OAGB Bar Final Assessment study plan
OAGB Bar Final Assessment · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Civil Procedure & Constitutional Law
Outline Civil Procedure from memory for jurisdiction, venue, and pleadings, then fill gaps against a treatise table of contents
Diagram the flow of a federal civil action from filing through pre-trial motions
Recite the constitutional standards of review (strict, intermediate, rational basis) and match each to a triggering classification or right
Draft 10 original multiple-choice questions on personal and subject-matter jurisdiction and explain why each wrong answer is wrong
Your checkpoint
A one-page jurisdiction/venue decision tree plus a 10-question self-written quiz with answer rationales
Civil Procedure & Contracts
Outline joinder, discovery scope, and summary judgment standards and self-test each from a blank page
Build a contracts formation checklist covering offer, acceptance, consideration, and defenses
Compare UCC Article 2 and common-law rules for formation, modification, and the statute of frauds in a side-by-side chart
Write two 30-minute essay answers (one procedure, one contracts) under timed conditions
Your checkpoint
A UCC-vs-common-law comparison chart plus two graded timed essays with a self-scored rubric
Contracts & Criminal Law and Procedure
Outline contract remedies, third-party rights, and conditions/precedent performance
Map the elements of major crimes (homicide, theft, assault, attempt, conspiracy) into a single reference sheet
Trace the constitutional limits on criminal procedure from arrest through trial
Answer 40 mixed contracts and criminal law questions and log every miss by doctrinal category
Your checkpoint
An error log of all missed questions categorized by doctrine, with a corrected rule statement for each
Criminal Law and Procedure & Evidence
Outline search and seizure, interrogation, and identification procedures, flagging the exclusionary rule's reach
Recite the Federal Rules of Evidence structure: relevance, hearsay and its exceptions, character, impeachment
Build a hearsay decision flowchart from declarant's out-of-court statement to admissible/non-hearsay outcome
Write one timed criminal procedure essay and one evidence essay
Your checkpoint
A hearsay flowchart plus two timed essays scored against a checklist of required rule citations
Evidence & Real Property
Drill 30 hearsay and confrontation questions and explain each exception applied
Outline real property: estates, future interests, concurrent ownership, and landlord-tenant duties
Diagram recording acts, priority rules, and the bona fide purchaser analysis
Draft 10 original property questions with distractors that test common traps
Your checkpoint
A future-interests and recording-act cheat sheet plus a 10-question self-written property quiz
Real Property & Torts
Outline torts: negligence elements, duty standards, causation, and comparative fault
Map intentional torts and strict liability to their defenses on a single matrix
Write two timed torts essays, one negligence and one intentional tort
Review all error logs to date and re-answer every missed question
Your checkpoint
A torts elements-and-defenses matrix plus a re-attempt score report showing improvement on prior misses
Torts & Legal Writing and Analysis
Outline products liability, defamation, privacy, and nuisance with their respective tests
Practice the IRAC/CREAC structure on three short hypotheticals, tightening issue statements
Revise two earlier essays for organization, rule accuracy, and concision
Complete a 50-question mixed-set covering all prior domains
Your checkpoint
Three rewritten IRAC answers with a before/after comparison and a mixed-set accuracy percentage
Civil Procedure & Constitutional Law & Contracts & Criminal Law and Procedure & Evidence & Real Property & Torts & Legal Writing and Analysis
Take two full-length timed practice exams under exam conditions
Re-outline each domain from memory in 15 minutes or less and note gaps
Re-drill every item in the error log until each is answered correctly twice
Finalize a one-page-per-domain condensed rule sheet for exam-day review
Your checkpoint
Two completed full-length practice exams with scores, plus a finalized 8-page condensed rule sheet
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 65% on a self-written 20-question set covering Civil Procedure and Contracts, with rationales for every wrong answer
Week 4: Complete two timed essays within the allotted time and hit at least 4 of 5 rubric elements on each
Week 6: Re-answer all logged missed questions and achieve at least 80% correct on the re-attempt
Week 8: Score at least 70% on each full-length practice exam and have a completed condensed rule sheet for all eight domains