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    The document summarizes the topics covered on the bar exams for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. For the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), it lists the core subject areas of Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Property, and Torts. It then provides details on the essay questions and additional components for each state exam, noting differences such as Pennsylvania having its own performance test. The document cautions that exam formats may change annually and directs students to contact bar examiners or review providers for the most up-to-date information.

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    The document summarizes the topics covered on the bar exams for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. For the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), it lists the core subject areas of Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Property, and Torts. It then provides details on the essay questions and additional components for each state exam, noting differences such as Pennsylvania having its own performance test. The document cautions that exam formats may change annually and directs students to contact bar examiners or review providers for the most up-to-date information.

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    Topics Covered on the Bar Exam

    The Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) is a 200-question multiple choice exam administered in every
    state except Louisiana, Washington, and the Territory of Puerto Rico. The topics covered on the
    MBE are listed in the left-hand column and the Temple Law School courses in which those
    topics are covered are listed in the right-hand column. [Note: Subjects that may appear on a bar
    exam are discussed in many courses. The list below includes only those courses which devote
    substantial attention to subject areas which are specified as being covered on the MBE.]

    MBE Topics Temple Courses

    Constitutional Law (50% based on Judicial Constitutional Law


    Review, Separation of Powers & the Federal Political & Civil Rights
    System; 50% based on Individual Rights) [Particular MBE constitutional law topics
    are also covered in other courses, including
    Federal Courts & Jurisdiction, Conflict of
    Laws, Administrative Law, Equal
    Protection, First Amendment, Issues and
    Trends in Civil Rights Law, Religious
    Rights, State & Local Government Law,
    Legislation]

    Contracts (25% based on UCC Article 2) Contracts


    Advanced Contracts
    Sales
    Electronic Commerce

    Criminal Law and Procedure (50% based on Criminal Law I


    constitutional protections of accused Criminal Procedure I
    persons) [Particular MBE criminal law topics are
    covered in other courses, including Criminal
    Law II, Criminal Procedure II, Federal
    Criminal Law, White Collar Crime, Death
    Penalty]

    Evidence Evidence

    Real Property (based 20% each on Titles, Property


    Ownership [including Landlord/Tenant], Real Estate Transactions
    Rights in Land, Real Property Contracts, and [Particular MBE property law topics are
    Mortgages) covered in other courses, including Trusts &
    Estates and Land Use Planning.]

    Torts (50% based on Negligence; Torts


    50% based on Intentional Torts, Strict [Particular MBE torts topics are also
    Liability, Products Liability and “other covered in other courses, including Drug
    torts”) Products Liability, Medical Malpractice]
    Each state also has another portion of the bar exam, usually in an essay format. The topics
    covered on that portion of the state bar exams most frequently taken by Temple Law School
    graduates are listed below.

    The Pennsylvania essay exam topics are: Business Organizations (including corporations,
    partnerships, limited liability companies and professional corporations); Civil Procedure (PA and
    federal); Criminal Law (including related PA and federal constitutional issues and PA DUI law);
    Conflict of Laws; Contracts; Employment Discrimination (limited to Title VII, ADA and
    ADEA); Evidence (PA and federal); Family Law; Federal Constitutional Law; Federal Personal
    Income Tax; Professional Responsibility; Real Property; Torts; Sales (UCC Article II); and,
    Wills, Trusts and Decedents’ Estates (including related fiduciary responsibilities).

    Another component of the Pennsylvania Bar Exam is a 90-minute Performance Test developed
    by the Board of Law Examiners. This test is designed to evaluate an applicant’s ability to use
    fundamental lawyering skills in situations that are comparable to those encountered in the
    practice of law, with an emphasis on ability to complete certain tasks that a beginning attorney
    should be able to accomplish.(Pennsylvania is unusual in having its own performance test; most
    other states use the Multi-State Performance Test (MPT) developed by National Conference of
    Bar Examiners.)

    New Jersey bases the essay portion of its bar exam on the six MBE subjects and Civil Procedure.
    Such essay questions may be framed in the context of fact situations involving and interrelated
    with: Agency, Conflicts of Law, Corporations, Equity, Family Law, Partnership, UCC Articles 2
    (Sales), 3 (Commercial Paper), and 9 (Secured Transactions), Wills, Trusts and Estates, Zoning
    and Planning, and Disciplinary Rules.

    In addition to the MBE, the New York portion of the bar exam consists of five essay questions,
    the MPT, and 50 multiple choice questions. This portion of the exam tests all six MBE subjects,
    as well as the following topics: Business Relationships, Conflict of Laws, New York
    Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Family Law, Remedies, New York and Federal Civil
    Jurisdiction and Procedure, Statutory No-Fault Insurance Provisions, Professional Responsibility,
    Trusts, Wills, Estates, and UCC Articles 2, 3, and 9. Except for questions involving federal law,
    the New York essay and multiple choice questions are based on the law of New York.

    Pennsylvania and New York require applicants to take the Multistate Professional Responsibility
    Exam (MPRE). New Jersey does not require the MPRE if the applicant earned a “C” or better in
    Professional Responsibility during law school.

    Please be aware that these are, to the best of our knowledge, the formats for the bar exams in
    2010 in the states listed above. Each year, many states modify their exams in some way. If we
    learn of changes in the bar exams in Pennsylvania, New Jersey or New York, we will attempt to
    announce those changes to our students. However, you should not rely exclusively on this
    memo, or other Law School announcements, for comprehensive information on the bar
    examination(s) you expect to take. For more information on the topics covered in the states
    listed or in other states, you should contact the bar examiners in the states in which you intend to
    practice. BAR/BRI, a bar examination review provider, maintains brief information on its web
    site (www.barbrigroup.com) on the bar examination requirements for all 50 states and the
    District of Columbia.

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