Bar Exam Mpt Preparation & Experiential Learning for Law Students, Second Edition

This book helps students preparing for bar exams including a multistate performance test (MPT) or a state-specific performance test. Students will also gain experiential lawyering skills that are essential for law practice. It contains practical exercises, online practice exams and role play simulations that help students will pass the bar and gain critical exposure to practical lawyering skills.

List of contents

Acknowledgments ix
How to Get the Most Out of This Book: Use It During Law School 1
This Book¿s Approach 3
Start Preparing for the Bar Exam During Law School 4
Performance Tests: The Best Part of Your Bar Exam 9 Strategic Training over Time Is the Key to Success on PTs 11
What Is in the Rest of This Book, and How to Use the Material during Law School 13
Key Takeaways 16 2 What Performance Tests Are and How to Pass Them 17
Overview of Performance Tests 17 Your Role as Lawyer: Practical Aspects of Performance Tests 19
A Detailed Look at the Performance Test 20 PT Approach: How to Finish a PT in 90 Minutes 21
Performance Tests as Training for the Time Pressures of Law Practice 22
The PT Approach in Detail 23 How to Complete Performance Tests under Timed Conditions 37
Fundamental Lawyering Skills Tested on PTs 40 Typical PT Tasks 55 Key Takeaways 80
Criminal Law 81
Overview of Criminal Law 81
Simulated Criminal Law¿Based Performance Test 82
Inside This Test: Debriefing, Tips, and Strategies 83
Pulling It All Together 97 Spin-Off Exercises 98
Practice and Law School and PTs: Compare and Contrast 99
Key Takeaways 100 4 Criminal Procedure 101
Overview of Criminal Procedure 101
Simulated Criminal Procedure¿Based Performance Test 103
Inside This Test: Tips and Strategies 103
Put It All Together and Draft Your Answer 121
Spin-Off Exercises 125
Practice, Law School, and PTs: Compare and Contrast 126
Key Takeaways 126 5 Torts 129
Overview of Torts 129
Simulated Torts-Based Performance Test 130
Inside This Test: Tips and Strategies 131
Your Outline and Answers 142
Spin-Off Exercises 145
Practice, Law School, and PTs: Compare and Contrast 150
Key Takeaways 150 6 Contracts 153 Overview of Contracts 153
Simulated Contracts-Based Performance Test 156 Inside This Test: Tips and Strategies 157
Outlining, Organizing, and Writing Your Answer 163
Spin-Off Exercises 169
Practice and Law School: Compare and Contrast 170
Key Takeaways 171
Civil Procedure 173
Overview of Civil Procedure 173
Simulated Civil Procedure¿Based Performance Test 173
Inside This Test: Tips and Strategies 175
Outlining Your Answer 181
Spin-Off Exercises 184
Practice, Law School, and PTs: Compare and Contrast 185
Key Takeaways 186 8 Evidence 187 Overview of Evidence 187
Simulated Evidence-Based Performance Test 188
Inside This Test: Tips and Strategies 189
Putting It All Together 194
Spin-Off Exercises 195
Practice, Law School, and PTs: Compare and Contrast 196
Key Takeaways 197
Constitutional Law 199
Overview of Constitutional Law 199
Simulated Constitutional Law¿Based Performance Test 199
Inside This Test: Tips and Strategies 200 Spin-Off Exercises 214
Practice, Law School, and PTs: Compare and Contrast 215
Key Takeaways 218 10 Professional Responsibility 219
Overview of Professional Responsibility 219
Simulated Professional Responsibility¿Based Performance Test 220
Inside This Test: Tips and Strategies 220 Spin-Off Exercises 226
Practice, Law School, and PTs: Compare and Contrast 228
Key Takeaways 230
Real Property 231
Overview of Real Property 231
Simulated Real Property¿Based Performance Test 232
Inside This Test: Tips and Strategies 232
Putting It All Together 240
Spin-Off Exercises 242
Practice, Law School, and PTs: Compare and Contrast 243
Key Takeaways 244
Family Law 245
Overview of Family Law 245
Simulated Family Law¿Based Performance Test 245
Inside This Test: Tips and Strategies 246
Putting It All Together 256
Spin-Off Exercises 257
Practice, Law School, and PTs: Compare and Contrast 258
Key Takeaways 259
Conclusion and Strategic Review 261
The PT as a ¿Trial Run¿ of You as a Lawyer 261
Using Practice Performance Tests as Writing Samples 262
Improving Your Performance Test Writing to Get Ready for Success on the Bar Exam 263
Key Takeaways 267
Index 2

About the author

In
addition to writing, Sara J. Berman currently serves as the Director of
Programs for Academic and Bar Success at the AccessLex Institute Center for
Legal Education Excellence in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining AccessLex,
Berman served as a professor of law and director of academic and bar success
programs in law schools in California and Florida, and lectured in bar reviews
for more than two decades, helping thousands of students pass bar exams
nationwide. Berman gained expertise in distance learning in legal education
through 15 years on the faculty at a fully online law school. She has published
two books and numerous articles on the bar exam and learning for law
students, and coauthored primers on the civil and criminal justice systems,
written initially for self-represented litigants and extensively used by law
students preparing to become tomorrow¿s lawyers.

Summary

Bar exams include essays, multiple choice questions, and a practical section called the performance test (PT). Most jurisdictions use a multi-state performance test (MPT). Without a doubt, MPTs and PTs generally are the best parts of modern bar exams, and the best time to master them is during law school. Train now and pass your first bar exam.

Product details

• Authors: Berman, Sara J Berman, Sara J. Berman
• Publisher: American Bar Association
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781641057585
• ISBN: 978-1-64105-758-5
• No. of pages: 273
• Dimensions: 176 mm x 252 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries