Congratulations to everyone who has just completed the essay portion of the California bar exam! The topics for today included: Property (three calls, including an issue with subjacent and lateral support), Constitutional Law (First Amendment, both religion and speech – so I am told) and Tort & Contract Remedies. Please understand, that this is what I have heard so far. If you have a different recollection from this morning or a different interpretation, don’t worry.

Our students were given a Property essay (from many years back) that included a subjacent and lateral support issue. It is a lesser tested area, and one that we have not seen on the California bar exam and as a result, I thought that it might show up. Incidentally, I gave this same essay out last bar round – just in case.

For those of you following the blog who have yet to take the bar exam, do not underestimate the importance of reviewing and studying past bar exam essays and answers. This is key for my student’s success. I promised my students that if they reviewed all of the essays that I provided that they would walk into the bar exam seeing essays that they have already seen before. I thoroughly enjoy preparing examinees for this exam. It is so satisfying to see these areas show up and to know that my students are so well prepared.

Now onto the Performance Test!

All the best of luck to everyone! You are almost done!