IA Bar study plan

Map the Iowa pleading sequence (petition, answer, motion practice) into a one-page timeline you can redraw from memory

Draft 15 issue-spotting outlines converting fact patterns into elements-and-facts checklists for subject-matter and personal jurisdiction

Write one full IRAC answer to a hypothetical motion to dismiss under 45 minutes and self-grade against a rubric you build

Build a personal jurisdiction checklist covering minimum contacts, purposeful availment, and fair play

Diagram the discovery tools and their limits, then write a short memo arguing a motion to compel

Recite the summary judgment standard and the burden-shifting sequence aloud until fluent

Solve 20 multiple-choice questions on joinder, counterclaims, and cross-claims and log every miss by cause

Draft a rule statement for claim preclusion and issue preclusion that fits in three sentences

Chart the elements of the major offenses you are most likely to be tested on and match each to a fact pattern

Trace the Fourth Amendment search-and-seizure analysis from stop through arrest to suppression hearing

Build an evidence admissibility decision tree covering relevance, hearsay, and the main exemptions and exceptions

Write two 30-minute essays pairing a criminal hypothetical with an evidentiary objection issue

Memorize the hearsay exceptions you will actually be tested on and recite each with one example

Analyze confrontation clause limits on testimonial hearsay in a written paragraph

Drill 30 mixed evidence questions and categorize errors as rule recall, misreading, or timing

Outline the exclusionary rule, its exceptions, and the fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree doctrine

Outline judicial review, standing, ripeness, and mootness with a one-line test for each

Map the levels of scrutiny and apply each to a hypothetical classification

Build a contract formation checklist covering offer, acceptance, and consideration, then apply it to three short fact patterns

Distinguish UCC Article 2 rules from common law rules in a side-by-side table

Analyze defenses to contract enforcement, including statute of frauds, unconscionability, and mistake

Draft a remedies framework distinguishing expectation, reliance, restitution, and specific performance

Write one timed essay on a due process or equal protection hypothetical and one on breach and remedies

Recite the incorporation doctrine and the state action requirement from memory

Diagram the life estate, fee simple, and future interest combinations and label each with the correct remainder or reversion

Explain recording statutes and priority rules in writing without notes

List the elements of negligence, intentional torts, and strict liability and pair each with a defense

Solve 20 multiple-choice questions on landlord-tenant duties and 20 on tort causation

Take two full-length mixed practice exams under timed conditions and score them by domain

Rewrite your three weakest essays from earlier weeks using feedback and improved structure

Condense all eight domains into a single one-page trigger sheet for final review

Rehearse rule recitation for your ten most-missed rules until each is fluent