BarBri Thread: People taking Barbri for July 2013 exam Forum

[bgdddymtty]

What's everyone doing about laptops? We're not supposed to bring a laptop case. I'm curious what I should put it in so I'm not leaving the javits center with a laptop in my hands.

The Texas instructions tell us to put it in a giant (2.5 gallon) Ziploc bag.

[wildhaggis]

How likely is admin, fed tax, or suretyship? Thinking about punting on these.

Anyone else throwing back a beer?

[bgdddymtty]

How likely is admin, fed tax, or suretyship? Thinking about punting on these.

Anyone else throwing back a beer?

Does a Sonic shake count? #notaswildaswildhaggis

[traehekat]

How likely is admin, fed tax, or suretyship? Thinking about punting on these.

Anyone else throwing back a beer?

Highly unlikely, hopefully.

[usuaggie]

painful but expected. hope i passed, but really have no idea.

[td6624]

i didn't feel very good about today. then the people around me kept talking about how totally fair and straight forward it was.

so

there's that

[kaiser]

NY checking in. Wasn't too terrible aside from a few sub issues where I had to guess, or make some stuff up. I felt relatively okay on a majority of essay issues. Glad there was no commercial paper/secured transactions. Happy that there was a full on criminal law essay with nothing else mixed in.

Not happy that MPT was such an odd choice of format, and NYMC just made me lolguess the whole way through

[tfer2222]

NY checking in. Wasn't too terrible aside from a few sub issues where I had to guess, or make some stuff up. I felt relatively okay on a majority of essay issues. Glad there was no commercial paper/secured transactions. Happy that there was a full on criminal law essay with nothing else mixed in.

Not happy that MPT was such an odd choice of format, and NYMC just made me lolguess the whole way through

ditto this.

My MPT felt kinda bare, but at least I think I organized it well.

[goodolgil]

I think BarBri did a decent job preparing us in NY. Mentioned the kinda random worker's comp contrbution issue at length, made us focus on SoLs, focused a lot on anti-lapse in wills material, all those 10 million MBE questions on the different forms of property crimes were sorta helpful for the crim question, etc...

Of course no idea how it compares to other prep companies. I'd guess about the same.

EDIT: Though a bad job of preparing us for NYMC which is worth just as much as the MPT. As I expected their practice questions were not remotely similar, and instead of doing those we should have just been reading the NY Distinctions section of the CMR.

[jml8756]

IL had an entire essay on surface water drainage rights. The IL specific law is nowhere to be found in any of the BarBri materials. I'm sure everyone guessed on that one.

There were a couple other specific issues BarBri never really prepped us for. Like what happens to a spouse in a will when divorce proceedings were initiated but never completed before the testator dies?

Oh well. They teach you 80-90% and there's probably a big curve for the things they miss.

[jkay]

There were a couple other specific issues BarBri never really prepped us for. Like what happens to a spouse in a will when divorce proceedings were initiated but never completed before the testator dies?

There was an MEE essay in BarBri UBE materials about precisely this. And it came up on today's UBE.

[jml8756]

There were a couple other specific issues BarBri never really prepped us for. Like what happens to a spouse in a will when divorce proceedings were initiated but never completed before the testator dies?

There was an MEE essay in BarBri UBE materials about precisely this. And it came up on today's UBE.

Hmm I guess it could have been in an earlier sample essay that I never got to. What's the answer?

[brassmonkey7]

I think BarBri did a decent job preparing us in NY. Mentioned the kinda random worker's comp contrbution issue at length, made us focus on SoLs, focused a lot on anti-lapse in wills material, all those 10 million MBE questions on the different forms of property crimes were sorta helpful for the crim question, etc...

Of course no idea how it compares to other prep companies. I'd guess about the same.

EDIT: Though a bad job of preparing us for NYMC which is worth just as much as the MPT. As I expected their practice questions were not remotely similar, and instead of doing those we should have just been reading the NY Distinctions section of the CMR.

The anti-lapse issue kind of through me though, did the five kids inherit per capita or per stirpes?

[Rosebud523]

We are talking in another thread also..lets combine the discussion! The Illinois bar examiners were total assholes

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=214031

[jkay]

Hmm I guess it could have been in an earlier sample essay that I never got to. What's the answer?

Wife takes under will until moment final divorce decree entered.

[klj1]

I think BarBri did a decent job preparing us in NY. Mentioned the kinda random worker's comp contrbution issue at length, made us focus on SoLs, focused a lot on anti-lapse in wills material, all those 10 million MBE questions on the different forms of property crimes were sorta helpful for the crim question, etc...

Of course no idea how it compares to other prep companies. I'd guess about the same.

EDIT: Though a bad job of preparing us for NYMC which is worth just as much as the MPT. As I expected their practice questions were not remotely similar, and instead of doing those we should have just been reading the NY Distinctions section of the CMR.

The anti-lapse issue kind of through me though, did the five kids inherit per capita or per stirpes?

Unclear - I totally confused myself when writing that answer, and just realized that even though I stated that the default scheme was per capita, I did the actual distribution per stirpes.

[usuaggie]

Hmm I guess it could have been in an earlier sample essay that I never got to. What's the answer?

Wife takes under will until moment final divorce decree entered.

That was the easy part, but I was unprepared for when a prenup conflicts a will. They gave us dates so I assumed that meant they mattered and said since the will was more recent the will should control. Didn't know what to do about the little bastard though. Googled it and the answer is basically will trumps if no specific lingo in prenup saying will doesn't trump. So I feel good.

Noted in any case, mamma only inherits if intestacy, prenup sticks, bastard gets nothing. Otherwise she is sol.

As for the personal rep question, wut duh fetch? (Utah bar language)

[keg411]

I think BarBri did a decent job preparing us in NY. Mentioned the kinda random worker's comp contrbution issue at length, made us focus on SoLs, focused a lot on anti-lapse in wills material, all those 10 million MBE questions on the different forms of property crimes were sorta helpful for the crim question, etc...

Of course no idea how it compares to other prep companies. I'd guess about the same.

EDIT: Though a bad job of preparing us for NYMC which is worth just as much as the MPT. As I expected their practice questions were not remotely similar, and instead of doing those we should have just been reading the NY Distinctions section of the CMR.

I only did one set of BarBri NYMC questions and I don't regret skipping those at all (instead, I read my New York Practice index cards during breakfast).

[JollyGreenGiant]

Hmm I guess it could have been in an earlier sample essay that I never got to. What's the answer?

Wife takes under will until moment final divorce decree entered.

That was the easy part, but I was unprepared for when a prenup conflicts a will. They gave us dates so I assumed that meant they mattered and said since the will was more recent the will should control. Didn't know what to do about the little bastard though. Googled it and the answer is basically will trumps if no specific lingo in prenup saying will doesn't trump. So I feel good.

Noted in any case, mamma only inherits if intestacy, prenup sticks, bastard gets nothing. Otherwise she is sol.

As for the personal rep question, wut duh fetch? (Utah bar language)

That question is going to give me nightmares. I came up with the same conclusion as you, so hopefully we're both right.

[jkay]

Totally recognized the prenup issue and then forget to discuss it, even though i wrapped up 20 minutes early.

[kaiser]

Looking on the bright side, its sort of nice reviewing my MBE flashcards, seeing NY distinction notes and being like "Do. Not. Care."

[02122015]

In MN, Barbri taught us MN essay topics. Surprise, MN is a UBE state now! We didn't learn some MEE shit, like agency, secured transactions, or commercial paper! We did learn useless shit like tax and PR!

Astonishingly, this isn't even Barbri's fault because the MN BLE decided to surprise everyone by listing the wrong fucking information on their own website!

[Void]

The prenup/illegitimate child/unfinished divorce was on the Connecticut bar too. I stumbled through it. I said that the will trumps the prenup because testator waives wife's prenup waiver (lol wut), kid takes because he still counts as a child of testator, and wife takes because divorce isn't complete. Then there was that question about who should administer the estate. Ugh. I also fapped my way through that one.

[02122015]

The prenup/illegitimate child/unfinished divorce was on the Connecticut bar too. I stumbled through it. I said that the will trumps the prenup because testator waives wife's prenup waiver (lol wut), kid takes because he still counts as a child of testator, and wife takes because divorce isn't complete. Then there was that question about who should administer the estate. Ugh. I also fapped my way through that one.

Oof, I wasn't sure either, but I said the will controls as to inheritance but the prenup controls otherwise (blocks wife from being the administrator/representative), and son permanently ceased to be a legal child of father once aunt adopted him, since father never formally readopted son.

Gave estate to wife and appointed mother as the representative or whatever). Son gets nothing. I agreed that the divorce didn't affect anything since it wasn't finalized, but I guessed my way through that whole thing.

[FamilyLawEsq]

Hmm I guess it could have been in an earlier sample essay that I never got to. What's the answer?

Wife takes under will until moment final divorce decree entered.

That was the easy part, but I was unprepared for when a prenup conflicts a will. They gave us dates so I assumed that meant they mattered and said since the will was more recent the will should control. Didn't know what to do about the little bastard though. Googled it and the answer is basically will trumps if no specific lingo in prenup saying will doesn't trump. So I feel good.

Noted in any case, mamma only inherits if intestacy, prenup sticks, bastard gets nothing. Otherwise she is sol.

As for the personal rep question, wut duh fetch? (Utah bar language)

That question is going to give me nightmares. I came up with the same conclusion as you, so hopefully we're both right.

If prenup waived Wife's right to take under the Will and there are no issues with the prenup's execution (fraud, incapacity etc) then pre nup rules and wife gets nothing. If biological son was adopted, son gets nothing unless the will was drafted after the adoption.