Thursday, September 18, 2025

July '25 Bar Exam Results

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Bar Exam results from this past July have started to roll in. Almost all states release some data as to how the candidates in their state pe...

A Framework for Analyzing Personal Jurisdiction

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What makes the concept of personal jurisdiction complex is that the analysis contains many different components. Having a framework for anal...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

The UBE

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This February will mark the final UBE for a small number of states. Specifically, the following: ~Connecticut ~Idaho ~Maryland ~Missouri ~Or...
Thursday, August 28, 2025

July '25 MBE Mean Score

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The July MBE mean score has been released. And it's looking good. At 142.4, it's the highest July MBE average since 2013, not includ...
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Preemptive Rights

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Sometimes a company might issue additional shares of stock, and a shareholder might reasonably be concerned that with this new issuance, the...
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Post-Exam Studying

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A common question I get: “Should I start studying for the next bar exam before I’ve received my scores? I don’t think I passed!"  Not a...
Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Satisfying Conditions (LSAT)

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Assume that x happening is necessary. You can never conclude anything simply by knowing that x happened. However, you can draw a valid concl...
Thursday, July 24, 2025

Good Luck!

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All best to those who will be taking the bar exam in a few days! Posting to resume soon along with pass percentages from the July '25 ex...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Strategy

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Those who have throughout their schooling aimed for “A’s” on exams (if not every law student ever than close to every law student ever), can...
Thursday, July 17, 2025

Compensatory Damages

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Damages in Contract Law can be confusing. It's worth memorizing the following: The goal of compensatory damages is to put the non-breach...
Wednesday, July 16, 2025

A Quick Distinction

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~Not Hearsay: the statement is not offered for the truth of the matter asserted. It falls outside the rule against hearsay, and it’s admissi...
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Default (Article 9: UCC)

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Towards the end of the life cycle of a secured transaction comes default. Default provides the right of a secured party to proceed against c...
Friday, July 11, 2025

MBE Tip

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There's a saying: "if you wish to upset the law that all crows are black, it is enough to prove one single crow to be white." ...
Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Buyers (Article 9 UCC)

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The advice I give to students is that if strapped for time, there are three concepts to know well for Secured Transactions on the bar exam: ...
Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Fault (Torts)

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You're working on a Torts question for the MBE. You see a young child get hit by a car, and you're ready to pick the answer claiming...
Friday, June 27, 2025

Perfection (Article 9 UCC)

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Next up in the lifeline of a secured transaction is perfection. Attachment gives the secured party rights against the debtor. Perfection wil...