Importance of Memorizing Rule Statements + MEE Predictions Forum

[whitecollar23]

Is this actually something worth doing? Or am I better off just making sure I know the overall law in each subject, and particularly well the law in the MEE topics that are most likely to be tested (i.e., Corps, Trusts, Fam Law, Wills)? Family Law scares me more than any other subject right now, but would it be accurate to guess that most people aren't too good with it?

Here are my predictions:
Most Likely:
-Property
-Corporations
-Trusts
-Contracts
-Crim Law/Pro

Likely:
-Family Law (likely to be tested if there are 3 MEE topics tested; if there are only 2 MEE topics tests, then it would likely be excluded)
-Civ Pro (depends on what its absence from Feb 2016 means; would most likely replace Crim if there are only 3 MBE subjects tested, but if there are 4, it or Torts will likely be the fourth)

Somewhat Likely:
-Torts
-Wills

[LionelHutzJD]

Is this actually something worth doing? Or am I better off just making sure I know the overall law in each subject, and particularly well the law in the MEE topics that are most likely to be tested (i.e., Corps, Trusts, Fam Law, Wills)? Family Law scares me more than any other subject right now, but would it be accurate to guess that most people aren't too good with it?

Here are my predictions:
Most Likely:
-Property
-Corporations
-Trusts
-Contracts
-Crim Law/Pro

Likely:
-Family Law (likely to be tested if there are 3 MEE topics tested; if there are only 2 MEE topics tests, then it would likely be excluded)
-Civ Pro (depends on what its absence from Feb 2016 means; would most likely replace Crim if there are only 3 MBE subjects tested, but if there are 4, it or Torts will likely be the fourth)

Somewhat Likely:
-Torts
-Wills

Probably not accurate. It's fairly easy to learn and many of the standards used involve factual determinations rather than applying law. Barbri lecturer told us it is the easiest of all bar topics.

If I were you I would study EVERY topic. You don't need to be memorizing rule statements for the MEE, I would aim to get a general understanding of the entire area covered on the exam. But that's up to you ultimately.

[whitecollar23]

Is this actually something worth doing? Or am I better off just making sure I know the overall law in each subject, and particularly well the law in the MEE topics that are most likely to be tested (i.e., Corps, Trusts, Fam Law, Wills)? Family Law scares me more than any other subject right now, but would it be accurate to guess that most people aren't too good with it?

Here are my predictions:
Most Likely:
-Property
-Corporations
-Trusts
-Contracts
-Crim Law/Pro

Likely:
-Family Law (likely to be tested if there are 3 MEE topics tested; if there are only 2 MEE topics tests, then it would likely be excluded)
-Civ Pro (depends on what its absence from Feb 2016 means; would most likely replace Crim if there are only 3 MBE subjects tested, but if there are 4, it or Torts will likely be the fourth)

Somewhat Likely:
-Torts
-Wills

Probably not accurate. It's fairly easy to learn and many of the standards used involve factual determinations rather than applying law. Barbri lecturer told us it is the easiest of all bar topics.

If I were you I would study EVERY topic. You don't need to be memorizing rule statements for the MEE, I would aim to get a general understanding of the entire area covered on the exam. But that's up to you ultimately.

Maybe I'm just seeing some of the Family Law stuff as extra tough based on model answers. Because with custody and support battles, you have all the issues of determining jurisdiction as well as the specific laws under those federal acts. Then you also have all the specifics of whose property is who with divorces. Or are you referring to the overall topic and not all of these specifics?

[rmhco]

Is this actually something worth doing? Or am I better off just making sure I know the overall law in each subject, and particularly well the law in the MEE topics that are most likely to be tested (i.e., Corps, Trusts, Fam Law, Wills)? Family Law scares me more than any other subject right now, but would it be accurate to guess that most people aren't too good with it?

Here are my predictions:
Most Likely:
-Property
-Corporations
-Trusts
-Contracts
-Crim Law/Pro

Likely:
-Family Law (likely to be tested if there are 3 MEE topics tested; if there are only 2 MEE topics tests, then it would likely be excluded)
-Civ Pro (depends on what its absence from Feb 2016 means; would most likely replace Crim if there are only 3 MBE subjects tested, but if there are 4, it or Torts will likely be the fourth)

Somewhat Likely:
-Torts
-Wills

Probably not accurate. It's fairly easy to learn and many of the standards used involve factual determinations rather than applying law. Barbri lecturer told us it is the easiest of all bar topics.

If I were you I would study EVERY topic. You don't need to be memorizing rule statements for the MEE, I would aim to get a general understanding of the entire area covered on the exam. But that's up to you ultimately.

Maybe I'm just seeing some of the Family Law stuff as extra tough based on model answers. Because with custody and support battles, you have all the issues of determining jurisdiction as well as the specific laws under those federal acts. Then you also have all the specifics of whose property is who with divorces. Or are you referring to the overall topic and not all of these specifics?

I think the "trick" with family law -- and according to at least one of the lecturers (I'm not NY so I could have a different one?)--is that pretty much everything is open to the judge's discretion. So in all likelihood, there are fewer straight up right answers, and a lot will be based on your application of the facts and pretending you're a judge, who would have a lot of interpretive leeway. So I think memorizing the basic principles here and being able to argue for them is, like in all the subjects, important, but probably especially relevant in this topic. Wondering if this jives with others' thoughts on FL?

[whitecollar23]

Maybe the practice essay that I did today was just one of the more difficult ones. Ahhhh.