The Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast: Pass the Bar Exam with Less Stress

336: Listen and Learn -- Will Formation and Execution


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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In this episode, we explain the five requirements for a valid will, and analyze two hypotheticals to illustrate how courts determine validity.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • The basics of will formation
  • The five elements of a valid will
  • What is a holographic will?
  • The "harmless error" rule
  • Two hypotheticals from previous California bar exams

Resources:

  • "Listen and Learn" series (https://barexamtoolbox.com/bar-exam-toolbox-podcast-archive-by-topic/bar-exam-toolbox-podcast-explaining-individual-mee-and-california-bar-essay-questions/#listen-learn)
  • California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2021 (https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/admissions/Examinations/July-2021-CBX-Essay-Qs-and-Selected-Answers.pdf)
  • California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2006 (https://nwculaw.edu/pdf/bar/July%202006%20Essays%20and%20Sample%20Answers.pdf)
  • Podcast Episode 27: Tackling and MEE Question: Wills and Trusts (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-27-tackling-an-mee-question-wills-and-trusts/)
  • Podcast Episode 326: Listen and Learn – Intestate Distribution (Wills and Trusts) (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-326-listen-and-learn-intestate-distribution-wills-and-trusts/)
  • SpacedRepetition.com (https://spacedrepetition.com/)

Download the Transcript (https://barexamtoolbox.com/episode-336-listen-and-learn-will-formation-and-execution/)

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Alison & Lee

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