sampling
of his outlines and suggestions for taking the bar exam.
Pieper
NY Multistate Bar Review Ltd.
Pieper offers bar review courses that prepare candidates for every aspect
of the New York and multistate bar examinations.
Practising
Law Institute Multistate Exam Course
The PLI MBE program is a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week program designed
to assist students in studying for the MBE portion of their state's bar
exam. All lectures, outlines, workshops and MBE type questions
are available to the student via both the internet and CD-ROM.
Practising
Law Institute Patent Bar Review
PLI offers live, home study and/or Webcast patent bar reviews courses.
Reed's
MultiState Bar Review
Reed's offers professional bar exam tutoring and instruction in either
private or group tutorials by a variety of means including complete audio
bar reviews, live seminars, video courses, etc.
The
Study Group Personal Bar Review
The Study Group Personal Bar Review is a home based bar review course.
It includes lectures on Audio CD, past questions and exams, and a day-by-day
syllabus and study guide.
Supreme
Bar Review
This course is designed to supplement whichever full-service program
you take for your state’s bar exam. Unlike other multistate workshops
which require students to attend classroom sessions for three or six days,
this program is designed to be viewed at your convenience on your own
personal set of DVD videos. The videos and accompanying outline materials
offer a complete review of all six multistate subject areas, including
helpful test-taking hints. There are also workbooks containing practice
MBE questions and full-length practice exams. Enroll now and receive a
free supplemental PLI Multistate Bar Review course at no additional charge
(a $295 value), which features interactive CD-ROMs to review and test
on all six multistate subject areas.
Examination
Preparation Resources Available at the Law Library
How to Pass When You
Failed the Bar Exam : 40 Simple Ways to Improve Your Next Preparation
Michael J. Moiso, ( Beaverton, Oregon : Pillar House, c2004)
KF303
.M64
The Bar Exam in a Nutshell
Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus, (St.
Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2003)
KF 303 .D37 2003
Bar Exam Resource Guide
& Planner
Portland, OR : Pillar House,
2003
KF303 .B36 2003
How to Study for the
Bar Exam in 3 days
Erik J. Heels, (Acton, MA :
GiantPeople, c2003)
KF303 .H44 2003
If I Don't Pass the
Bar I'll Die : 73 Ways to Keep Stress and Worry from Affecting Your Performance
on the Bar Exam
Rosemary La Puma, (San Francisco,
Calif. : Rosemary's Review, 2002) KF303
.L37 2002
Don't Stress the Bar
Exam : 40 Tips to Balance the Experience
Moise, Michael J., ( Portland,
Ore. : Pillar House, 2001)
KF303 .M64 2001
Compilation of Bar Examination
Questions and Answers
(West Hartford, CT: Institute for Bar Review Study 1971 -)
KF388 .N5 Each biannual issue contains three
or more selected state bar exams, it may include official answers.
The Legal Essay Exam Writing
Primer
Miller, Wentworth, (Sewickley, PA: LEEWS 2003)
KF 303 .M55 Contains a chapter on "Fundamentals
of Bar Exam Study and Strategy" and one on multiple choice questions.
Bar Exam Survival Kit
Adachi, Jeff., Esq., (San Francisco,
CA: The Survival Series Publising Company 2002)
KF 303 .A32 2002 Authored by a former bar
exam grader and current Bar/Bri professor and author, this title contains
15 law charts, detailed strategies for all bar subjects, seven analyzed
examples of bar exam essays and more.
Scoring High on Bar Exam
Essays
Gallagher, Mary Campbell, (New York: Arco -Distributed by Prentice
Hall 2006)
KF 303 .G35 Book divided into three parts: 1) Information
about the bar exam (how questions are graded, and types of essay questions),
2) Suggested method of answering essay questions, and 3) Sample bar examination
questions and answers. Plus an Appendix, "How to Do Legal Analysis."
How to Pass the Bar Exam
Davis, J.P., (Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein & Co. 1989)
KF 303 .D38 Has history of bar exam, tips on
how to prepare, approaches to answering exam questions, sample exam questions
and frequently asked questions.
"Persistence
Pays Off" by Stephanie B. Goldberg,
32
Student Lawyer 22 (April 2004) Gain insight from some
of the many people who failed the bar exam
"Brace Yourself
for the Bar Exam," by Cynthia L. Cooper, 31
Student Lawyer 14 (February 2003) K23
.T8
Law
Library Audio-Visual Exam & Bar Preparation Study Aid Materials
The Law Library's collection
includes over 2,500 video, CD, DVD and audio cassettes. Many of these
AV materials can assist you in preparing for law school exams and the
bar exam. You may check out any of the materials listed on this page for
a renewable one week loan period. These materials are housed at the Public
Services desk. If you have any questions or need assistance, please call
the Public Services desk at 216-687-2250.
SUM & SUBSTANCE
SERIES
The Sum and Substance audio
CD series is produced by the Thomson West Group. Also called the "Outstanding
Professor Series" the collection attempts to capture the teachings of
America's best law professors in their areas of expertise. Each title
presents the essentials of a selected legal topic. Included are quick
reference indexing, allowing you to quickly locate all topics in the recording,
and informed exam tips to help maximize your performance.
LAW SCHOOL LEGENDS SERIES
The Law School Legends Series
is produce by BarBri. Each title in the series condenses an entire legal
topic into one lecture. The lectures are given by "America's greatest
law Professors." The series' goal is to help you understand the big picture
and how all the concepts fit together. The series includes hundreds of
examples and exam tips.
PMBR MULTISTATE BAR
REVIEW AUDIO CASSETTE SERIES
PMBR Multistate Bar Review Audio
Cassette series is hours of audio lectures on the primary legal topics
of Contracts, Property, Evidence, Constitutional Law, Torts, and Criminal
Law. The set is comprehensive in its coverage of Multistate Bar Exam topics.
Description:
v. : ill. ; 28 cm. + sound cassettes in containers (23 cm.)
Call #:
KF
303 .M88
GILBERT MBE WORKSHOP
AUDIO CASSETTE SERIES
The Gilbert MBE Workshop Audio
Cassette series contains audio lectures on the primary legal topics of
Contracts, Property, Evidence, Constitutional Law, Torts, and Criminal
Law.
Description:
v. ; 28 cm. + sound cassettes in container (18 cm.)
Call #:
KF
303 .G553
Non-Commercial
Web Sites Dedicated to Bar Exam Preparation
Findlaw
for Students: The Bar
Web page includes links to bar results and exam information, bar review
courses, sample bar exams and state bar homepages.
Washburn
Law Library
General bar preparation information including bar review course links
and Multistate exam information.
lexisONE
- Bar Resource Center
Provides: Links to state and national bar associations, links to state
bar exam information and links and descriptions of the Multistate tests.
Passing
the Bar by Professor Vernellia Randall
University of Dayton professor's page providing advice to law students
and recent law school graduates on preparing for the bar, including advice
on how to take bar essay exams and multiple choice exams.
Tutorials
and Resource Guides for Bar Subjects
Our Law Librarians have prepared
resource guides areas highlighting the major treatises, study aids and
legal authorities for particular subject areas with an emphasis on Ohio.
Guides pertinent to bar subjects include:
The Cleveland-Marshall College
of Law subscribes to the CALI
Library of Lessons tutorials. CALI tutorials, written by law faculty
and librarians from American law schools, are reviewed and revised on
a regular basis. The lessons are designed to help you become accustomed
to taking multiple-choice examinations and provide feedback to your answers.
If you are a Cleveland-Marshall
College of Law Student, and have not yet accessed the CALI tutorials via
our Law School subscription, Students
click here. If you are a Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Faculty
member, and have not yet accessed CALI via our Law School subscription, Faculty
click here. Many of the over 300 CALI tutorials cover bar subjects.
For example:
Business Associations
/ Corporations/Securities:
CALI
- tutorials - Business Associations: Agency & Authority
Tutorials include: Authority:
Actual, Apparent, and Inherent; Introduction to Agency: Defining Agency
Relationships; Liability of Agent to Third Parties: On the Contract
and Warranty of Authority; Master and Servant Relationships; Ratification
CALI - tutorials - Business Associations: Business Judgment Rule
Tutorials include: The Business
Judgment Rule; The Business Judgment Rule in Shareholder Derivative
Litigation I: Demand Upon the Board; The Business Judgment Rule in Shareholder
Derivative Litigation II: The Special Litigation Committee
CALI- tutorials - Business Associations: Conflict of Interest
Tutorials include: Judicial
Review of Conflicting Interest Transactions; What is a Director's Conflicting
Interest Transaction?
CALI - tutorials - Business Associations: Partnership
Tutorials include: Are You
My Partner? Is this a Partnership?; Management and Financial Rights
of Partners; Partnership Dissociation; Partnership Dissolution and the
Article 7 Buyout Obligation; Partnership: Winding Up, Partnership Accounts,
and Distribution of Profits and Losses; Section 16(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
CALI - tutorials - Business Associations: Shares and Shareholders
Tutorials include: Issuance
of Shares I: Basic Concepts; Shareholder Agreements under RMBCA Section
7.32; Shareholder Appraisal Rights; Shareholder Derivative Actions;
Shareholder Inspection Rights; Shareholder Voting: Straight vs. Cumulative
CALI- tutorials - Business Associations - other issues
Tutorials include: Business
Financing and the Federal Securities Laws; The Capital Asset Pricing
Model; Corporate Acquisitions; Corporate Distributions; Corporate Opportunity
Doctrine; Delaware's Judicial Review of Board Action in Transactions
Involving Corporate Control I: UNICOL; Delaware's Judicial Review of
Board Action in Transactions Involving Corporate Control II: REVLON
and BLASIUS; Introduction to the Federal Regulation of Proxy Solicitation;
Mechanics of Incorporation and Defective Incorporation; Piercing the
Corporate Veil; The Ultra Vires Doctrine; Types of Securities; Valuation: Basic
Skills; Voting Trusts and Voting Agreements.
Civil Procedure:
CALI
- tutorials - Civil Procedure
Tutorials include: Analysis
of a Diversity Jurisdiction Case; An Interpleader Primer; Joinder of
Claims and Parties; Judgments as a Matter of Law; Jurisdiction and Venue;
Jurisdiction Over the Person; Preclusion; Randolph County: A Game of
Discovery; A Review of Joinder Concepts; Summary Judgment; Waiver Under
Rule 12; Woburn: A Game of Discovery
Commercial Law:
CALI
- tutorials - Commercial Transactions
Tutorials include: CANINE: The
Complete Article Nine; Documents of Title Under Article 7 of the UCC;
The Law of Equipment Leasing: Article 2A of the UCC; ITT v. TX: An Interactive
Exploration of Article 2; New Ranch: Perfecting a Security Interest
Constitutional Law
:
CALI
- tutorial - Constitutional Law
Tutorials include: the "Federal
Commerce Power and Other Restrictions on State Regulatory Power" tutorial.
Contracts:
CALI
- tutorials - Contracts - Drafting
Tutorials include: Drafting
a Contract: The Sale of Goods; Drafting Contracts Using "Shall," "May"
and "Must"; Drafting with "And" and "Or"
CALI - tutorials - Contracts - Formation
Tutorials include: Acceptance;
Bilateral and Unilateral Contracts; Contract Formation I & II; Defenses;
Duration of Offers; Duress and Undue Influence; Express and Implied
Contracts; Fraud and Misrepresentation; Illegal Promises; Invitations
to Negotiate and Other Expressions that Are Not Offers; Lack of Capacity;
Letters of Intent and Other Formal Preliminary Agreements; The Mailbox
Rule; Mutual Assent; Mutuality of Obligation; Offer; Option Contracts
and Firm Offers; Satisfaction Clauses; The Seal; The Statute of Frauds;
Statutes Dispensing with Consideration; Unjust Terms (Unconscionability);
Void, Voidable and Unenforceable Contracts; Written Agreement Contemplated
v. Written Memorialization
CALI - tutorials - Contracts - Performance and Breach
Tutorials include: Anticipatory
Repudiation and Assurances of Performance; Conditions; Contract Tutorials
on Damages; Contract Tutorials on Remedies; Good Faith; Implied Terms;
Interpretation; Misunderstanding and Mistake; The Parol Evidence Rule;
The Pre-Existing Duty Rule, Contract Modification, and Accord &
Satisfaction; Warranties
CALI - tutorials - Contracts - Remedies
Tutorials include: Certainty;
Cost of Completion; Equitable Remedies - An Overview; Expectation Damages;
Foreseeability; An Introduction to Contract Remedies; ITTv. LTX: An
Interactive Exploration of Article 2; Liquidated Damages; Mitigation;
Reliance Damages; Restitution; Specific Performance; Substantial Performance;
UCC Remedies: An Introduction; UCC Remedies: Buyer's Remedies When
the Seller Is in Breach; UCC Remedies: Seller's Remedies When Buyer
Is in Breach
CALI - tutorials - Contracts - other issues
Tutorials include: Contract
Assignments; Exploring a Contract; Overview and Sources of Contract
Law; Third Party Beneficiaries
Criminal
Law:
CALI
- tutorials - Criminal Law - Constitutional Limitations
Tutorials include: Constitutional
Limitations: 8th Amendment; Constitutional Limitations: Legality
CALI - tutorials - Criminal Law - Excuses
Tutorials include: Excuses
I: Duress, Entrapment, Mistake; Excuses II: Insanity and Infancy; Justification
Defenses: Excuse Defenses Distinguished
CALI - tutorial - Federal Courts - Federal Habeas Corpus
Tutorials include: the "Federal
Habeas Corpus" tutorial.
CALI - tutorials - Criminal Law - Mens Rea
Tutorials include: Attempts
I: The Mens Rea of Attempts; The Mens Rea of Knowledge; The Mens Rea
of Negligence; The Mens Rea of Purpose; The Mens Rea of Recklessness
CALI - tutorials - Criminal Law - Mistake
Tutorials include: Mistake
as to the Law Defining the Offense; Mistake Under the Model Penal Code:
Mistake as to Defenses; Mistake Under the Model Penal Code: Mistake
as to Elements of Offenses
CALI - tutorials -
Criminal Law - other issues
Tutorials include: Actus Reus;
Ambiguous Culpability Requirements; Battered Woman's Syndrome; Causation;
Concurrence; Consent; Defense of Others; Duty to Retreat; Introduction
to Homicide; Minimum Culpability Requirements Under the Model Penal
Code; Plea & Discovery; Pre-indictment & Charge; Presumption
of Innocence (Burden of Proof and Presumptions); Punishment: Theories;
Self-Defense; Sources of Criminal Law; Suspendatur!; The Confrontation
Clause
Ethics and Professional
Responsibility:
CALI
- tutorials - Professional Responsibility
Tutorials include: Admission
to Practice; Bases for Attorney Discipline; Choosing and Withdrawing
from Representation; Client or Not?; The Defense Function; Fees; Model
Rules of Professional Conduct I: Preliminary Drill; Model Rules of Professional
Conduct II: Questions and Problems; Sources of Law Regulating the Practice
of Law
Evidence:
CALI
- tutorials - Evidence - Hearsay
Tutorials include: The Concept
of Hearsay; The Confrontation Clause; The Definition of Hearsay and
the Federal Rules; Federal Rule 801(d) and Multiple Hearsay; Four FRE
803 Hearsay Exceptions: Availability Immaterial; Hearsay Exceptions: Rules
803 and 804; Hearsay from Square One: The Definition of Hearsay; The
Hearsay Rule & Its Exceptions
CALI
- tutorials - Evidence - other issues
Tutorials include: Best Evidence
Rules under the Federal Rules; Character Evidence Under Federal Rules; Expert
and Opinion Evidence; Impeachment and Rehabilitation of Witnesses; Preliminary
Factfinding Under Rule 104; Survey of Evidence
Property Law:
CALI
- tutorials - Property Law - Adverse Possession (AP)
Tutorials include: AP: An
Introductory Lesson; AP: Color of Title and Constructive Adverse Possession;
AP: Continuous and Exclusive Possession for the Statutory Period; AP: Hostile
Possession or Possession Under Claim of Right; AP: Open and Notorious
Possession; AP: Related Doctrines; AP: Review Questions
CALI - tutorials - Property Law - Landlord and Tenant (L&T)
Tutorials include: L&T: An
Introductory Lesson; L&T: Constructive Eviction; L&T: Delivery
of Possession and Title Covenants; L&T: Periodic Tenancy; L&T: Quiet
Enjoyment; L&T: Statute of Frauds; L&T: Tenancy at Sufferance
(Holdover Tenants); L&T: Tenancy at Will; L&T: Tenancy for Years
CALI - tutorials - Property Law - Rule Against Perpetuities
Tutorials include: Common
Law Rule Against Perpetuities; Rule Against Perpetuities Reforms: Cy
Pres and Wait-and-See Doctrines; Rules Against Perpetuities Reforms: Uniform
Statutory Rules Against Perpetuities
CALI - tutorials - Property Law - Covenants, Equitable Servitudes and
Restrictions (CESR)
Tutorials include: CESR: Creation;
CESR: Determining the Validity and Scope; CESR: Who Has the Right to
Enforce Covenants and Equitable Servitudes?; CESR: Against Whom May
One Enforce the Promise?; CESR: Defenses to Enforcement
CALI - tutorials - Property Law - Easements
Tutorials include: Easements
Appurtenant and In Gross; Easements Defined; Easements Implied from
Prior Existing Use; Express Easements; Implied Easements of Necessity;
Licenses Contrasted: Easements by Estoppal; Negative Easements - In
Contrast with Affirmative Easements; Prescriptive Easements; Termination
of Easements
CALI - tutorials - Property Law - other issues
Tutorials include: Basic Future
Interests; Distinction Between Real Property and Personal Property;
Estate in Fee Tail; The Estate System; Fee Simple Absolute; Financing
Real Estate Transactions: A Basic Introduction; Future Interest Rules;
Gifts II: Testamentary Gifts, Causa Mortis Gifts and Gifts of Future
Interests; Inter Vivos Gifts; Interpreting the Language of Conveyances;
Joint Tenancy; Life Estate; Problems in Property Law Series 1-3; Recording
Acts; Relations Between Co-Tenants; Remedies and the Merger Doctrine;
Tenancy by the Entirety; Tenancy in Common
Torts:
CALI - tutorials - Torts - Damages
Tutorials include: Damages
for Harms to Interest and Enjoyment; Damages for Harms to Interests
in Physical Integrity of Personal Property; Damages for Harms to Possessory
Interests in Personal Property; Damages for Harms to Real Property;
Damages for Injuries that Cause Death; Damages for Personal Injuries;
Fundamentals of Damages for Harms to Personal Property; General Concepts
of Damages in Torts
CALI - tutorials - Torts - Defamation, Libel, Slander
Tutorials include: Basic Issues
in Defamation and Privileges; Constitutional Issues in Defamation; Libel
and Slander
CALI - tutorials - Torts - Intent
Tutorials include: Consent
as a Defense to Intentional Torts; Intent One: The Use of Intent in
Tort; Intent Two: Computer-Aided Intent Questions; Intentional Infliction
of Mental Distress; Intentional Torts
CALI
- tutorials - Torts - Product Liability
Tutorials include: Liability
for Defectively Designed Products; Liability for Defectively Manufactured
Products
CALI - tutorials - Torts - Strict Liability
Tutorials include: Strict
Liability and Animals; Strict Liability: Abnormally Dangerous and Ultrahazardous
Activities
CALI - tutorials - Torts - other issues
Tutorials include: Assault;
Assumption of Risk; Basic Issues in the Right of Privacy; Battery Basics;
Battery Puzzlers; Causation in Fact; Proof of Causation in Fact; Children
and Others of Diminished Capacity; Civil and Criminal Statutes; Comparative
Fault; Constitutional Issues in the Right of Privacy; Contributory Negligence
and Last Clear Chance; False Imprisonment; General Professional Standard;
Intervening Cause; Multiple Defendants; Negligence; Occupier's Liability
to Invitees and Licensees; Occupier's Liability to Trespassers; Reasonable
Person; Res Ipsa Loquitur; The Role of the Jury in Torts Cases; Sprague
Case: Child Injury in Tort Law Wills and Trusts
Wills:
CALI - tutorials - Wills and Trusts
Tutorials include: California
Interstate Succession; The Execution and Revocation of Wills Under the
Uniform Probate Code (Based on 1990 UPC); The Interpretation of Wills
Under the Uniform Probate Code; Intestate Succession Under the Uniform
Probate Code (Based on 1990 UPC)
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