Baby Bar case studies
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The First-Year Law Students' Examination (FYLSX), often called the Baby Bar, is a California exam for certain law students after their first year of law study. It is not a standalone license. Students must take it if they complete their first year in a Juris Doctor program at a State Bar–unaccredited registered law school, through the Law Office Study Program, or-without two years of college work-at a California-accredited or ABA-accredited law school. Students who have advanced to their second year at an ABA- or California-accredited law school and have at least 60 semester or 90 quarter units of undergraduate work are generally exempt. The Baby Bar case studies are 5 cases and about 3,390 words.
1The Firm Offer That Was Dead on Arrival
On March 10 Owen mails a signed acceptance, which arrives March 14. On March 12, after oak prices jump, Priya calls Owen and says, "The deal is off." Owen gets that call the same day.
631 words, about 3 min2Twenty Acres, One Text Message
Gus owns a 40-acre farm. In an April 2 phone call he agrees to sell Hana "the north 20 acres with the barn" for 300,000, closing June 1.
699 words, about 3 min3The Lookout Who Said No Guns
Dana and Luis agree to burglarize a closed pharmacy at 2 a.m. to take cash and pills.
692 words, about 3 min4Eight Feet of Trailer in the Travel Lane
an Acme Freight driver double-parks on a two-lane highway, leaving eight feet of the rig in the travel lane, then walks away without setting flares or hazard lights. Maya drives up, glances at her phone for three seconds, swerves to avoid the truck, and hits a guardrail.
702 words, about 4 min5The Reference Call and the Rotary Dinner
Nadia, a bank teller, applies at Second National. Second National calls her former supervisor, Wills, at First Bank.
666 words, about 3 min