Sara J. Berman

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

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Bar Association
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 273
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 252mm x 176mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781641057585
• ISBN-10: 1641057580
• Artikelnr.: 61605532

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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