Suffolk Law - 2020 New Student Information Guide

BAR INFORMATION

Bar Related Courses Preparing for the bar exam begins with choosing courses that are regularly tested on the state bar exam. Massachusetts have adopted and administers the Uniform Bar Exam. The topics on the MBE (multiple choice exam) have not changed, and the topics covered on the essays in the UBE are largely the same as the previous Massachusetts bar exam. However, Massachusetts Civil Procedure and Chapter 93A (Consumer Protection will not be tested on the UBE, and the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) coverage on the UBE will be narrowed, focusing mostly on Secured Transactions (art 9) and excluding commercial paper (art. 3). Massachusetts Uniform Bar Exam Multistate Bar Exam Subject Matter Tested: Suffolk Law School Related Courses Civil Procedure Civil Procedure, Federal Courts Constitutional Law Constitutional Law Contracts Contracts, Advanced Survey of Core Legal Principles* Criminal Law and Procedure Criminal Law Evidence Evidence, Advanced Survey of Core Legal Principles* Real Property Property, Land Use, Conveyancing Torts Torts, Advanced Survey of Core Legal Principles* * Available to students in their final semester Multistate Essay Exam Subject Matter Tested: Suffolk Law School Related Courses Business Associations Business Entity Fundamentals, Torts Civil Procedure Civil Procedure, Federal Courts, Advanced Civil Procedure Conflict of Laws Conflict of Laws Constitutional Law Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure Contracts (including Article 2 [Sales] of the UCC) Contracts. Commercial Law Sales and Leases Criminal Law and Procedure Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Evidence Evidence, Advanced Topics in Evidence Family Law Family Law Real Property Property, Conveyancing Torts Torts, Advanced Torts Trusts and Estates Drafting Wills & Trusts, Trusts & Estates, Estate Admin

Uniform Commercial Code – Secured Transactions Article 9

Commercial Law Survey, Secured Transactions

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