LAW 7504 - Legal Analysis Workshop

This course will focus on two of the three portions of the bar exam: the performance test and multiple choice.  The performance test is a closed-universe test of your skills; bar takers are given a task memo, a file (set of documents from which to extract their client’s facts), and a library (a set of cases and/or statutes to determine the relevant law).  Bar takers have ninety minutes to determine what their task is, what the legal issues and relevant law are, their client’s relevant facts, and to draft the legal document they have been asked to write.  This could be a memo, a portion of a brief, a client letter, interrogatories, etc.  This class will teach students how to approach a performance test, what is expected of them, and how to accomplish the task within the requisite time.  This class also teaches students the necessary skills for bar exam multiple choice questions, touching on Constitutional Law, Contracts and Sales, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Federal Civil Procedure, Real Property, and Torts. 3 credits.