July 2016 California Bar Exam Forum

[rcharter1978]

Dr. Sacuzzo's predicted topics for July:

PR
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
PROPERTY
CON LAW
CRIMES

WILDCARD: EVIDENCE


Do you guys think this is likely? Why evidence as the wildcard? :/

(please don't reply with a "you can't rely on predictions, you must study all topics, etc." - DUH.)

The only thing I've heard for sure is that PR must appear on every exam--either as an essay or PT. Also, I think CP also appears in some form. Otherwise, it's a crap shoot.

Agree, I think PR is sort of a given at this point.

[Zaizei]

Does anyone know if the adaptibar web page is working? Im trying to register for the free trial and it doesn't submit my info (tried to pay also and it didn't work).

[Rap Genius]

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[Rap Genius]

Dr. Sacuzzo's predicted topics for July:

PR
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
PROPERTY
CON LAW
CRIMES

WILDCARD: EVIDENCE


Do you guys think this is likely? Why evidence as the wildcard? :/

(please don't reply with a "you can't rely on predictions, you must study all topics, etc." - DUH.)

The only thing I've heard for sure is that PR must appear on every exam--either as an essay or PT. Also, I think CP also appears in some form. Otherwise, it's a crap shoot.

Agree, I think PR is sort of a given at this point.

What a coincidence! I just navigated to Sacuzzo's page to find out which essays I would most likely be working on in the final couple days. I was trying to find the specific sub topics in the subjects. I also just realized that he predicts the six essays using alternates (about 11 essays in total) so really... he can't go that wrong.

And! You can't rely on predictions. But I will for those last few days.

[rcharter1978]

So while we're just all guessing....I wonder if the July Bar is going to have another California specific topic on it. This time they did California Evidence, but I wonder if they are going to do a California Civil Procedure?

[Rap Genius]

Would you be ready for California Civil Procedure?

[EyeTwitchAllSummer]

For anyone who did not pass the Feb 2016 exam, has anyone received their essays and PT's in the mail yet? Just curious because I am stilling waiting on my to arrive. Thanks.

[Zebra]

For anyone who did not pass the Feb 2016 exam, has anyone received their essays and PT's in the mail yet? Just curious because I am stilling waiting on my to arrive. Thanks.

I think we should be getting them tomorrow

[Rap Genius]

Hey guys I am having trouble with this question: http://genius.com/The-state-bar-of-cali ... -annotated

Feb 1999 Question 6. Do you consider this question more difficult than others?

[EyeTwitchAllSummer]

For anyone who did not pass the Feb 2016 exam, has anyone received their essays and PT's in the mail yet? Just curious because I am stilling waiting on my to arrive. Thanks.

I think we should be getting them tomorrow

Thank you. I got my in the mail yesterday. Blegh.

[Rap Genius]

Ok for the February 1999 Civil Procedure question, I was having trouble because I had not been forced to go into deep analysis for each of the factors of minimum contacts. Other questions I dealt with allowed me to just briefly mention each factor. However this question is good for going though Purposeful Availment, Foreseeability, Fairness, Relatedness, Convenience, and State Interest.

The other thing that was confusing me was that the contract in the problem was negotiated in a foreign country, but the performance of the contract was to take place in State X. The sample answer concludes that even though the contract was negotiated in the foreign country, there were sufficient minimum contacts because the performance of the contract was in State X.

Anybody want to chime in?

[maxmartin]

The exam admission ticket is ready for printing

[Rap Genius]

I'm surprised at the selected answer A for February 2003 Civil Procedure question. http://calweasel.com/sites/default/file ... nswers.pdf

Can we still write like this and pass the essay? I have been told to IRAC the shit out of the essays but I just don't see it here.

[a male human]

I'm surprised at the selected answer A for February 2003 Civil Procedure question. http://calweasel.com/sites/default/file ... nswers.pdf

Can we still write like this and pass the essay? I have been told to IRAC the shit out of the essays but I just don't see it here.

It's not the clearest, but I can see the IRAC.

The first part about state's general jurisdiction was background stuff, useful for later when talking about residency of parties. It could have been discussed later, feels somewhat out of place this early.

You can see the RULE [A court has pers[onal] juris[diction] if the defendant is a resident, consents to juris, or is subject to the State’s long arm statute and meets the constitutional minimum contacts test.] The subsequent paragraphs are application of the rule to each party.

Removal of Case

Here we're getting into mini IRACs. This is the MAIN RULE. This created additional issues (can a federal court even hear the case? it depends on whether there's FQ or diversity).

[A defendant may remove a case to the federal court in the state where the claim was
filed provided the case could have initially been filed in federal court and the claim for
removal is brought by all defendants within 30 days of filing of the complaint or the
pleading which triggered the right of removal.

A Federal District Court is a court of limited jurisdiction, thus it may only hear claims
based on federal questions (arising under the U.S. Constitution or statutes) or claims
based on diversity of citizenship.]

Diversity Jurisdiction -- THIS BEGINS ANOTHER IRAC

The answer recites a rule for DJ: For a federal court to have diversity juris the plaintiff must be of diverse residency from all defendants and the amount in controversy must exceed $75,000.

Here, the answer analyzes two elements of the DJ rule, creating mini IRACs.

District Court’s Refusal to Remand to State Court -- IRAC and CONCLUSION (this could have been up top because this brings up the actual issue about remand from the call)

The federal district court with proper jurisdiction may refuse to remand a case to state
court. [RULE] In this instance, the federal court had federal question jurisdiction [ABOVE ANALYSIS BECAME THE "FACTS" TO APPLY], thus properly
retained jurisdiction.


So in sum, the structure is like this: IRA-[IRA-irac-irac]-C (removal - DJ - party diversity - AIC - remand was improper)

[a male human]

BTW, check the resource post on the first page where I added an example of an essay that got an 85. Very clean IRAC and headings and organization per http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 0#p9357460

[Rap Genius]

Wow thanks for the reply. I am going to look into this tonight.

[thexfactor]

Does anyone have a frequency chart of how often certain essay topics are tested?

Thanks

[a male human]

Does anyone have a frequency chart of how often certain essay topics are tested?

Thanks

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[TheLegalOne]

The exam admission ticket is ready for printing

*Sigh* I'm not ready and have had a hard time getting into a comfortable groove now that I'm working.

[naenae2745]

kind of shocked that barbri's CMR civ pro section doesn't mention mental or physical examinations as a discovery tool. looked at the feb 2015 exam, and realized i would not have been prepared to answer question 3 that specifically asked about this. freer talks only briefly about it in his lecture handout.

[Rap Genius]

kind of shocked that barbri's CMR civ pro section doesn't mention mental or physical examinations as a discovery tool. looked at the feb 2015 exam, and realized i would not have been prepared to answer question 3 that specifically asked about this. freer talks only briefly about it in his lecture handout.

I haven't come across much of this. I have noticed that this issue came up in another civ pro question (February 2009 Essay 2) and so if you practiced that question you would have it in your additional notes. I am not sure if Barbri assigns that essay.

Any other areas you notice please share!

[Rap Genius]

Does a premarital agreement classifying all wages as separate property of the earning spouse affect either a Pereira or Van Camp analysis? If there is a business that was created with separate property and later improved due to market conditions, can we say that the analysis is not affected by the premarital agreement?

This situation occurs in February 2010 question 6 (Community Property)

[poundcr]

Anyone else who is taking or took Barbri know how to interpret scores, as in how accurately are they graded. I don't know any classmates taking the CA bar and since most of them are doing UBE I can't compare. A friend who is doing UBE told me they got a 3 and that is apparently what there friend told them everyone was getting last year. Pretty underwhelmed with my feedback on the first PT.

[Zebra]

How far along is everybody in bar prep? How many topics done? Are you guys sticking to 1 topic a day?

[teabreeze]

How far along is everybody in bar prep? How many topics done? Are you guys sticking to 1 topic a day?

Woah! How is 1 topic a day even possible? What exactly does a day entail? I'm spending about 3-4 days per topic and even that doesn't feel like enough.