JD Advising’s February 2024 MEE Predictions
JD Advising’s February 2024 MEE Predictions
Note: All the suggested essays noted below can be found for free using the links below. We use links to essays from the following sites: the National Conference of Bar Examiners, the Minnesota State Board of Law Examiners, the New Jersey Board of Bar Examiners, the Maryland Courts, and the New York State Board of Law Examiners.
Disclaimer: You should NOT rely solely on these February 2024 Uniform Bar Exam predictions when you study! You should review all subjects when preparing for the Uniform Bar Exam. All subjects are fair game for the exam. This is just our educated guess on what will appear on the exam, which we do for fun! Sometimes we are right. Sometimes we are not! Please review our FREE Highly Tested MEE Topics Guide for the highly tested topics and be careful not to ignore any subject! Now, onto our February 2024 Uniform Bar Exam predictions.
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JD Advising’s February 2024 MEE Predictions
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Civil Procedure
Civil Procedure was most recently tested in July 2023. Civil Procedure has been tested frequently in the past and has appeared on six of the last seven UBEs. Although Civil Procedure has been tested recently, the frequency with which this subject is tested means that it may be ripe for testing on the February 2024 UBE.
Some Civil Procedure issues that are ripe for testing include the following:
- Personal jurisdiction
- Subject-matter jurisdiction
- Venue
- Service of process
- Claim preclusion (res judicata) and issue preclusion (collateral estoppel)
- Discovery
To get some practice with Civil Procedure essays, we recommend looking at the following MEEs:
- July 2012 (summary judgment; leave to amend)
- July 2013 (diversity jurisdiction; how to determine an individual’s domicile; how to determine venue for a corporation)
- February 2014 (discovery)
- February 2015 (service of process; diversity jurisdiction; impleader)
- July 2015 (personal jurisdiction; federal-question jurisdiction; supplemental jurisdiction)
- July 2016 (personal jurisdiction; subject-matter jurisdiction; venue)
- February 2019 (diversity jurisdiction; personal jurisdiction)
- February 2021 (joinder of plaintiffs; claim preclusion; issue preclusion; Erie doctrine)
Note: Your review should NOT be limited solely to the essays listed above! Please review our free MEE Guide for the highly tested Civil Procedure topics.
Constitutional Law
Constitutional Law was last tested in October 2020. During 2020, Constitutional Law appeared on four of the five UBEs. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, five UBEs were administered in 2020 (February 2020, July 2020, two exams in September 2020, and a modified version of the exam in October 2020). We were surprised to see that Constitutional Law appeared on most of the exams in 2020. Because Constitutional Law has recently been tested frequently on the UBE and has not been tested since October 2020, it is ripe for testing on the February 2024 UBE.
Constitutional Law is generally tested by itself on the essay portion of the UBE. However, Constitutional Law was recently combined with Civil Procedure in July 2019 and with Corporations in July 2020. So, it is possible to encounter a Constitutional Law essay that also tests an issue from another subject.
Constitutional Law essays often focus upon nuanced topics including, but not limited to, the Dormant Commerce Clause, sovereign immunity, regulatory takings, whether Congress may “commandeer” the states, and the various free speech tests under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Some Constitutional Law issues that are ripe for testing include the following:
- Congress’s commerce power
- The Dormant Commerce Clause
- The Eleventh Amendment (sovereign immunity)
- The Equal Protection Clause
- The First Amendment freedom of speech
To get some practice with Constitutional Law essays, we recommend looking at the following MEEs:
- July 2012 (Congress’s commerce power; commandeering states; Eleventh Amendment)
- February 2015 (Equal Protection Clause)
- February 2016 (Congress’s commerce power; Dormant Commerce Clause)
- July 2017 (Eleventh Amendment; Congress’s commerce power; Dormant Commerce Clause)
- July 2018 (commandeering states)
- October 2020 (First Amendment freedom of speech)
Note: Your review should NOT be limited solely to the essays listed above! Please review our free MEE Guide for the highly tested Constitutional Law topics.
Contracts
Contracts was most recently tested in July 2022. Contracts is sometimes tested on two consecutive UBE administrations and then omitted from the essay portion of the following exam. Contracts was tested in both February 2022 and July 2022. Contracts is usually tested on its own and not in combination with another subject. Because Contracts is a frequently tested subject on the UBE and was not tested in February 2023 or July 2023, it is a subject that is ripe for testing on the February 2024 UBE.
Some Contracts issues that are ripe for testing include the following:
- Contract formation
- Anticipatory repudiation
- Firm offer and option contracts
- Revocation of acceptance
- Substantial performance
To get some practice with Contracts essays, we recommend looking at the following MEEs:
- February 2013 (Article 2; adequate assurances; anticipatory repudiation)
- July 2014 (modification of contract under common law and Article 2; economic duress defense)
- February 2017 (Article 2; firm offer; option contract; revocation of offer)
- July 2019 (expectation damages; consequential damages; duty to mitigate)
- February 2020 (Article 2 vs. common law [predominant purpose test]; substantial performance; damages)
- February 2022 (contract formation under Article 2; Statute of Frauds, merchants’ confirmatory memo; course of dealing; damages)
Note: Your review should NOT be limited solely to the essays listed above! Please review our free MEE Guide for the highly tested Contracts topics.
Criminal Law
Criminal Law was last tested in February 2022. Criminal Law was tested infrequently before February 2018 but from February 2018 to September 2020, it appeared on every other exam. Criminal Law is generally tested by itself but once in a while is combined with Evidence (February 2020) or Criminal Procedure (July 2009). Criminal Law is ripe for testing on the February 2024 UBE.
Some Criminal Law issues that are ripe for testing include the following:
- Accomplice liability
- Homicide (involuntary manslaughter; second-degree murder)
- Insanity as a defense
- Attempt and defenses to attempt
- Receiving stolen goods
To get some practice with Criminal Law essays, we recommend looking at the following MEEs:
- July 2009 (attempt and defenses to attempt)
- July 2012 (involuntary manslaughter; legal cause of death; accomplice liability)
- February 2018 (insanity as a defense; incompetency to stand trial)
- February 2019 (larceny; embezzlement; burglary; receipt of stolen property)
- September 2020 (homicide: first-degree murder; voluntary manslaughter; defense of others)
Note: Your review should NOT be limited solely to the essays listed above! Please review our free MEE Guide for the highly tested Criminal Law topics.
Criminal Procedure
Criminal Procedure was most recently tested in July 2023. Criminal Procedure is usually tested by itself but has been combined with Evidence (July 2016, July 2017) and with Criminal Law (July 2009).
Some Criminal Procedure issues that are ripe for testing include the following:
- The Fourth Amendment (search warrant requirement, warrant exceptions)
- The Fifth Amendment (Miranda warnings)
- The Sixth Amendment (right to counsel, right to jury trial)
- Double jeopardy
To get some practice with some Criminal Procedure essays, we recommend looking at the following MEEs:
- February 2014 (Double jeopardy; Sixth Amendment right to jury trial)
- July 2014 (Sixth Amendment right to counsel; Fifth Amendment Miranda warnings)
- July 2019 (Fifth Amendment Miranda warnings)
- July 2021 (Fourth Amendment warrant exceptions)
- February 2023 (Proper execution of a search warrant; knock-and-announce rule; Terry search scope)
Note: Your review should NOT be limited solely to the essays listed above! Please review our free MEE Guide for the highly tested Criminal Procedure topics.
Evidence
Evidence was last tested in February 2023. Evidence is usually tested by itself. However, in July 2016 and July 2017, Evidence was tested in combination with Criminal Procedure. In February 2020, the Evidence essay question also tested issues from Criminal Law.
Some Evidence issues that are ripe for testing include the following:
- Character evidence
- Hearsay
- Impeachment
- Lay witnesses and expert witnesses
- Confrontation Clause
To get some practice with Evidence essays, we recommend looking at the following MEEs:
- July 2014 (impeachment based on prior convictions and prior bad acts)
- February 2016 (hearsay; Confrontation Clause; character evidence)
- July 2018 (hearsay; lay witnesses; expert witnesses; doctor-patient privilege; habit evidence; relevancy)
- February 2020 (nonhearsay [opposing party’s statement]; hearsay [then-existing mental, emotional, or physical condition]; relevancy; character evidence; MIMIC evidence; impeachment by conviction and bias)
- July 2020 (hearsay; doctor-patient privilege; authentication; best-evidence rule)
Note: Your review should NOT be limited solely to the essays listed above! Please review our free MEE Guide for the highly tested Evidence topics.
Real Property
Real Property was most recently tested in February 2023. In recent years, Real Property has been tested on consecutive exams (February 2018 and July 2018; February 2020, July 2020, and September 2020). However, Real Property was not tested in July 2021 after being tested in February 2021. Real Property questions tend to be more open-ended in nature, and the answers more nuanced than those in some other subjects.
Some Real Property issues that are ripe for testing include the following:
- Implied warranty of fitness and habitability for new homes sold by a builder-seller
- Recording acts (common law versus a recording act)
- Warranty deeds
- Easement creation and termination
- Landlord-tenant issues
To get some practice with Real Property essays, we recommend looking at the following MEEs:
- February 2010 (recording acts; shelter rule; warranty deed)
- February 2013 (constructive eviction; surrender; duty to mitigate)
- July 2013 (implied warranty in new properties sold by a builder; warranty deed; taking a home “subject to” the mortgage versus assuming the mortgage)
- February 2015 (adverse possession; warranty deed)
- February 2017 (landlord-tenant issues)
- July 2018 (zoning ordinance and nonconforming use; future advance mortgage)
Note: Your review should NOT be limited solely to the essays listed above! Please review our free MEE Guide for the highly tested Real Property topics.
Torts
Torts was most recently tested in July 2023. Torts has appeared less frequently on the essay portion of the UBE recently. For example, Torts did not appear in July 2019, on any of the exams in 2020, or in February 2021. Torts is generally tested by itself but is occasionally combined with Agency. Some of the common issues tested in Torts include negligence; negligence per se; strict products liability; vicarious liability; and battery.
Some Torts issues that are ripe for testing include the following:
- Negligence
- Negligence per se
- Strict products liability
- Vicarious liability of employer and indemnification
- Comparative negligence
To get some practice with Torts essays, we recommend looking at the following MEEs:
- February 2008(strict products liability; res ipsa loquitur)
- February 2011 (battery; strict products liability; eggshell-skull rule; vicarious liability)
- February 2012 (false imprisonment; negligent infliction of emotional distress; vicarious liability)
- February 2015 (negligence per se; vicarious liability and indemnification)
- July 2015 (negligence [premises liability]; attractive nuisance; comparative versus contributory negligence)
- February 2019 (negligence)
Note: Your review should NOT be limited solely to the essays listed above. Please review our free MEE Guide for the highly tested Torts topics.
Agency & Partnership
Agency
Agency was most recently tested in July 2023 in combination with Partnership and Corporations & LLCs. It is common for Agency to be tested by itself, combined with Partnership, or combined with Torts. The examiners often alternate between testing Corporations & LLCs and Agency & Partnership. Even though Agency was recently tested, it is ripe for testing on the February 2024 UBE.
Some Agency issues that are ripe for testing include the following:
- Actual authority; apparent authority; ratification
- Employee versus independent contractor
- Respondeat superior; vicarious liability
- Undisclosed principal
- Fiduciary duties of agents
To get some practice with Agency essays, we recommend looking at the following MEEs:
- February 2015 (respondeat superior)
- February 2017 (ratification; liability of agent if principal is undisclosed or partially disclosed)
- February 2020 (actual authority; apparent authority; liability of agent if principal is disclosed; vicarious liability)
- February 2021 (combined with Partnership: employee versus independent contractor, respondeat superior; vicarious liability: “masters” liable for torts of servants in course of employment; principal not liable for independent contractor’s negligence)
Note: Your review should NOT be limited solely to the essays listed above! Please review our free MEE Guide for the highly tested Agency topics.
Partnership
Partnership was most recently tested in July 2023 in combination with Agency and Corporations & LLCs. However, because only a third of the essay focused on Partnership issues, Partnership is ripe for testing on the February 2024 UBE. October 2020 was the last time Partnership was the primary focus of an essay on the UBE. It is possible to see an essay question testing Partnership alone or a question testing Partnership in combination with Agency or Corporations & LLCs in February 2024.
Some Partnership issues that are ripe for testing include the following:
- Definition and formation of a partnership
- Fiduciary duties of partners
- New partner not liable for obligations that predated her admission into the partnership
- Withdrawal and dissolution of a partnership
- Liability when a general partnership transforms into an LLP or an LP
To get some practice with Partnership essays, we recommend looking at the following MEEs:
- July 2009 (general partnership liability; procedure for collection for creditors of the partnership)
- February 2014 (a new partner is not liable for obligations that predated her admission into the partnership; liability when a general partnership transforms into a limited liability partnership)
- February 2018 (dissolution; fiduciary duties of care and loyalty; withdrawal from partnership)
- February 2019 (formation of a general partnership; general partnership powers; partners are agents and comanagers of the partnership; dissolution)
Note: Your review should NOT be limited solely to the essays listed above! Please review our free MEE Guide for the highly tested Partnership topics.
Conflict of Laws
Conflict of Laws was lasted tested in July 2021 in combination with Corporations & LLCs. This was the first time Conflict of Laws had been tested in combination with Corporations & LLCs on the UBE. Conflict of Laws has never been tested by itself. Conflict of Laws is typically combined with Civil Procedure, Decedents’ Estates, or Family Law.
Some Conflict of Laws issues that are ripe for testing include the following:
- Combined with Civil Procedure: Klaxon rule; which state law applies if there is a change of venue
- Combined with Family Law: common law marriage; validity of marriage in one state when recognized in another state
- Combined with Family Law: enforceability of premarital agreements
- Combined with Decedents’ Estates: validity and enforceability of wills
To get some practice with Conflict of Laws essays, we recommend looking at the following MEEs:
- February 2012: combined with Civil Procedure (which state law applies when there is a change of venue; Klaxon rule)
- February 2017: combined with Family Law (common law marriage; validity of marriage in one state when recognized in another state)
- July 2019: combined with Decedents’ Estates (validity of a will; which state law applies)
- July 2021: combined with Corporations & LLCs (duties of directors are determined by the state of incorporation, not by the state where the corporation operates or the state where the suit is brought)
Note: Your review should NOT be limited solely to the essays listed above! Please review our free MEE Guide for the highly tested Conflict of Laws topics.
Corporations & LLCs
Corporations & LLCs was most recently tested in July 2023 in combination with Agency and Partnership in the context of LLCs. Prior to that, LLCs were tested in September 2020 in combination with Agency. Corporations & LLCs has been tested on the last three UBEs (July 2021, February 2022, July 2022). Some commonly tested Corporations & LLCs issues include duty of care, duty of loyalty, the business-judgment rule, direct versus derivative shareholder actions, piercing the corporate veil, rules concerning directors’ meetings, and LLCs. Because Corporations & LCCs is frequently tested on the UBE, it is ripe for testing in February 2024.
Some Corporations & LLCs issues that are ripe for testing include the following:
- De facto incorporation and corporation by estoppel
- Limited liability companies (LLCs)
- Piercing the corporate veil
- Shareholder’s right to inspect corporate records
- Fiduciary duties of directors and members
To get some practice with Corporations & LLCs essays, we recommend looking at the following MEEs:
- July 2012 (LLCs; direct versus derivative actions; piercing the LLC veil)
- July 2014 (shareholders amendment of bylaws; direct versus derivative actions)
- February 2017 (shareholder’s right to inspect corporate records; duty of care; dismissal of a derivative action)
- July 2018 (de facto incorporation; corporation by estoppel; date of corporation’s existence)
- July 2019 (fiduciary duties of controlling shareholders; dividends; duty of care; duty of loyalty and defenses thereto)
- July 2021 (fundamental change [merger]; dissenting shareholder’s rights)
- July 2023 (LLC manager as an agent; piercing the corporate veil)
Note: Your review should NOT be limited solely to the essays listed above! Please review our free MEE Guide for the highly tested Corporations & LLCs topics.
Decedents’ Estates
Decedents’ Estates was recently tested in February 2023. Decedents’ Estates was also tested in July 2022 in combination with Trusts and Future Interests. Additionally, It was tested on both the February and July exams in 2021. However, it is more common for the examiners to test Decedents’ Estates on one exam and then Trusts on the following exam. Decedents’ Estates is most frequently tested by itself but is sometimes combined with Trusts (July 2020, July 2022) or Conflict of Laws (July 2019). Decedents’ Estates is ripe for testing in February 2024.
Some Decedents’ Estates issues that are ripe for testing include the following:
- Abatement
- Ademption by extinction
- Holographic wills
- Issues pertaining to children (adopted child, pretermitted child, child born out of wedlock)
- Antilapse statutes
- Incorporation by reference
To get some practice with Decedents’ Estates essays, we recommend looking at the following MEEs:
- July 2009 (undue influence; fraud; general power of appointment; parentelic versus consanguinity method for intestacy)
- February 2011 (abatement)
- February 2012 (ademption by extinction)
- July 2012 (adopted children; children born out of wedlock)
- February 2016 (slayer statute: durable power of attorney)
- July 2019 (holographic will; mistake/ambiguity; antilapse statute; pretermitted child)
- September 2020 (valid execution of a will; holographic will; codicil; incorporation by reference; dependent relative revocation; mental capacity; mistake/ambiguity)
Note: Your review should NOT be limited solely to the essays listed above! Please review our free MEE Guide for the highly tested Decedents’ Estates topics.
Family Law
Family Law was most recently tested in July 2021. Since July 2014 and until February 2023, Family Law has been tested every two administrations or every other administration. Typically, Family Law is tested by itself but is occasionally combined with Conflict of Laws. Family Law is ripe for testing on the February 2024 UBE. Additionally, Family Law often appears on alternating years as Secured Transactions. Secured Transactions appeared on the February 2023 UBE. Because Family Law was not tested since July 2021, Family Law is ripe for testing in February 2024.
Family Law essay questions generally draw from a variety of issues including, but not limited to, child custody, spousal support, premarital agreements, property division, the validity of a common law marriage, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA), and the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA). Lately, the examiners have consistently tested UIFSA, UCCJEA, and other jurisdictional issues, so it is a good idea to be familiar with these concepts.
Some Family Law issues that are ripe for testing include the following:
- Adoption
- Common law marriage
- Spousal and child support
- Divorce settlement agreements
- Premarital agreements and property division
- Child custody
To get some practice with Family Law essays, we recommend looking at the following MEEs:
- February 2011 (divorce settlement agreement; child support modification; whether a divorce property division award may be modified)
- July 2011 (common law marriage; validity of common law marriage in another state; adoption; UCCJEA)
- February 2016 (premarital agreements; property division upon divorce)
- February 2017 (common law marriage; validity of common law marriage in another state; property division; bigamy; visitation rights of a party who is not a parent)
- July 2020 (whether a state may grant a divorce even if there is no personal jurisdiction over other spouse; whether a state may grant custody even if there is no personal jurisdiction over other respondent parent; whether a state may grant property if there is no personal jurisdiction over the respondent; fault-based divorce; factors for determining the best interests of the child)
Note: Your review should NOT be limited solely to the essays listed above! Please review our free MEE Guide for the highly tested Family Law topics.
Secured Transactions
Secured Transactions recently appeared on the MEE in July 2023. Secured Transactions has generally been tested on every other administration or tested consecutively on two administrations and then not on the following exam. Additionally, Secured Transactions often appears on alternating administrations with Family Law. Family Law and Secured Transactions have been tested in the same administration only once, in July 2020.
Some Secured Transactions issues that are ripe for testing include the following:
- Account debtors
- Sale of collateral to a third party
- Default and foreclosure via self-help
- Attachment and perfection
- Priority (first to file or perfect; perfected security interest takes priority over an unperfected security interest)
To get some practice with Secured Transactions essays, we recommend looking at the following MEEs:
- February 2008 (name on financing statement cannot be seriously misleading; deposit accounts; rights of judicial lien creditor versus a secured creditor)
- February 2016 (buyer in the ordinary course of business does not take subject to a security interest; consumer-to-consumer transaction; perfection as to proceeds
- July 2016 (fixture filing; perfection as to proceeds; default; foreclosure using self-help)
- July 2017 (attachment of a security interest; account debtor; priority [first to file or perfect])
- February 2019 (perfection and rules of priority [possession]; default; judicial lien creditor rights versus a secured creditor)
- February 2021 (attachment of a security interest; description of collateral; perfection by filing a financing statement; priority of a perfected secured party versus judgment lien creditors)
Note: Your review should NOT be limited solely to the essays listed above! Please review our free MEE Guide for the highly tested Secured Transactions topics.
Trusts and Future Interests
Trusts was last tested in July 2023. Typically, the examiners alternate between testing Decedents’ Estates and Trusts. Decedents’ Estates was tested in February 2023. Trusts is sometimes tested by itself and is sometimes combined with Decedents’ Estates.
Some Trusts issues that are ripe for testing include the following:
- Requirements for a valid trust
- Class gifts and antilapse statutes
- Duties of the trustee (loyalty, diversify, Uniform Principal and Income Act)
- Pourover will
- Spendthrift trusts
- Powers of appointments
To get some practice with Trusts essays, we recommend looking at the following MEEs:
- July 2011 (equitable deviation; cy pres)
- July 2012 (class gifts; termination of a trust under common law and the UPC)
- February 2017 (amendment of a trust; special powers of appointment; elective share)
- July 2018 (duties of the trustee [loyalty, diversify, Uniform Principal and Income Act])
- February 2019 (discretionary support trust subject to spendthrift clause; duty of loyalty)
- October 2020 (definite beneficiaries required for a valid trust; powers of appointment)
Note: Your review should NOT be limited solely to the essays listed above! Please review our free MEE Guide for the highly tested Trusts topics.
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