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Highly Tested Michigan Bar Exam Topics

Study Smart for the Michigan Bar Exam!

Here, we cover the highly tested Michigan Bar Exam topics! We tell you what you are MOST likely to see tested on your exam so you can study smart for the Michigan Bar Exam!

NOTE: Michigan is switching to the UBE starting with the February 2023 bar exam. Check out our MEE Highly Tested Topics Guide here if you are planning to take the UBE in Michigan!

We recommend you download this PDF and watch the four corresponding videos.

Michigan Bar Exam Subjects

Here, we cover a frequency chart for the essay portion of the Michigan Bar Exam. We show you:

• which subjects are highly tested
• which subjects have been “trendier” to test recently (and which ones are not as trendy)
• how to approach studying for Michigan bar exam subjects as a whole

Note that you never want to ignore a subject on the Michigan bar exam. But you do want to study smart for the bar exam. Being aware of the highly tested areas of law can help you study smart.

Highly Tested Michigan Bar Exam Topics

Part 1

In this video, we cover the highly tested topics in the following five subjects on the Michigan Bar Exam:

• Criminal Law
• Criminal Procedure
• Contracts
• Sales
• Torts

Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure are tested in a semi-predictable way on virtually every Michigan Bar Exam. Contracts is also tested on virtually every bar exam (though it is often trickier and less predictable!). Sales and Torts are frequently tested though will not necessarily appear on the essay portion of every Michigan bar exam (though they will appear on the MBE).

Highly Tested Michigan Bar Exam Topics

Part 2

In Part 2 of this video series, we cover the highly tested topics in the following five subjects on the Michigan Bar Exam:

• Evidence
• Constitutional Law
• Real Property
• Civil Procedure
• Domestic Relations (Family Law)

Each of these five subjects is regularly tested on the Michigan Bar Exam (and in fact, is tested virtually every exam). The most predictable of the subjects above are Real Property, Civil Procedure, and Domestic Relations. Evidence has been one of the trickier subjects tested lately. Constitutional Law is sometimes predictable (and will test an issue like free speech or the dormant commerce clause) but is sometimes out of left field. (We reveal what to do if you see a strange Constitutional Law question in the video below!)

Highly Tested Michigan Bar Exam Topics

Part 3

In Part 3 of this video series, we cover the highly tested topics in the following five subjects on the Michigan Bar Exam:

• Personal Property
• Corporations
• Workers’ Compensation
• Professional Responsibility
• Wills and Trusts

Here, we tell you how these five subjects are tested on the Michigan Bar Exam. The one subject that appears virtually every exam is Personal Property. Workers’ Compensation is not tested as much as it used to be. Professional Responsibility has not been tested since 2016 (though it used to be tested every exam!). Wills is consistently tested more than Trusts (and is pretty predictable in terms of the topics tested).

Highly Tested Michigan Bar Exam Topics

Part 4

In Part 4 of this video series of highly tested Michigan Bar Exam topics, we cover the following subjects:

• Agency
• Creditors’ Rights
• Conflict of Laws
• Commercial Paper/Negotiable Instruments
• Partnership
• Equity
• No-Fault Insurance
• Secured Transactions

None of these subjects are consistently tested — though some have grown increasingly popular in recent years, including Agency, Conflict of Laws, and Equity. We tell you which topics are among the favorites for the examiners to test in this video.

NOTE: Michigan is switching to the UBE starting with the February 2023 bar exam. Check out our MEE Highly Tested Topics Guide here if you are planning to take the UBE in Michigan!

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