As an astute commenter pointed out, the February 2010 essays and performance exams have been released. And as you all know, these are just the questions. The answers will come along in another month or three.
Make sure you have plenty of antacids at hand!
For those wanting a recap, knock yourselves out! (;-)>
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Hello every body, I can't help but wonder: does any body feel still in shock after the exam? May e I am the only one, I admit, I am a freak, I carry my books with me and I review during lunch at work. It is just that I feel that I don't know anything, and I when I read certain subjects that I did study, it feel totally new. I call this Post Bar Syndrome...
sounds like you are flat burned out. try and take some time away from the bar to let your brain relax and decompress.
it took me five times to overcome this bitch, but i learned that you ABSOLUTELY need to be in the right mind frame before you can pass this beast.
I took the July bar and passed. If it makes anyone feel better, I just read the February essay questions and they seemed alot harder than the July questions, and most practice exams I did as well.
One-Timers took a stab at Question 5 -- The Con Law Essay.
http://www.one-timers.com/Jason-Tolerico-most-recent-california-bar-exam-model-answers
Is there any sites with recent bar discussion?
One-Timers model answer is very long. No way its possible to write that essay in one hour. So what could have been left out of that essay?
I didn't discuss standing (although maybe i should have), ripeness...all the preliminary stuff...the rest you needed to hit
I thought that standing was not necessary because the call of the question indicates that court issued a determination? I didn't discuss it. I discussed eminent domanin and 14th amendement but I was not sure whether it was a property or con law question. Any ways, I was done with the question in 30 min. I knew that I had missed a whole lot at that point, but I couldn't think of anything else. Oh Well.
Question: om the first PT the case law was repetitive, I sued all the cases but I concentrated on supporting the argument with all the facts, plenty of them. A friend told me that he used the cases and not many facts and kept it very brief. I finished it ontime but I wrote about 5-6 may be 7 pages or more, I don't remember. Any comments?
These questions seem MUCH harder than the July 2009 exam. I remember the February 2009 was much harder than I expected (much harder than July 2008 and July 2009). Is February designed to be more difficult? Good luck to all!
I did not discuss standing or ripeness for the same reason, that the court didn't dismiss the case on procedural grounds and instead ruled on the substance of the law suit. I did distinguish two types of takings even though the facts stated P claimed it was a regulatory taking just to show I knew the difference and to fill up the page. Finished in about 45 minutes, so it is likely the shortest essay I wrote.
The Feb '10 exam did seem harder than July '09. So maybe they do make Feb bar exams harder because they know the majority of takers have studied for the exam more than once?
For PT-A the task was to write a written opinion that persuades, so I used both all the cases in the library and applied it to the facts of our case to come up with the final opinion. I don't know that using only the law in the Library without applying it to the facts of the case is enough, IMO. The parties should not have to draw their own conclusions from the law presented.
GP: Do you regret going to law school?
Anon 2:49: Not in the least.
I regret that my family encountered some very serious challenges during my second year of law school, which seriously affected my studies, and which only recently seem to have resolved, mostly.
I have gained many new friends through law school and I've learned, for the first time, how important a role friends can play in one's life.
I have a number of new career options should I decide not ever to take the bar exam again (but I will be a lawyer because I will pass the exam). And my future holds more promise than it ever did before I decided to go to law school.
So, no, I have not the slightest bit of regret that I decided to go to law school. Life has been very tough for me over the past five years, but it would not have been any easier had I not made the decision to go to law school back in 2003. In fact, it would have been more difficult if I didn't have law school, and my friends, to give me something positive to focus on every day.
Now that I think about it, the decision to go to law school may actually have saved my life.
Take some time away from studying to freshen up a bit. You don't want to go into the exam feeling shattered.
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