美国纽约州律师资格考试 ESSAY 部分 复习资料

1MASTER2008NYBARESSAYTOPICSFEB2008-JULY1995Beinganattorney,Imuststartoffwithadisclaimer.Thisisadviceandopinionbasedonmyanalysis.Thisinformationisintendedtosupplementyourstudying.Theinformationcontainedonthissiteisbynomeansareplacementforcommonsense,studyingandhardwork.Norepresentationismadethatanyansweriscorrectoridentifiesorcorrectlyrespondstoalloftheissuesraisedbythecorrespondingquestion.Theanalysisisdeemedaccurateandreliable,butnowarrantiesarebeingmade,including,butnotlimitedtotypographicalerrors.Inaddition,pleasekeepinmindthatpastperformanceisnotindicativeoffutureresults.ThepurposeofMASTERistomakeiteasiertostudyfortheNYEssayssoyoucanfocusontheMBE.However,everyoneisdifferent.Certainstudymethodsdonotworkforallpeople.IdothinkthateveryonethatsignedupforMASTERagreeswithmyphilosophy–youstudythetopicsmostlikelytoappearandavoidthetopicsleastlikelytoappearinordertoincreaseyourchancesofpassingtheexam.Iusethetermscategoriestopicsandissues”below.Categoriesarethe16categories(i.e.Contracts,Torts,etc).Topicsarethe299topicsthatappearthroughoutthe26NYBarExamsfromFeb2008toJuly1995(i.e.PROPERTY:JointTenants).Issuesarethesumofallthetopicsthatappearthroughoutthe26NYBarExamsfromFeb2008toJuly1995.Thereare698issuesinthe26NYBarExamsfromFeb2008toJuly1995.LegendforTopicHeadersFHowoftenthistopichasappearedinthelast26examsfromFeb2008-July1995TTheoverallpercentageofappearanceofthetopicbasedonthetotalnumberofissuesforthecategoryETheoverallpercentageofappearanceofthetopicbasedonthetotalnumberofissuesforalltheexams(698issuesinthelast26examsfromFeb2008-July1995)JPercentagefrequencyofthistopicbasedonJulyexamsversusFebruaryexamsPrioThisistheestimatedpriorityofthetopicappearingontheJuly2008exambasedonmyanalysis.TheMASTER2008topicsarecolor-coded.Thecodesareasfollows:BLUE-HIGH,GREEN-MEDIUM,ORANGE-LOW.Ifyouwanttogetridthecolorcodingforprintingpurposes,justSelectAll(Ctrl+A)andthenchangethefontcolortoBlackorAutomatic.MASTER2008consistsof64LOWprioritytopics,122MEDIUMprioritytopics,and113HIGHprioritytopics.TheTableofContentsisHyper-Linked.JustholddowntheCTRLkeyandclickonatopicandyouwilljumptothattopic.GOODLUCKONJULY2008.2TABLEOFCONTENTSAGENCY/PARTNERSHIP–8OF26EXAMS-OVERALLISSUEFREQUENCY1.3%......................................................................8AGENT-PART:Agent-F:2-T:22.22%-E:0.29%-J:50.00%-Prio:LOW............................................................................8AGENT-PART:LimitedPartnership-F:1-T:11.11%-E:0.14%-J:100.00%-Prio:LOW...................................................8AGENT-PART:Partnerships-F:6-T:66.67%-E:0.86%-J:83.33%-Prio:LOW.................................................................8CONFLICTOFLAWS–8OF26EXAMS-OVERALLISSUEFREQUENCY1.1%.............................................................................8CONFLICT:ConflictofLaw-F:8-T:100.00%-E:1.15%-J:50.00%-Prio:MED...............................................................8CONSTITUTIONALLAW–3OF26EXAMS-OVERALLISSUEFREQUENCY0.4%......................................................................9CONLAW:FreedomofSpeech-F:1-T:33.33%-E:0.14%-J:0.00%-Prio:LOW................................................................9CONLAW:Takings-F:2-T:66.67%-E:0.29%-J:50.00%-Prio:LOW................................................................................9CONTRACTS–26OF26EXAMS-OVERALLISSUEFREQUENCY11.9%.......................................................................................9CONTRACT:AccordandSatisfaction-F:1-T:1.20%-E:0.14%-J:100.00%-Prio:LOW..................................................9CONTRACT:AnticipatoryRepudiation-F:2-T:2.41%-E:0.29%-J:100.00%-Prio:HIGH...............................................9CONTRACT:BattleofForms/MirrorImageRule-F:3-T:3.61%-E:0.43%-J:33.33%-Prio:HIGH...............................10CONTRACT:BreachbyBuyer-F:2-T:2.41%-E:0.29%-J:100.00%-Prio:HIGH..........................................................10CONTRACT:BreachbySeller-F:3-T:3.61%-E:0.43%-J:66.67%-Prio:MED..............................................................10CONTRACT:ConfirmatoryMemo-F:3-T:3.61%-E:0.43%-J:0.00%-Prio:HIGH........................................................11CONTRACT:Consideration-F:2-T:2.41%-E:0.29%-J:50.00%-Prio:HIGH................................................................11CONTRACT:Creation/Validity-F:7-T:8.43%-E:1.00%-J:42.86%-Prio:HIGH...........................................................11CONTRACT:Damages/Cover-F:4-T:4.82%-E:0.57%-J:75.00%-Prio:HIGH.............................................................11CONTRACT:DisclaimeronNegligence-F:1-T:1.20%-E:0.14%-J:100.00%-Prio:MED.............................................12CONTRACT:EmploymentContract-F:2-T:2.41%-E:0.29%-J:100.00%-Prio:HIGH..................................................12CONTRACT:EquitableRemedies-F:2-T:2.41%-E:0.29%-J:100.00%-Prio:HIGH.....................................................12CONTRACT:FraudulentInducement-F:1-T:1.20%-E:0.14%-J:0.00%-Prio:MED.....................................................12CONTRACT:Il