Essay Exam Writing for the California Bar Exam,9781543858389

Essay Exam Writing for the California Bar Exam

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9781543858389
ISBN10: 1543858384
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2025-04-16
Publisher(s): Aspen Publishing
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Summary

The Third Edition of Essay Exam Writing for the California Bar Exam contains everything needed to pass the essay portion of the California bar exam. The book combines a comprehensive, yet efficiently concise review of volumes of substantive law with the authors' proven-effective strategic plan for writing passing bar essays. Rule outlines are supplemented with issues checklists to aid issue spotting and memorization attack sheets, to make memorization manageable, while practice questions productively cover favorite and newly added testing areas so that bar study is targeted and effective.
 
New to the Third Edition:
  • Recent and updated rule developments in all subjects
  • Expanded coverage of new topics emphasized on recent bar exams
  • Updated issues tested matrices, rule memorization attack sheets, and topic specific approaches to reflect current testing trends, as well new testing charts for heavily tested topics such as conflicts of interest in Professional Responsibility or Fourth Amendment approach in Criminal Procedure, as well as others
  • Three new essay questions and corresponding grids per subject including crossover questions
  • Three sample answers per chapter with updated grids for all questions
  • Testing strategies and approach to taking an online bar exam
 
Professors and students will benefit from:
  • Concise easy to memorize rule statements
  • Fact triggers and exam tips that aid the transition to bar exam writing style
  • New charts for some heavily tested topics to aid visual learners
  • Easy to follow essay approaches for key topics
  • Practice essay questions with corresponding answer grids identifying issues and analysis required for a passing score
  • Realistic sample answers that could be written under timed conditions, closed book
  • Coverage of all heavily and newly tested topics in each subject and crossover questions
  • Issues tested matrices identifying the subtopics tested in every essay given in 35+ years
 
 

Table of Contents

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION
PART 1  BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
PART 2  CIVIL PROCEDURE
PART 3  COMMUNITY PROPERTY
PART 4  CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
PART 5  CONTRACTS
PART 6  CRIMES
PART 7  EVIDENCE
PART 8  PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
PART 9  REAL PROPERTY
PART 10  REMEDIES
PART 11  TORTS
PART 12  WILLS AND TRUSTS
PART 13  CROSSOVER QUESTIONS
 
 

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