Hi folks, just talked to a friend of mine who took the winter bar this week and he had some news that might be of interest to 3Ls taking the Washington bar this summer. Primarily, there was no Indian law question on the Winter bar. That means there will surely be one this summer. They only added Indian law a couple of years ago, and since then, there was a question on the 2007 summer bar, none on the 2008 winter bar, a question on the 08 summer bar, and none on the 09 winter bar. Notice a pattern? :-) As you'll find out in bar prep, Indian law usually is half a question, combined with Civ Pro.
My friend said there was no commercial paper question, but there were Sales and Secured Transactions. Last summer we had sec trans and comm paper, but no sales. Draw your own conclusions about that.
He said there were a lot of crim pro questions. I had heard this wasn't a heavily tested subject in the past, but last summer we had three (3!) crim pro questions. I would also note that crim pro with Hardisty was one of the more helpful classes I've taken in terms of bar prep.
He said there weren't that many property questions, a lot of torts and contracts, and a straightforward will question. Evidence was half a question. There was an odd question that was a combination of contracts and agency. The con law/admin law question sounds like it was confusing.
This may be more detail than you care about, but bookmark this for later, you'll want to know this summer! Good luck, cheers...
Lisa
p.s. you can click the little label "bar exam" under this post to see everything we've posted about the bar exam in the past. There a long post with a lot of comments about Barbri v. Rigos. It's the only place I've ever seen anyone make the comparison, which would have been nice to know when picking a bar prep program!
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CAVEAT: Be careful when listening to your friends about what kinds of questions there were on the exam, because part of the challenge is judgment of what type question it is, and great minds can differ. More importantly, (having taken it before, sigh) I noticed much more crossover this time, which may be a signal of a change in what the approach will be in the future.
I can confirm that there was no Indian law this time around, though. Those are pretty obvious.
Good luck, and don't take this the wrong way, but I hope not to see you when you take the exam this summer! Pax. :-)
Thanks for the information! Now I wish I'd taken crim pro with Hardisty (or at all). Can anyone reading this think of other 2L/3L classes that would be helpful in terms of bar prep?
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