Wednesday, June 24, 2026

MBE Tip: Intent for Intentional Torts

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MBE Tip: The intent required for an intentional tort? The intent to commit the tort. The intent to do the act that ultimately results in ...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

MBE Tip: Harm ≠ Fault ≠ Liability

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In Torts questions, you've got to find the fault.  The young child is hit by a car and is now paralyzed. Any fault on the part of the dr...
Thursday, June 18, 2026

MBE Tip: Use Lifelines

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Don't ever be afraid to use "lifelines" on the MBE. If that's now an outdated reference, there was a show called "Who...
Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Impeachment by Conviction of a Crime vs. Impeachment by a Bad Act

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There are some similarities between impeaching someone by conviction of a crime and impeaching someone by a "bad act." In both, as...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Analyze vs. Advocate

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On a bar exam essay, be the legal analyst that Fox News or MSNBC, or Choose Your Favorite News Channel, brings on the show to explain to the...
Monday, June 8, 2026

MBE Tip: Conspiracy

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Careful before picking the answer that claims someone withdrew from a conspiracy. x and y agree to rob a bank, and they then go to the store...
Monday, June 1, 2026

LSAT Tip: The Word "Unless."

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The word “unless” doesn’t guarantee a thing. “You can’t ride this ride unless you’re x feet tall” does not mean that if you’re x feet tall y...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Bar Exam Writing Tip

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It's important to remember that even when given a client to represent, often at the end of an essay prompt, there's no clients payin...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026

MBE Tip: Process of Elimination

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The test writers might not give you a perfectly correct answer because they aren’t obligated to do that. Rather, their obligation is to give...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Risk of Loss (Carrier Cases and Noncarrier Cases)

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Risk of loss is an issue that, if it shows up, will show up in Contracts questions involving the sale of goods.  The delivery terms of a con...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

MBE Tip: Dismissing Indictments

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"Grant the motion to dismiss the indictment" is going to be a wrong answer in Crim Pro question. The police are going to do some v...
Monday, May 18, 2026

Results Are All In

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The 3 lowest pass rates on the February '26 Bar Exam: New Hampshire (36 test takers): 25% New Jersey (405 test takers): 30% Wyoming (20 ...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

February '26 Bar Exam Results

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Bar Exam results from the February exam have started to roll in.  Once scores are publicly released, I'll post here in this post the pas...

Post-Trial Motions

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The writers of the MBE like to test on the topic of motions. There are pretrial motions, motions made during trial, and post-trial motions. ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

NextGen UBE: Foundational Skills (Legal Writing & Drafting)

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There are four categories of "foundational skills" that the NextGen UBE aims to test: Group A: Issue Spotting and Analysis, Invest...