I pretty much did this tooCourtneyElizabeth wrote:I said
TRANSCRIPT OF PRIOR TESTIMONY
Evidence Rule
Evidence Rule blah blah
TRANSCRIPT OF VOICE MAIL
Evidence Rule
Evidence Rue
TRANSCRIPT OF PHONE CALL
Evidence Rule Evidence Rule Kill me.
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Uh oh, I thought they only wanted to talk about the transcript...Maybe the other two exhibits were incorporated somehow...Or they won't notice...
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I'm sure you got a lot of the pertinent stuff in under the transcript analysis…..
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he mostly was saying the same thing over and over in each transcript anyway. hence the copy-pasta
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This is exactly what I did.CourtneyElizabeth wrote:I said
TRANSCRIPT OF PRIOR TESTIMONY
Evidence Rule
Evidence Rule blah blah
TRANSCRIPT OF VOICE MAIL
Evidence Rule
Evidence Rue
TRANSCRIPT OF PHONE CALL
Evidence Rule Evidence Rule Kill me.
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Haha! I'm hoping my graders don't notice a lot of what's in my answers!a male human wrote:...Or they won't notice...
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So my boyfriend of a year has yet to ask me out for celebratory drinks or any other kind of post-bar date, other than to go to his house and chill while he studies for a calc. test.
Are your significant others taking you on dates this weekend?
Are your significant others taking you on dates this weekend?
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uhh... wtfGloriaha wrote:So my boyfriend of a year has yet to ask me out for celebratory drinks or any other kind of post-bar date, other than to go to his house and chill while he studies for a calc. test.
Are your significant others taking you on dates this weekend?
My buddy took me out to a nice steak dinner and drinks. Your boyfriend won't even get off the couch?
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Gloriaha wrote:This is exactly what I did.CourtneyElizabeth wrote:I said
TRANSCRIPT OF PRIOR TESTIMONY
Evidence Rule
Evidence Rule blah blah
TRANSCRIPT OF VOICE MAIL
Evidence Rule
Evidence Rue
TRANSCRIPT OF PHONE CALL
Evidence Rule Evidence Rule Kill me.
I wrote more like
Hearsay Rule, these 3 things are Hearsay
Thing 1 (Former testimony)
Relevant exception/case
Thing 2 (Statement against interest)
Relevant exception/case
Thing 3 (catch all)
Relevant exception/case
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Damn, my format is unique so far (edit: except 1swift's). I hope I get some brownie points for writing clearly and shit
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Hoggle wrote:I don't know how they are calculating that. I put my scored in from last time. It was 61 points lower than what I actually got.a male human wrote:Played around with http://one-timers.com/calculate-your-fi ... exam-grade
I'm screwed if I didn't get at least 65 in both the PTs
Yea mine came about about 61 points lower too...So grain of salt here
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This is because the Feb scale is harsher. You need 1-2 points more on each essay to get the same total score. This is not an error.1swift wrote:Hoggle wrote:I don't know how they are calculating that. I put my scored in from last time. It was 61 points lower than what I actually got.a male human wrote:Played around with http://one-timers.com/calculate-your-fi ... exam-grade
I'm screwed if I didn't get at least 65 in both the PTs
Yea mine came about about 61 points lower too...So grain of salt here
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Dammit I guess I need more work on PTs. On PT-B I ended up organizing by exceptions. Also, I know it was an objective memo, but the facts made me think I didn't need to cite from the cases so much as apply the facts to the rules from the cases and state general propositions about the facts. Ugh.
I, too, got saved by that MBE question on nonconforming use. Had no idea what it was until I read about it on wednesday night after obsessing about the tough MBE questions. Hope it saved me
I, too, got saved by that MBE question on nonconforming use. Had no idea what it was until I read about it on wednesday night after obsessing about the tough MBE questions. Hope it saved me
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AT the onset, I thought about both of these ways of organizing it.1swift wrote:Gloriaha wrote:This is exactly what I did.CourtneyElizabeth wrote:I said
TRANSCRIPT OF PRIOR TESTIMONY
Evidence Rule
Evidence Rule blah blah
TRANSCRIPT OF VOICE MAIL
Evidence Rule
Evidence Rue
TRANSCRIPT OF PHONE CALL
Evidence Rule Evidence Rule Kill me.
I wrote more like
Hearsay Rule, these 3 things are Hearsay
Thing 1 (Former testimony)
Relevant exception/case
Thing 2 (Statement against interest)
Relevant exception/case
Thing 3 (catch all)
Relevant exception/case
I selected #2 because I realized that the the phone call and voice mail would not be admissible under the first two exceptions. So, it would require me to type a lot more if I did #1.
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I thought for PT-B we were only supposed to write a memo about the motion made by the defendants, which when you read it only covered the testimony generally and whether it was admissible under the exceptions in the library. Didn't think the memo asked to analyze the phone convos bc they weren't part of testimony, nor did we need to go line by line or item by item through the transcript. Am I wrong on this?
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who knows?alaskaman wrote:I thought for PT-B we were only supposed to write a memo about the motion made by the defendants, which when you read it only covered the testimony generally and whether it was admissible under the exceptions in the library. Didn't think the memo asked to analyze the phone convos bc they weren't part of testimony, nor did we need to go line by line or item by item through the transcript. Am I wrong on this?
the motion in limine said all testimony and transcripts pertaining to prior testimony. To me testimony and transcripts included the voice mail and phone call.
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I almost did #2... but I was too afraid. I analyzed each one under each rule whether it applied or not because i was afraid of not covering enough bases. Hence all the copy-paste. So for each one it was like..Hoggle wrote:AT the onset, I thought about both of these ways of organizing it.1swift wrote:Gloriaha wrote:This is exactly what I did.CourtneyElizabeth wrote:I said
TRANSCRIPT OF PRIOR TESTIMONY
Evidence Rule
Evidence Rule blah blah
TRANSCRIPT OF VOICE MAIL
Evidence Rule
Evidence Rue
TRANSCRIPT OF PHONE CALL
Evidence Rule Evidence Rule Kill me.
I wrote more like
Hearsay Rule, these 3 things are Hearsay
Thing 1 (Former testimony)
Relevant exception/case
Thing 2 (Statement against interest)
Relevant exception/case
Thing 3 (catch all)
Relevant exception/case
I selected #2 because I realized that the the phone call and voice mail would not be admissible under the first two exceptions. So, it would require me to type a lot more if I did #1.
For Each Piece of Evidence
-Hearsay def & is it hearsay
- hearsay exception 1 (with unavailability definition and why he was unavailable)
- hearsay exception 2 (with unavailability definition and why he was unavailable)
- residual hearsay exception
It was super repetitive but my failure to do this repetition is why i failed the last evidence PT in july so i went with it.
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I came home to a bottle of veuve and a gift certificate for a massage. Best. Husband. Ever.
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He does Muay Thai and says he's sore as fuck. Hard to balance compassion for his pain with my needing a post-bar exam date.fl0w wrote:uhh... wtfGloriaha wrote:So my boyfriend of a year has yet to ask me out for celebratory drinks or any other kind of post-bar date, other than to go to his house and chill while he studies for a calc. test.
Are your significant others taking you on dates this weekend?
My buddy took me out to a nice steak dinner and drinks. Your boyfriend won't even get off the couch?
MAN a massage sounds like just the thing. In fact, gonna book one for myself now.
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i came home to a dirty apartment and all of my peanut m&ms were goneCourtneyElizabeth wrote:I came home to a bottle of veuve and a gift certificate for a massage. Best. Husband. Ever.
worst roommate ever.
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congrats everyone! must feel good to be done with the bar...
i just wanted to ask if you guys had any opinion on barbri v. kaplan now that you have been through it all? i would like the structure of a commercial prep course and i just want to make sure i can rely on the accuracy and (relative) helpfulness of the materials they give me. ideally, i would like to take kaplan because it's significantly cheaper, but price is secondary to me passing the first time.
i just wanted to ask if you guys had any opinion on barbri v. kaplan now that you have been through it all? i would like the structure of a commercial prep course and i just want to make sure i can rely on the accuracy and (relative) helpfulness of the materials they give me. ideally, i would like to take kaplan because it's significantly cheaper, but price is secondary to me passing the first time.
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I'd massage my hypothetical gf even if I were sore, especially if she just took the CA bar. I think most people don't understand the rigor of it, but then again we can apparently handle the pain. Do we judge our resistance to thoughtless SOs by a standard of a reasonable person or a typical law graduate with similar stamina and resilience to the bar?Gloriaha wrote:He does Muay Thai and says he's sore as fuck. Hard to balance compassion for his pain with my needing a post-bar exam date.fl0w wrote:uhh... wtfGloriaha wrote:So my boyfriend of a year has yet to ask me out for celebratory drinks or any other kind of post-bar date, other than to go to his house and chill while he studies for a calc. test.
Are your significant others taking you on dates this weekend?
My buddy took me out to a nice steak dinner and drinks. Your boyfriend won't even get off the couch?
MAN a massage sounds like just the thing. In fact, gonna book one for myself now.
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I used both for CA bar. Kaplan full course and Barbri books only.Lasers wrote:congrats everyone! must feel good to be done with the bar...
i just wanted to ask if you guys had any opinion on barbri v. kaplan now that you have been through it all? i would like the structure of a commercial prep course and i just want to make sure i can rely on the accuracy and (relative) helpfulness of the materials they give me. ideally, i would like to take kaplan because it's significantly cheaper, but price is secondary to me passing the first time.
Barbri if you're having trouble with essays and the law.
Kaplan if you want to supplement your MBE with thousands of "similar" questions (they are written by Kaplan profs/contractors). Kaplan guides you through PTs better, I think.
Emanuel MBE volumes 1 and 2 for real MBEs. They are outdated in format and difficulty, but it's a good way to make sure you understand the type of answers they look for.
Get books for all of them, and it would be cheaper than buying one course.
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I thought they were taking about the testimony transcriptsalaskaman wrote:I thought for PT-B we were only supposed to write a memo about the motion made by the defendants, which when you read it only covered the testimony generally and whether it was admissible under the exceptions in the library. Didn't think the memo asked to analyze the phone convos bc they weren't part of testimony, nor did we need to go line by line or item by item through the transcript. Am I wrong on this?
So I did not analysed the phone transcript just mentioned as corroborating
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I read the motion at least ten times and interpreted it to only refer to his testimony.
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