Jan 31, 2022
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we're talking about three different topics in Constitutional Law that are sometimes tested together: executive authority, federal preemption, and commandeering. These topics logically go together because they all involve a power struggle between government entities.
In...
Jan 24, 2022
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, as part of our "Listen and Learn" series, we're looking at the conditions that have to be satisfied in order to form a valid contract. We'll review the concepts and illustrate them with two essay questions from previous bar exams.
In this episode, we...
Jan 17, 2022
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we're discussing the different standards of review a court will apply when dealing with questions of constitutionality. You may also hear these referred to as "levels of scrutiny."
In this episode, we discuss:
- The three Constitutional Law levels of scrutiny and how...
Jan 10, 2022
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, in our "Listen and Learn" series, we're discussing the standards for admitting witness testimony, which are found in the rules of Evidence.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Who can be a lay witness?
- The instances in which lay witnesses can offer opinion testimony
- When is...
Jan 3, 2022
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In today's episode from our "Listen and Learn" series, we go through a step-by-step approach for analyzing questions involving multiple levels of hearsay.
In this episode, we discuss:
- The rule for multiple hearsay
- A review of the general rule for hearsay and how to apply...