Episode description
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In this second part of a two-part episode, we are going through drafting an answer for the February 2018 Multistate Performance Test. We recommend listening to last week's episode first, where we reviewed the file and the library.
In this episode, we discuss:
- A quick reminder of the performance test's timing
- A review of the task memo and facts in the February 2018 MPT
- Structuring our analysis using the IRAC formula
- Remembering to cite where we found a certain rule
- Keeping an objective voice since we have to draw a conclusion based on the facts and the law
- How a strong conclusion almost always has the word "because" in it
Resources:
- Multistate Performance Test, February 2018 (https://www.arcourts.gov/sites/default/files/February%202018%20MPT%20Best%20Answers.pdf)
- Bar Exam Toolbox, UBE (MEE + MPT) Courses and Tools (https://barexamtoolbox.com/ube-bar-exam-courses-tools/)
- Podcast Episode 50: How to Ace the Bar Exam Performance Test (with Doretta McGinnis) (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-50-ace-bar-exam-performance-test-doretta-mcginnis/)
- Podcast Episode 58: The California Performance Test – Reviewing the Task Memo, File, and Library (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-58-the-california-performance-test-reviewing-the-task-memo-file-and-library/)
- Podcast Episode 59: The California Performance Test – Outlining and Drafting (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-59-the-california-performance-test-outlining-and-drafting-your-answer/)
- Podcast Episode 62: February 2018 MPT – Going Through the File and Library (https://barexamtoolbox.com/episode-62-february-2018-mpt-going-through-the-file-and-library/)
- Bar Exam Toolbox blog: Five Common Issues on the Performance Test and How to Fix Them (https://barexamtoolbox.com/five-common-issues-performance-test-fix/)
- Bar Exam Toolbox blog: Strategies for Common Performance Test Issues (https://barexamtoolbox.com/strategies-for-common-performance-test-issues/)
Download the Transcript
(https://barexamtoolbox.com/episode-63-february-2018-mpt-drafting-the-answer/)
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Alison & Lee