Essay Success Express is a self-teaching, standalone workbook designed to aid
in preparation for the essay portion of the Massachusetts Bar Exam. Essay
Success Express offers a thorough top-to-bottom approach, focusing on
issue-spotting and writing specific responses for each issue in a fact
pattern, avoiding external topics or issues, and writing simply and quickly to
gain the most points on each essay question. This workbook concentrates on a
black-letter law approach to both MBE topics and to Massachusetts-specific
essay subjects. This workbook can be used as a stand-alone home-study tool,
integrated into a law school's bar curriculum, or in conjunction with a bar
review course.
A fresh approach to deciphering Massachusetts essays, this easy-to-use
workbook:
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Focuses practice time on the topics the state Bar Examiners test and re-test.
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Outlines how to recognize and write a succinct essay answer through
organization of concept clusters, rules, and definitions.
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Provides the user maximum flexibility to arrange his/her study schedule and
maximize learning.
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Offers breakdowns of released Massachusetts Bar Exam essays.
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Guides users through the process of writing issue-rich essays.
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Supplies simple and effective techniques for identifying parties, key facts,
and applying the appropriate rule.
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Provides complete coverage of the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) subjects:
Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law and Procedure, Evidence, Real
Property, and Torts; as well as the Massachusetts-specific subjects: 93A,
Agency, Business Associations, Domestic Relations, Federal Jurisdiction,
Massachusetts Civil Procedure, Guardianship, Landlord-Tenant, Professional
Responsibility, Wills and Trusts, UCC Articles 3, 4, and 9.
I. Introduction.
II. The Essay Success Express (ESE) Method.
III. Flash Practice.
IV. ESE Extras.
V. The Big Six – MBE Subjects.
a. Constitutional Law.
b. Contacts.
c. Criminal Law & Procedure.
d. Evidence.
e. Real Property.
f. Torts.
VI. Appendix.
a. About the Authors.
