Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In this episode we explain the legal concepts of self-defense and defense of others, focusing on their importance in criminal law and in bar exam scenarios.

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In this episode we provide practical advice for creating a personalized bar exam study schedule, taking into account accommodations, past scores, available study time, and life events. We emphasize the importance of scheduling breaks, managing unplanned interruptions, and being realistic about your commitments to ensure effective and sustainable preparation.

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! This episode continues the discussion on criminal identification procedures, focusing on potential due process violation issues. Through analyzing a hypothetical scenario, we illustrate how courts look at the totality of the circumstances and assess whether identification procedures are unnecessarily suggestive. The episode concludes with a step-by-step approach to tackling identification procedure questions on the bar exam.

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today we’re talking about the rules and timing of the different types of criminal identification procedures. Join us next week when we’ll continue the discussion of this topic.

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In this episode from our “Quick Tips” series, we outline three phases of the post-bar exam recovery period: immediate decompression, reengagement, and future planning. We share tips to help you reclaim your life, including taking physical rest, reconnecting with loved ones, establishing healthy routines, and planning future career steps.

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! This episode is the final in our Torts trilogy, where we’re summarizing the topics from Torts we’ve covered in our “Listen and Learn” series. Today we’re talking about strict liability and vicarious liability, and we review the key defenses – assumption of risk and comparative negligence.

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! How you spend the final two weeks leading up to the bar exam can make a significant difference in your performance! In this episode, we provide a strategic guide for focusing on high-yield review and mental preparation. We have broken it down into specific daily frameworks, starting with Day 14 and up to the morning of the exam.

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! We’re continuing our summary of topics from Torts we’ve covered in our “Listen and Learn” series. Today we’re discussing person-based and property-based intentional torts, as well as defamation. We also go through the defenses to intentional torts and provide a plan for answering intentional tort questions on the bar exam.

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! This is the first of three episodes in which we summarize the topics from Torts we’ve covered in our “Listen and Learn” series. Today, we’re focusing on negligence and its four key elements – duty, breach, causation, and damages. We have included an attack plan for exam questions on negligence, and a quick practical example.

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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re discussing the different methods a plaintiff may use to establish the second element of a negligence claim — breach. We also talk about the “res ipsa loquitur” doctrine, and we will walk through several hypotheticals involving breach of the standard of care.

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