Dec 9, 2019
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we are walking through a UBE Contracts essay question from the July 2018 bar exam. This is part of our series of podcasts on how to approach Multistate Essay Examination questions.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How to easily determine you are working with a Contracts question
- Does the scope of the question fall into the UCC world or the common law world?
- A review of Article 2 of the UCC and the common law of contracts
- Reading the Contracts question from the July 2018 bar exam
- Is a verbal promise to keep an offer to sell goods open binding when the offer is made by a non-merchant?
- Tip: Glance at the questions at the end before you start reading the facts in the hypothetical
Resources:
- NCBE July 2018 Questions and Sample Answers (https://www.njbarexams.org/bar-examination-sample-q-a-july-2018)
- Articles of the UCC (https://uniformcommercialcode.uslegal.com/articles-of-the-ucc/)
- NCBE Study Aids (http://www.ncbex.org/study-aids/)
- Private Bar Exam Tutoring (https://barexamtoolbox.com/private-bar-exam-tutoring/)
- Brainy Bar Bank – UBE (MEE + MPT) (https://barexamtoolbox.com/brainy-bar-bank-ube-mee-mpt)
- UBE (MEE + MPT) Writing of the Week (WOW) Course (https://barexamtoolbox.com/ube-mee-mpt-writing-of-the-week-wow-bar-exam-course/)
- Podcast Episode 23: Tackling an MEE Corporations Question (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-23-tackling-an-mee-corporations-question/)
- Podcast Episode 27: Tackling an MEE Question: Wills and Trusts (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-27-tackling-an-mee-question-wills-and-trusts/)
- Podcast Episode 33: Tackling an MEE Civil Procedure Question (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-33-tackling-an-mee-civil-procedure-question/)
- Podcast Episode 37: Tackling an MEE Secured Transactions Essay Question (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-37-tackling-an-mee-secured-transactions-essay-question/)
- Podcast Episode 41: Tackling an MEE Family Law and Conflicts of Law Essay (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-41-tackling-an-mee-family-law-and-conflicts-of-law-essay-question/)
- Podcast Episode 65: Tackling an MEE Real Property Essay Question (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-65-tackling-an-mee-real-property-essay-question/)
- Podcast Episode 66: Tackling an MEE Agency and Torts Essay Question (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-66-tackling-an-mee-agency-and-torts-essay-question/)
Download the Transcript
(https://barexamtoolbox.com/episode-71-tackling-an-mee-contracts-essay-question/)
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Alison & Lee