CO Bar case studies
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The Colorado Bar Examination is the licensing exam administered under the authority of the Colorado Supreme Court for people who want to be admitted to practice law in Colorado. It is aimed at law graduates from ABA-accredited schools, foreign law graduates who obtain pre-authorization, and attorneys from other U.S. The CO Bar case studies are 5 cases and about 3,895 words.
1The Absent Analyst: Confrontation and Chain of Custody in a DUI Blood Case
on March 9, Officer Dane Whitfield stopped Marisol Vega after she drifted across the center line twice. Vega smelled of alcohol, failed the walk-and-turn, and gave a breath sample of 0.094.
731 words, about 4 min2Removal, the Forum-Defendant Rule, and a Post-Removal Federal Claim
Priya Raman, a Colorado citizen, sued her former employer, Ridgeline Logistics, Inc., a Colorado corporation with its principal place of business in Denver, and Marcus Webb, a Wyoming citizen and Ridgeline's regional manager, in Denver District Court. She asserts only state-law claims, defamation and wrongful discharge, and seeks $180,000.
725 words, about 4 min3The Uncle-Trustee: Spendthrift Protection, Self-Dealing, and Discretionary Distributions
In 2019, Eleanor Vance created an irrevocable trust for her grandson, Toby, then 14, funded with 900,000. The trust directs the trustee to distribute 'so much of the income and principal as the trustee, in the trustee's sole and absolute discretion, deems advisable for Toby's health, education, and support' until Toby turns 35, and it contains a spendthrift clause barring voluntary and involuntary alienation.
782 words, about 4 min4The Used Truck and the 'As Is' Clause: Drafting an Objective Memorandum
You are a law clerk at a three-attorney firm in Grand Junction. Your supervising attorney, Dana Okonkwo, represents Cole Barstow, who bought a 2017 pickup from Mesa Auto Sales for $24,500 on March 3.
853 words, about 4 min5The Junior Well: Prior Appropriation, Augmentation Plans, and the Takings Argument
In 2015, Wes Corrigan drilled a 600-foot well on his 320-acre ranch in the Arkansas River basin to irrigate 90 acres of hay. The well has no court-approved plan for augmentation.
804 words, about 4 min