Bar exam MPT preparation & experiential learning for law students : interactive performance test training

Reading Bar Exam MPT Preparation & Experiential Learning For Law Students: Interactive Performance Test Training will help you master the performance test portion of the bar exam during law school. Working through the PT questions and sample answers, you will: - Give yourself a down payment for success on the bar exam - Gain critical exposure to practical lawyering skills that will help you transition effectively to law practice - Find that law school comes alive, especially if you have thus far seen it as "just" reading and briefing cases - Begin to see yourself not just as a student, but as a practicing attorney Law students used to postpone even thinking about the bar exam until after graduation. They then did nothing but study for two months. Today's law students have more pressure, more riding on outcomes, and much more student loan debt than prior generations. To ensure bar exam success, you must start bar prep early--during law school--and master strategies to pass every part of the exam. This book will help you do just that--pass the performance test portion of your bar exam. In the role-play simulations in this title's online performance tests, you will "represent" almost a dozen clients in criminal and civil litigation, and in transactional matters. You will practice drafting memos, briefs, discovery plans, affidavits, closing arguments, cross examinations, and more.

• Acknowledgments p. xi
• 1 How to Get the Most Out of this Book p. 1
• This Book's Approach p. 2
• Start Studying for the Bar Exam During Law School p. 3
• Performance Tests: The Best Part of Your Bar Exam p. 8
• Strategic Training Over Time Is the Key to Success on PTs p. 10
• What is in the Rest of This Book, and How to Use the Material During Law School p. 12
• Key Takeaways p. 15
• 2 What Performance Tests Are and How to Pass Them p. 17
• Overview of Performance Tests p. 17
• Your Role as Lawyer: Practical Aspects of Performance Tests p. 19
• A Detailed Look at the Performance Test p. 20
• PT Approach: How to Finish a PT in 90 Minutes p. 20
• Performance Tests as Training for the Time Pressures of Law Practice p. 22
• The PT Approach in Detail p. 22
• How to Complete Performance Tests Under Timed Conditions p. 35
• Fundamental Lawyering Skills Tested on PTs p. 38
• Typical PT Tasks p. 53
• Key Takeaways p. 76
• 3 Criminal Law p. 79
• Overview of Criminal Law p. 79
• Simulated Criminal Law-Based Performance Test p. 80
• Inside This Test: Debriefing, Tips, and Strategies p. 81
• Pulling It All Together p. 94
• Spin-Off Exercises p. 96
• Practice and Law School and PTs: Compare and Contrast p. 96
• Key Takeaways p. 97
• 4 Criminal Procedure p. 99
• Overview of Criminal Procedure p. 99
• Simulated Criminal Procedure-Based Performance Test p. 101
• Inside This Test: Tips and Strategies p. 101
• Put It All Together and Draft Your Answer p. 118
• Spin-Off Exercises p. 122
• Practice, Law School, and PTs: Compare and Contrast p. 123
• Key Takeaways p. 123
• 5 Torts p. 125
• Overview of Torts p. 125
• Simulated Torts-Based Performance Test p. 126
• Inside This Test: Tips and Strategies p. 127
• Your Outline and Answers p. 137
• Spin-Off Exercises p. 140
• Practice, Law School, and PTs: Compare and Contrast p. 145
• Key Takeaways p. 145
• 6 Contracts p. 147
• Overview of Contracts p. 147
• Simulated Contracts-Based Performance Test p. 150
• Inside This Test: Tips and Strategies p. 151
• Outlining, Organizing, and Writing Your Answer p. 156
• Spin-Off Exercises p. 163
• Practice and Law School: Compare and Contrast p. 163
• Key Takeaways p. 164
• 7 Civil Procedure p. 167
• Overview of Civil Procedure p. 167
• Simulated Civil Procedure-Based Performance Test p. 167
• Inside This Test: Tips and Strategies p. 169
• Outlining Your Answer p. 174
• Spin-Off Exercises p. 177
• Practice, Law School, and PTs: Compare and Contrast p. 179
• Key Takeaways p. 179
• 8 Evidence p. 181
• Overview of Evidence p. 181
• Simulated Evidence-Based Performance Test p. 182
• Inside This Test: Tips and Strategies p. 183
• Putting It All Together p. 188
• Spin-Off Exercises p. 188
• Practice, Law School, and PTs: Compare and Contrast p. 190
• Key Takeaways p. 191
• 9 Constitutional Law p. 193
• Overview of Constitutional Law p. 193
• Simulated Constitutional Law-Based Performance Test p. 193
• Inside This Test: Tips and Strategies p. 194
• Spin-Off Exercises p. 208
• Practice, Law School, and PTs: Compare and Contrast p. 209
• Key Takeaways p. 211
• 10 Professional Responsibility p. 213
• Overview of Professional Responsibility p. 213
• Simulated Professional Responsibility-Based Performance Test p. 214
• Inside This Test: Tips and Strategies p. 214
• Spin-Off Exercises p. 219
• Practice, Law School, and PTs: Compare and Contrast p. 222
• Key Takeaways p. 223
• 11 Real Property p. 225
• Overview of Real Property p. 225
• Simulated Real Property-Based Performance Test p. 226
• Inside This Test: Tips and Strategies p. 226
• Putting It AH Together p. 234
• Spin-Off Exercises p. 237
• Practice, Law School, and PTs: Compare and Contrast p. 237
• Key Takeaways p. 238
• 12 Family Law p. 239
• Overview of Family Law p. 239
• Simulated Family Law-Based Performance Test p. 239
• Inside This Test: Tips and Strategies p. 240
• Putting It All Together p. 250
• Spin-Off Exercises p. 251
• Practice, Law School, and PTs: Compare and Contrast p. 252
• Key Takeaways p. 252
• 13 Conclusion and Strategic Review p. 255
• The PT as a "Trial Run" of You as a Lawyer p. 255
• Using Practice Performance Tests as Writing Samples p. 256
• Improving Your Performance Test Writing to Get Ready for Success on the Bar Exam p. 256
• Key Takeaways p. 260
• Index p. 261