25% Examined
Day one was… a huge relief! Ok, not huge, but pretty relieving. It was just good to finally get in there, sit down, and dig into some real questions.1 To all who have sent positive thoughts or prayers, , crossed their fingers, or thrown pennies into wishing wells on my behalf, please keep it up! It may be working and I’ll definitely need it for today’s six MEE essays and two MPT essay/exercises.
Yesterday was just four state essays in four hours. Here’s my rough self-scorecard:- Worker’s Compensation/Tortsâ€ Optimistic: 5/5. Pessimistic: 4/5.
- Criminal Procedureâ€ Optimistic: 4/5. Pessimistic: 2/5.
- Taxâ€ Optimistic: 3/5. Pessimistic: 1/5. 2
- Evidenceâ€ Optimistic: 4/5. Pessimistic: 3/5.
- Bank robbery; witness says one robber was wearing brown leather jacket and knit cap. Can state compel your client to try on the jacket and hat?
- Bank robbery, witness says robber had tattoo on right forearm. Your client is charged but your client has no tattoo. Can your client show jury his forearm w/out giving up any of his rights?
- Client charged with felony assault has been in jail awaiting trial for 23 months. Police have blood sample and “a number of other items” they picked up from scene. What motions can you file on behalf of your client?
The important thing is: I’m pretty sure I got through a quarter of the total w/out totally washing out so a passing score is still a possibility. Yesterday was only a half-day; today and tomorrow are full days (8-5), which should make them twice the fun.
Continued good luck to all bar-takers out there!4 May we all continue to find it’s not as bad as we thought!
- The AC was also much-appreciated.↩
- Talk about wing and prayerâ€ I was just barely hanging onto the wispy cobwebs in some dark corner of my mind for these tax issues, but a check of the outline says my mystified guesses were mostly right and definitely ended up w/the right conclusionsâ€ at least for those issues I was able to see w/my limited knowledge.↩
- Obviously I could be completely wrong on those guesses. Let’s hope I don’t go lower than 10!↩
- W/the usual respectful but heartfelt MT-bar-taker caveat.↩
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July 25th, 2006 at 8:46 am
I’m pulling for yah buddy! Rock on and rock hard!
July 25th, 2006 at 10:42 pm
Since things like tattooes (outer appearance in general) aren’t testimonial to begin with (i.e., the police can compel disclosure–there’s no Fourth or Fifth Amendment issue), showing the forearm shouldn’t waive any privilege. There isn’t any privilege.
I’m not in your state, though–that’s just federal. (I would imagine similar reasoning would apply to the cap and jacket question.)
July 25th, 2006 at 11:59 pm
if it were my client, i’d object to the jacket and hat because they’re prejudicial. dunno about the forearm.
for the 23-month man, Speedy Trial!!!! Actually, in some states, there isn’t a speedy trial right. Do you have it Montana?
we had long essays (1 hour) and the MPT today. the long subjects were evidence, property, and torts. I did fine on evidence and torts, but our property question was on Alaska state-granted gas leases. what the…? I made that answer up entirely.