CA Bar study plan

Map the four personal-jurisdiction bases and the purposeful-availment test into a one-page decision tree

Draft the Rule 8 claim/defense taxonomy and Rule 12(b) waiver rules from memory

Work 40 MBE-style Civil Procedure questions on jurisdiction and pleadings, logging every miss by error type

Distinguish subject-matter jurisdiction, supplemental jurisdiction under 1367, and removal timing in writing

Sequence the Erie analysis and state the outcome-determinative test without notes

Apply claim and issue preclusion to three novel fact patterns and state which elements fail

Explain the incorporation doctrine and the levels of scrutiny with one anchor case per tier

Complete 30 mixed Civil Procedure questions and 20 Con Law questions under timed conditions

Classify state action, due process, and equal protection triggers on sight

Reconstruct the First Amendment framework for speech, expressive conduct, and prior restraint

Write out the dormant Commerce Clause and privileges-or-immunities tests from memory

Drill 45 MBE-style Con Law questions and re-teach the five most-missed rules aloud

Close out Con Law by briefing two full essay answers under 30-minute time limits

State the formation, acceptance, and consideration rules including UCC 2-207 variations

Identify the Statute of Frauds categories and the exceptions without reference

Take a 60-question mixed set spanning Civil Procedure, Con Law, and Contracts

Trace contract defenses, third-party rights, and remedies through a full fact pattern

Differentiate material breach from minor breach and compute expectation, reliance, and restitution damages

Map the mental states for homicide, battery, assault, and theft crimes

Apply accomplice liability and inchoate offense rules to two hypotheticals

Sequence the Fourth Amendment analysis from seizure through warrant exceptions to exclusion

Outline Fifth and Sixth Amendment protections, including custody, interrogation, and right to counsel attachment

State the relevance, character evidence, and impeachment rules with their exceptions

Apply hearsay definitions and the main exemptions and exceptions to six short statements

Apply the confrontation right and the best evidence rule to written scenarios

Distinguish present estates and future interests and identify the type of concurrent estate created

Analyze recording acts, bona fide purchaser status, and priority among competing interests

Explain landlord-tenant obligations, easements, and covenants running with land

Complete Real Property by working mortgage priority and adverse possession problems

State the elements of negligence, strict liability, and the intentional torts from memory

Apply comparative fault, joint and several liability, and the collateral source rule to damage questions

Sit a full-length mixed simulated exam and review every missed item by domain