February 2015 Bar Exam Forum

[minnbills]

F barbri's materials for not mentioning tacking. NO idea what that is. FML.

[sparty99]

F barbri's materials for not mentioning tacking. NO idea what that is. FML.

Wait. Are you serious? They never discussed that. WHOA.

[YibanRen]

Barbri did. It is the same concept as the non hostile nexus required for vertical privity.

[YibanRen]

Can a mortgage company take possession of property that has been abandoned and is in default prior to foreclosure in a Title theory jurisdiction?

I thought that it was lien theory?

Title theory definitely. But I'm almost sure it was lien theory.

With lien theory you have to get a court receiver.

[minnbills]

Barbri did. It is the same concept as the non hostile nexus required for vertical privity.

Never saw it in Conviser or the other outlines I used.

[aquasalad]

Barbri definitely covered tacking, but I had no idea about the privity requirement.

[minnbills]

God I am so fucked

[YibanRen]

Barbri did. It is the same concept as the non hostile nexus required for vertical privity.

Never saw it in Conviser or the other outlines I used.

Maybe I just wrote it in to my outline because I learned it from Themis then. It was also a major issue on the MEE, so it would suck if Barbri never taught it.

[minnbills]

It was also a major issue on the MEE.

Tell me about it

Did I just fail?

[YibanRen]

So, I ran out of time on two real property questions on the MBE and guessed. Were the shelter doctrine or lack of horizontal privity relevant?

[fslexcduck]

Yes, shelter doctrine came up. No idea about horizontal privity because that was one where I guessed on a term I'd never heard of due to process of elimination.

[aquasalad]

Shelter doctrine was relevant to protect a subsequent purchaser who had notice of an earlier conveyance.

[YibanRen]

It was also a major issue on the MEE.

Tell me about it

Did I just fail?

No, the skills to notice issues you missed are the same skills that will enable you to pass. We are all good at different subjects. I am strong on Conlaw, Crim, and Torts, but weak on Ks, and Civ Pro. To pass you need to roughly be able to know 1/3 of the questions, and narrow the rest down to two options. This is how I got a 73% last time on the MBE. Think about it, 33%+half of the remain 2/3 equals 66%. Then because its February, add around a 13% curve.

[wannabeapd2014]

Can a mortgage company take possession of property that has been abandoned and is in default prior to foreclosure in a Title theory jurisdiction?

I thought that it was lien theory?

Title theory definitely. But I'm almost sure it was lien theory.

I thought it was title theory, too.

[sparty99]

It was also a major issue on the MEE.

Tell me about it

Did I just fail?

No, the skills to notice issues you missed are the same skills that will enable you to pass. We are all good at different subjects. I am strong on Conlaw, Crim, and Torts, but weak on Ks, and Civ Pro. To pass you need to roughly be able to know 1/3 of the questions, and narrow the rest down to two options. This is how I got a 73% last time on the MBE. Think about it, 33%+half of the remain 2/3 equals 66%. Then because its February, add around a 13% curve.

Tacking wouldn't be a major issue on an essay. It is part of Adverse Posession. There are the elements of AP. However, any analysis of a property question would probably mention tacking. But its not like failure to mention this is critical.

[lalala21]

tacking and the shelter rule were covered in barbri. I am terrible at property, I mentioned both but my answer to that question was a hott mess. So people who didn't mention it probably will still probably get a better score than I did! I confused myself on that question. You don't need to get all the issues to pass...


Do people remember seeing how many words they types per question on the MEE? I don't feel like I had a chance to write enough.

[MichBar]

So pretty much every question being alluded to here I got wrong. Wondering what I got right.

[sparty99]

tacking and the shelter rule were covered in barbri. I am terrible at property, I mentioned both but my answer to that question was a hott mess. So people who didn't mention it probably will still probably get a better score than I did! I confused myself on that question. You don't need to get all the issues to pass...


Do people remember seeing how many words they types per question on the MEE? I don't feel like I had a chance to write enough.

I hit the limit on one of the essays. Had 3,800 to 4,000 on some others. On Wills and Secured Transactions that shit was all made up so very few words.

[ilovetypos]

tacking and the shelter rule were covered in barbri. I am terrible at property, I mentioned both but my answer to that question was a hott mess. So people who didn't mention it probably will still probably get a better score than I did! I confused myself on that question. You don't need to get all the issues to pass...


Do people remember seeing how many words they types per question on the MEE? I don't feel like I had a chance to write enough.

I definitely kept running out of space/time.. some of my responses to the last subquestion were very very short...

[lalala21]

tacking and the shelter rule were covered in barbri. I am terrible at property, I mentioned both but my answer to that question was a hott mess. So people who didn't mention it probably will still probably get a better score than I did! I confused myself on that question. You don't need to get all the issues to pass...


Do people remember seeing how many words they types per question on the MEE? I don't feel like I had a chance to write enough.

I hit the limit on one of the essays. Had 3,800 to 4,000 on some others. On Wills and Secured Transactions that shit was all made up so very few words.

3800 words in 30 minutes! yikes I failed.

[guest305]

So, I ran out of time on two real property questions on the MBE and guessed. Were the shelter doctrine or lack of horizontal privity relevant?

I had a horizontal privity as an answer on one of the questions.

[fslexcduck]

3800 words in 30 minutes! yikes I failed.

Yeah, you definitely failed. I heard this year is the first year they're instituting a strict "points per word typed" grading equation.

[sparty99]

tacking and the shelter rule were covered in barbri. I am terrible at property, I mentioned both but my answer to that question was a hott mess. So people who didn't mention it probably will still probably get a better score than I did! I confused myself on that question. You don't need to get all the issues to pass...


Do people remember seeing how many words they types per question on the MEE? I don't feel like I had a chance to write enough.

I hit the limit on one of the essays. Had 3,800 to 4,000 on some others. On Wills and Secured Transactions that shit was all made up so very few words.

3800 words in 30 minutes! yikes I failed.

Nah. I mean, I had a lot to say on Agency law. I didn't really understand Trusts, Secured Transactions, Commercial Paper,or Wills, so I spent a lot of time on Agency, Partnerships, Corporations, and Family Law.

[aquasalad]

Step 1 to passing was realizing that commercial paper was not a testable topic beginning Feb 2015

[sparty99]

Step 1 to passing was realizing that commercial paper was not a testable topic beginning Feb 2015

I think it was a state essay topic possability, but I never studied it anyway. It was on the Themis materials.