Detailed explanatory answers to 581 actual questions from the 1992 multistate bar exam. Explains not only Why the right answer is right, but also Why the wrong answers are wrong and How to take the bar exam. The bar examination tests legal reasoning: NONE of the four choices might be correct! Likewise, more than one answer may be correct! The examinee must choose the BEST choice of the given choices! Failing to see that fact alone costs many students their "pass": Wrong answers are less exact, less accurate, or outright wrong, as compared to the correct answer which is most accurate of given choices or the most likely argument to be accepted by the court on existing law or a good faith argument thereon. In other words, the best answer is not necessarily correct! Furthermore, tThe least wrong answer is still ... best! These are the actual questions asked on the bar exam which were released by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBEX). The NCBE released those questions and retains copyright over them. Use of these questions does not consitute an endorsement by the NCBE. The explanations are complete, and include vital test-taking tips for the bar exam! No copyright is claimed as to the questions: the explanations to the answers were authored by Dr. Eric Engle LL.M. (Fulbright).

Detailed explanatory answers to actual questions from the 1998-1999 multistate bar exam. Explains not only Why the right answer is right, but also Why the wrong answers are wrong and How to take the bar exam. The bar examination tests legal reasoning: NONE of the four choices might be correct! Likewise, more than one answer may be correct! The examinee must choose the BEST choice of the given choices! Failing to see that fact alone costs many students their "pass": Wrong answers are less exact, less accurate, or outright wrong, as compared to the correct answer which is most accurate of given choices or the most likely argument to be accepted by the court on existing law or a good faith argument thereon. In other words, the best answer is not necessarily correct! Furthermore, the least wrong answer is still ... best! These are the actual questions asked on the bar exam which were released by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBEX). The explanations are complete, and include vital test-taking tips for the bar exam! No copyright is claimed as to the questions: the explanations to the answers were authored by Dr. Eric Engle LL.M. (Fulbright). The NCBE released those questions and retains copyright over them. Use of these questions does not consitute an endorsement by the NCBE.YOU can pass the bar. It takes discipline, determination, and curiousity. It is not rocket science. About the Author:Dr. Eric Engle, JD, DEA (Paris II), LL.M. has published dozens of law review articles in law journals around the world and authored these answers. He has earned law degrees in the US (JD), France (DEA), Germany (LL.M., Dr.Jur.). He has taught law in France (Nanterre) Germany (Bremen, Humboldt), Estonia (Tartu), Russia (Pericles) Ukraine (Fulbright, Kharkiv) and Bosnia (Fulbright, Sarajevo). He worked as a legal research aid at Harvard Law School. He passed the New York Bar on his first attempt. He has also authored and edited several books on law.

Clearing the Last Hurdle: Mapping Success on the Bar Exam is designed as a comprehensive textbook for a for-credit bar preparation course. This all-inclusive textbook includes substantive outlines on all Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) topics and all Multistate Essay Exam (MEE) topics and is also easily adaptable for state-specific jurisdictions. New to the Third Edition: All-new essay questions (with score sheets) Improved mind maps including estates and future interests and search and seizure

This book is designed to help law students become efficient and skilled at answering the type of multiple-choice questions that they will encounter on this exam. Its purpose is to help law students in developing test-taking techniques.

"Clearing the Last Hurdle: Mapping Success on the California Bar Exam, 2e guides students through the process of bar preparation with clear and organized instruction, innovating strategies (like mind maps-an innovative tool for improving memory and associating concepts), and practice questions in all formats for the California Bar Exam's essay exams, Multistate Bar Exam, and performance test"--