Episode description
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we are walking through a California bar exam question on constitutional law. This is part of our series of podcasts talking about how to approach questions on the California bar exam.
In this episode, we discuss:
- A quick review of the First Amendment and its application to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment
- Issues related to the freedom of religion
- The Establishment Clause, the Free Exercise Clause, and the Equal Protection Clause
- How to do proper analysis on California bar exam essay questions
- How to assess what is legally significant about each fact in the question's fact pattern
- How to create a roadmap and organize your essay's structure
Resources:
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, February 2018 (http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/admissions/Examinations/Feb2018_CBXSelectedAnswers_EssayQuestions.pdf)
- Podcast Episode 24: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Professional Responsibility and Evidence (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-24-tackling-a-california-bar-exam-essay-professional-responsibility-and-evidence/)
- Podcast Episode 32: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Wills and Community Property (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-32-tackling-a-california-bar-exam-essay-wills-and-community-property/)
- Podcast Episode 35: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Corporations (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-35-tackling-a-california-bar-exam-essay-corporations/)
- Podcast Episode 39: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Real Property (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-39-tackling-a-california-bar-exam-essay-real-property/)
- Podcast Episode 28: Balancing Law and Analysis on a Bar Exam Essay (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-28-balancing-law-and-analysis-on-a-bar-exam-essay/)
- 5 Easy Tips to Bolster Your Analysis on the Bar (https://barexamtoolbox.com/5-easy-tips-to-bolster-your-analysis-on-the-bar/)
- California Bar Exam Courses and Tools (https://barexamtoolbox.com/california-bar-exam-courses-tools/)
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Alison & Lee