Overview of 3L Bar Preparation Courses for AY 2019-2020
The faculty has approved a new course as part of the law school’s Bar Preparation Program: Fundamentals of Bar Exam Writing. This course is an elective course that will be offered in the fall. With the addition of this new course, we now offer an elective course in the fall (Fundamentals of Bar Exam Writing) and a required course in the spring (Bar Preparation). Details for both courses are provided below. Additionally, we may offer the elective intersession course (Introduction to the Multistate: Strategies and Techniques) again in 2019-2020; stay tuned for more information on this possibility.
Fundamentals of Bar Exam Writing – ELECTIVE
Course Number: TBD
Credit Hours: 2
Limited Enrollment: 25
Offered: Fall
Required Text(s): This course will have a required text; details TBD.
Course Description: The Multistate Essay Exam (MEE) requires examinees to know the rules of law, understand how the rules are applied to various hypotheticals, and effectively communicate their knowledge of the law and ability to apply it in writing. This course offers students a question-based approach to essay exams in the context of three substantive subjects. The subjects may vary from year to year but currently include Evidence, Agency/Partnership, and Real Property. This course will also review techniques and strategies for responding to different types of the Multistate Performance Test (MPT).
Bar Preparation – REQUIRED**
Course Number: 721
Credit Hours: 3 (Although previously offered as a 2-credit course, Bar Preparation will be a 3-credit course as of Spring 2020.)
Offered: Spring
Required Text(s): This course has a required text and a required subscription to an online platform. These materials are provided through BARBRI for a fee paid directly to BARBRI. The fee for Spring 2020 is TBD.
Course Description: This is a course to help graduating students prepare for the Bar Exam both by reviewing some substantive law and instructing on how successfully to navigate multiple choice, essay, and Multistate Performance Test questions. The class reviews three substantive areas of law. The subjects may vary from year to year but currently include Contracts, Torts, and Criminal Law. Students answer simulated multiple choice and essay questions and receive regular feedback on their performance. There will be a graded mid-term examination, a graded final examination, and a graded Multistate Performance Test. This course is in addition to, not a substitute for, a summer bar preparation course.
**This course is required for all students who matriculated after August 1, 2017. The requirement may be waived but only for good cause shown and to avoid hardship. If you would like to request waiver of the requirement, please submit a memo to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs demonstrating that the standard is satisfied.**
