Essay Exam Writing for the California Bar Exam

The Second Edition of Essay Exam Writing for the California Bar Exam contains everything needed to pass the essay portion of the California bar exam. The book combines a comprehensive, yet efficiently concise review of volumes of substantive law with the authors’ proven-effective strategic plan for writing passing bar essays. Rule outlines are supplemented with issues checklists to aid issue spotting and memorization attack sheets, to make memorization manageable, while practice questions productively cover favorite testing areas so bar study is targeted and effective.

New to the Second Edition Update:

• Recent and updated rule developments in all subjects
• Expanded coverage of topics emphasized on recent bar exams
• Updated issues tested matrices, rule memorization attack sheets, and topic specific approaches to reflect current testing trends
• Updated practice essay questions and answer grids in all subjects including crossover questions

Professors and students will benefit from:

• Concise easy to memorize rule statements
• Fact triggers and exam tips that aid the transition to bar exam writing style
• Easy to follow essay approaches for key topics
• Practice essay questions with corresponding answer grids identifying issues and analysis required for a passing score
• Realistic sample answers that could be written under timed conditions
• Coverage of all heavily tested topics in each subject and crossover questions
• Issues tested matrices identifying the subtopics tested in every essay given in 30+ years

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The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.