Legal Methods, Strategies and Tactics

Welcome to Legal Methods!

This course will focus on two components of the bar exam, the Multistate Performance Test (MPT) and the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) to help develop the skills you will use in law school on the bar exam, and in legal practice. 

Class Meeting Times

This is a two-credit course. Class will meet on Mondays from 7:30 to 9:10 pm. Classes will be held via Zoom unless otherwise indicated. You will be sent a Zoom link prior to class. Please make sure that you have the Zoom link.

Course Site

As part of your enrollment in the course, you will receive access to an online classroom called Matrix. This is where you will access the course content and submit assignments. Additional material will also be posted in Matrix. You will receive an e-mail with log in information from Barbri to access the Matrix course page prior to the first day of class. If you do not receive an e-mail, please let us know. You can access the course site at: https://barbri.matrixlms.com/

Before the First Class:

• Read the course syllabus

• Log-on and make sure you can access the Matrix course site.

• Respond to questions provided in welcome e-mail by 8/20/20 and included below. 

Professors: Mary Jane McGinty and Michelle Bond

E-mail: m.mcgintynull@csuohio.nulledu and m.t.landevernull@csuohio.nulledu

First Assignment

We have planned our course to give you the tools to better handle the remainder of your law school career and, ultimately, the bar exam and law practice. To make it the best possible program that serves your needs and the school’s, we want your input. With that mind, please provide us your thoughts about the following:

• What are your perceived strengths?

• What are your perceived weaknesses?

• What skills do you want us to teach?

• What are your short-term goals? 

• What are your long-term goals?

• What are you most looking forward to in the program?

• What are you least looking forward to in the program?

• Do you have any other thoughts about the program?

Please email us your responses in a Word document attached to the emails our emails 

by Friday by 8/20/20 and we will organize them and follow up with you if we have any questions. We cannot guarantee that all your recommendations will be implemented. We will consider everyone’s thoughts and input and weave into the program what best serves our class

E-mail: m.mcgintynull@csuohio.nulledu and m.t.landevernull@csuohio.nulledu