Time Management
If you finish an exam early, you should do this before submitting.
What is review and proofread your answers?
The total number of PTs you will complete on the NextGen bar exam.
What is 3?
This Latin term means "let the decision stand" and refers to following precedent.
What is stare decisis?
In the analysis section of IRAC, you must connect the legal rule to these.
What are the facts?
The approximate total length of the NextGen bar exam, replacing the traditional two-day format.
What is one and a half days (about 9 hours in total)?
If you have 10 minutes left and still have one complete issue to address, you should do this instead of leaving it blank.
What is outline the remaining analysis?
The amount of time you should spend on a PT.
What is 60 minutes?
When an appellate court sends a case back to the lower court for further proceedings, it does this to the case.
What is remand?
To write a strong issue statement, you should frame it as a question in this way.
What is: The issue is whether [insert legal rule] when [insert relevant facts]?
The three components of the NextGen bar exam.
What are the MBE, IQS and PT?
When one question is worth 50% of the exam and another is worth 25%, you should do this with your time allocation.
What is allocate time proportionally to the point value (or spend twice as much time on the 50% question)?
The amount of time you should spend outlining and reading before writing an PT.
What is 30 minutes?
This term describes a court's reasoning that is not necessary to the decision and is not binding precedent.
What is dicta?
This type of writing states a conclusion without explaining the reasoning or analysis behind it.
What is conclusory?
The amount of time you should spend on each MC question.
What is 1.8 minutes?
To prevent time crunches, you should practice answering exam questions in this way.
What is under timed conditions?
The part of the PT that gives you your instructions.
What is the task memo?
This term describes the burden of proof in most civil cases, meaning "more likely than not."
What is preponderance of the evidence?
What is "Here"?
These types of questions may include a fact pattern that evolves over time.
What is an Integrated Question Set?
When you should start your course outlines.
What is after you finish your first topic or about one month into the semester?
This percentage of your total bar exam score comes from the PT.
What is 30%?
This Latin phrase means "the thing speaks for itself" and is used in negligence cases where the accident wouldn't normally happen without negligence.
What is res ipsa loquitur?
When looking at an essay hypothetical, you should begin reading here.
What is the call of the question?
The number of identical sections you will complete on the NextGen bar exam.
What is three?