This book is Volume 1 of AmeriBar's Texas Outlines Book. These outlines prepare students for the essay portion of the Texas bar exam. The book comes with AmeriBar's Texas bar review course. If you need complete materials to prepare for the Texas bar exam, please enroll in AmeriBar's Texas Bar Review Course. This book contains outlines for:AgencyCivil ProcedureCommercial PaperCommunity PropertyConsumer LawCorporationsCriminal Procedure (Texas)Volume 2 (available separately) contains outlines for the remaining tested subjects.

If you: - Feel overwhelmed by the breadth of law tested on the bar exam...- Think there isn't enough time to get it all done...- Are unsure whether you should hire a tutor, use a commercial prep company, or self-study...- Don't know what you should be doing...- Worry you're not doing enough...- Want to find the easiest way to pass the bar...- Have decision fatigue about choosing between all the bar prep companies, workshops, tools, books, cheat sheets, outlines, etc. to choose from...- Hemorrhage money to buy all things bar prep...- Never see your family or friends...- Feel alone in your struggle...- Think you'll never learn it all...- Feel like there's never a moment where the weight of the bar exam isn't bearing down on you...- Have constant anxiety about what hangs in the balance of you passing the bar exam...- Struggle to juggle bar prep and everything else in life...- Worry about failing...- Worry about failing, AGAIN...This is the book I wish someone had written when I was where you are right now. In short, this book is for you

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

MBE Ouline book. Comprehensive outlines covering substantive law that is within the scope of testing for the 2015 Multistate Bar Exam. The subjects included:Civil ProcedureConstitutional LawContracts and SalesCriminal Law and ProcedureEvidenceReal PropertyTortsThis book is completely updated for the 2015 MBE. It includes an outline for the newest testable subject on the MBE - Civil Procedure.Prepare for the bar exam with the latest brand new AmeriBar study materials and save. AmeriBar offers comprehensive review courses for 38 jurisdictions. Visit http://ameribar.com for more information.

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

Popular casebook author and bar review lecturer Richard Freer makes the complex principles of civil procedure accessible for students and practitioners in this treatise. Filled with hundreds of examples, the book integrates legal doctrine with factual analysis. The book breaks the doctrines of civil procedure into easy-to-understand components, and then brings them together to show how they form a comprehensive body of law. As stated by one procedure scholar, this book “is a key reference not only for students, but also for any lawyer or scholar looking for a starting point to their research on procedure and jurisdiction. The latest edition is always on my bookshelf.” New to the 5th Edition: The Supreme Court’s most recent decision on specific personal jurisdiction, Ford Motor Company, and how it flows from the Court’s restriction of general personal jurisdiction Detailed analysis of all recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Emerging law on class actions, including justiciability, ascertainability, cy pres, and issue certification Detailed treatment of remedies, including provisional remedies The Court’s 2020 recognition of “defense preclusion” Professors and students will benefit from: “Defining the Issue,” a section that opens each chapter, putting material into context and making connections to related areas of procedure and jurisdiction law Analytical frameworks to synthesize key subject areas

AmeriBar's outlines for the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE). The outlines cover the substantive law for all of the non-MBE topics that are set forth by the National Conference of Bar Examiners as testable on the MEE. This book DOES NOT contain outlines for the subjects tested on the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE).Subjects that are covered in this book include:Business Associations (Agency, Partnership, Corporations, and LLCs)Conflict of LawsFamily LawTrusts and Decedent's Estates (Wills)Uniform Commercial Code (Secured Transactions)The MEE Outilne book is divided into sections covering each of these testable subjects on the Multistate Essay Exam. The MEE is administered as a component of the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) in several states including Missouri, Arizona, North Dakota, New Hamshire, and several others. The MEE is also administered in several non UBE states including West Virginia, Illinois, South Dakota, and several others.The outlines are written clearly and concisely. They focus on testability. A starring system is used to highlight frequently tested issues.

This book offers a brass-tacks no-nonsense introduction to the art of persuasive legal argument. In sixty pages and three chapters, it aims to compress essential and often elusive keys to success on law school exams into a short and highly readable primer. Chapter One explains how to read and understand legal arguments, deconstructing their often unstated moral, political, and rhetorical dimensions through anecdotes and examples. Chapter Two offers specific tips on how to apply the tools of rhetoric in the service of effective legal argument. Finally, Chapter Three explains the mechanics of argumentative legal writing, and shows that every great and careful lawyer closely follows the same formula for success.

Provides templates and detailed instructions for writing the formats on the Multistate Performance Test (MPT) part of the bar exam. Contains twelve (12) actual MPT tasks, as released by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) and used here with permission, in a variety of formats and a range of difficulty. Full sample answers for the MPT tasks and notes on analyzing all 12 tasks. Systems and checklists for managing time. Special tips for California bar candidates and for foreign-trained lawyers.