...Daniel's probate estate, and in what shares? Explain the method of representation used. This essay tests representation and share calculation among descendants. NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Unifo...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Probate Code representation principles
...state and the decedent's descendants take the remaining one-half by representation. A surviving parent takes only if no descendant takes. Nora's probate estate is worth $900,000 after debts and administration expenses. N...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Probate Code Article II intestacy principles
...tute. This essay tests survival requirements, slayer treatment, and representation. NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Probate Code survival and slayer principles
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Probate Code survival and slayer principles
...ed Parcel 3 "to Theater and its successors, but if Theater ever stops presenting live performances on the parcel, then to Arts Charity." Ten years later, City closed the library and leased Parcel 1 to a private tutoring...
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Common law real-property principles
A consultant met with a software company and said, "I represent Northlake Bank, and I can sign a five-year licensing deal for the bank today." The bank had never communicated with the software company, had not listed the...
Citations: Restatement (Third) of Agency section 2.03
A coworker intentionally unplugged another employee's laptop during a presentation as a prank. The laptop shut down, a file became corrupted, and the employee lost two hours restoring the file. The laptop itself was not...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts
A director learns, through a board presentation, that a landlord is willing to lease a facility perfectly suited to the corporation's planned expansion. Before telling the board, the director forms a separate company and...
Citations: Model Business Corporation Act business-opportunity principles, General corporate fiduciary-duty principles
A plaintiff injured in a negligence accident presents expert testimony that she will need a second knee surgery within three years, that the need is medically probable, and that the surgery will likely cost between $38,0...
Citations: NCBE MBE Subject Matter Outline, Torts, Restatement (Second) of Torts
...distributor in federal court after becoming ill. At trial, the patron presented hospital records, testimony from two other customers who ate the same product, and expert testimony that the product likely contained a dang...
Citations: Fed. R. Civ. P. 50, Fed. R. Civ. P. 59
...PT task memo asks for a complete objective memorandum with a Question Presented, Brief Answer, Statement of Facts, and Discussion. The issue is whether a tenant validly exercised an option to renew a lease. The File show...
Citations: NCBE MPT preparation materials, NCBE MPT sample performance task guidance
Bank has a perfected security interest in all of Retailer's present and after-acquired inventory and equipment. Supplier later sells Retailer new refrigerators for resale on credit and retains a purchase-money security i...
Citations: UCC 9-324
...endant told the judge, "I understand I have a lawyer, but I want to represent myself." The judge warned the defendant about the charges, possible penalties, and risks of proceeding without counsel. The defendant said he...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Procedure, U.S. Const. amend. VI, Faretta v. California
...ss enacts a statute barring any person from serving in the House of Representatives if the person has previously been censured by a state legislature. A candidate who meets the constitutional age, citizenship, and inhabi...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 2, U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 5, Powell v. McCormack, U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton
...rial in federal court for armed robbery and testifies that he was not present at the scene. The government seeks to impeach him with a six-year-old felony conviction for aggravated assault. The conviction did not involve...
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 609(a)(1)(B)
...device company before marriage. Three days before the wedding, Fiance presented Fiancee with a premarital agreement. The agreement stated that each spouse would keep all property titled in that spouse's name, that Fiance...
Citations: Uniform Premarital Agreement Act sections 2, 6, Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreements Act sections 9, 10, NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Family Law
...rial, the defendant objects that an email admitting the disputed misrepresentation is "prejudicial" because it makes the plaintiff's case much stronger. Which statement best explains unfair prejudice under Rule 403? The...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Evidence, Fed. R. Evid. 403
...n a complete objective memorandum, the examinee must draft a Question Presented for a dispute over whether written notice was timely. Which approach is best? The correct answer describes effective issue framing in an obj...
Citations: NCBE MPT preparation materials
In a federal bench trial, the plaintiff presents all evidence on an equitable claim. The defendant then asks the judge to enter judgment because the plaintiff failed to prove reliance. The plaintiff argues that the judge...
Citations: Fed. R. Civ. P. 52
...on a personal guarantee after Startup defaults. Founder denies being present when the guarantee was signed and says an electronic access log was altered. Lender offers a GPS report from a company vehicle showing the veh...
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 901(b)(9), Fed. R. Evid. 902(13), Fed. R. Evid. 902(14), Fed. R. Evid. 903
...g Blackacre "to Paula, as trustee for Paula." No other person has any present or future interest, and the instrument gives Paula complete power to use, sell, or keep Blackacre for herself. What is the best analysis? This...
Citations: Common-law merger doctrine, Uniform Trust Code section 402
...vated assault after a nightclub stabbing. Her appointed lawyer also represented Rosa's friend Eli, who was charged as an accomplice in the same case. Rosa repeatedly told the lawyer that she was across town at a food tru...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Procedure, U.S. Const. amend. VI, Strickland v. Washington, Missouri v. Frye, Lafler v. Cooper, Cuyler v. Sullivan
...the Discussion section of an objective memorandum. Omit the Question Presented, Brief Answer, and Statement of Facts." What should the examinee do? The correct answer applies task-memo section instructions for an object...
Citations: NCBE MPT sample performance task guidance
...ment, duties, and merger. NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Trust Code sections 402 and 704
Citations: NCBE MEE Subject Matter Outline, Trusts and Estates, Uniform Trust Code sections 402 and 704
...question tests per capita at each generation. Uniform Probate Code representation principles
Citations: Uniform Probate Code representation principles
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