Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we're excited to have Gabriel Teninbaum -- law professor and founder of Spaced Repetition Systems -- joining the podcast to speak about how the spaced repetition learning...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we have the first episode of our new "Quick Tips" series. Join us as we discuss the usefulness of spaced repetition as a learning tool, especially when we're faced with...more
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In today's episode from our "Listen and Learn" series, we're discussing the Taxing and Spending Clause of the Constitution, which specifies how Congress can collect taxes and...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we're going to be discussing Professional Responsibility, and specifically, exceptions to confidentiality under the ABA and California rules.
In this episode, we...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we're discussing what to think about to be successful on the bar, especially if you haven't taken many closed-book exams in law school.
In this episode, we...more
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we have ex-BigLaw recruiter Sadie Jones with us to talk about looking for legal jobs in the current economy, where law firm hiring is slowing down and some layoffs may...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we're discussing the First Amendment, a big topic in Constitutional Law. Specifically, we're looking at how far press freedom extends.
In this episode, we discuss:
>When...more
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today we are digging into a commonly-tested exam topic in Federal Civil Procedure – determining proper venue in civil actions.
In this episode we discuss:
>What is venue, and...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we're talking about state sovereign immunity, pursuant to the Eleventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
In this episode, we discuss:
>What does the Eleventh Amendment...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we will be discussing Proximate Cause – a subtopic of Negligence under Tort Law.
In this episode, we discuss:
>Reviewing the elements of negligence
>The two hurdles a...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! The topic of today's "Listen and Learn" episode is Criminal Procedure. Specifically, we're talking about a few topics related to the prosecution of a criminal trial: burden of...more
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we're focusing on an important topic in Evidence – the Best Evidence Rule, which requires a witness to produce the document whose contents he or she is testifying...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we're discussing a couple of topics that go hand in hand in Corporations essays - the duty of care and the business judgment rule.
In this episode, we discuss:
>A review...more
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we're discussing how to identify and work through Privileges and Immunities Clause issues on a law school exam.
In this episode we discuss:
>Distinguishing between the...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In today's episode from our "Listen and Learn" series, we're discussing the Taxing and Spending Clause of the Constitution, which specifies how Congress can collect taxes and...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In today's episode from our "Listen and Learn" series, we're talking about evidence that the court may exclude for various public policy reasons under the Federal Rules of...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we're talking about the parol evidence rule, which governs evidence that parties to a contract dispute can introduce when determining the specific terms of the contract.
In...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we are digging into a commonly-tested bar exam topic in Federal Civil Procedure – determining proper venue in civil actions.
In this episode, we discuss:
>What is venue,...more
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, in another "Listen and Learn" episode, we're focusing on assumption of risk as a defense to negligence in Tort law.
In this episode we discuss:
>A review of the rule...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we're tackling Competence - an issue that comes up in many California bar essays on Professional Responsibility.
In this episode, we discuss:
>The ABA and California...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we're talking about the specifics of the Multistate Bar Examination, why some people struggle with it, and how to study for the exam if you're seeing low results on your...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we're focusing on an important topic in Evidence – the Best Evidence Rule, which requires a witness to produce the document whose contents he or she is testifying...more
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, as part of our "Listen and Learn" series, we're looking at the conditions that have to be satisfied in order to form a valid contract. We'll review the concepts and...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we're discussing the reasons why some bar takers fail the exam multiple times, and what approaches can help people pass after failing twice or more.
In this episode, we...more
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In today's "Listen and Learn" episode, we look at the various ways of establishing whether a court has jurisdiction over the parties in a lawsuit.
In this episode we...more