MEE study guide
MEE · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Multistate Essay Examination (MEE) is the essay component of the legacy Uniform Bar Examination, developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) and administered by user jurisdictions as part of their bar examinations. It is aimed at law graduates and other applicants seeking admission to the bar in a participating jurisdiction; you register by applying to that jurisdiction for the bar exam, not by filing anything with NCBE directly. The MEE study guide has 8 sections and about 2,841 words.
01Business Associations: Agency, Partnership, Corporations, and LLCs
Business Associations questions ask you to separate the entity from its owners and to trace authority from principal to agent. Expect formation, governance, fiduciary duty, liability, and dissolution, often in a close corporation or LLC setting.
383 words, about 2 min02Civil Procedure: Jurisdiction, Joinder, Disposition, and Preclusion
Civil Procedure tests whether a federal court can hear a case, who may be joined, how the case moves to judgment, and what a later court must respect. Expect federal subject-matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction, venue, pleadings, discovery, summary judgment, and Erie.
378 words, about 2 min03Constitutional Law: Judicial Review, Federalism, and Individual Rights
Constitutional Law tests the limits on government power and the protection of individual rights. Expect standing, Congress's powers, the Dormant Commerce Clause, state action, due process, equal protection, and the First Amendment.
348 words, about 2 min04Contracts: Common Law and UCC Article 2
Contracts tests formation, enforceability, performance, breach, and remedies. Article 2 governs transactions in goods and relaxes common-law rules on definiteness, acceptance, and modification.
352 words, about 2 min05Criminal Law and Procedure: Elements, Defenses, and Constitutional Limits
Criminal Law and Procedure tests mens rea, actus reus, homicide, theft, inchoate offenses, defenses, and police practices under the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments. Elements: every crime requires a voluntary act, the required mental state, and concurrence.
345 words, about 2 min06Evidence: Relevance, Hearsay, Impeachment, and Privileges
Evidence tests whether proof is relevant, whether it is hearsay, whether an exception applies, and whether a witness can be impeached. Expect character evidence, expert testimony, authentication, and privileges.
362 words, about 2 min07Real Property: Estates, Landlord-Tenant, Easements, Recording, and Mortgages
Real Property tests estates and future interests, concurrent ownership, landlord-tenant duties, easements and covenants, recording acts, mortgages, and takings. Estates: fee simple absolute, life estate, remainder, reversion, and executory interest.
330 words, about 2 min08Torts: Intentional Torts, Negligence, Strict Liability, and Defamation
Torts tests intentional interference, negligence duty and breach, causation, strict liability, products liability, defamation, privacy, nuisance, and damages. Intentional torts: battery requires harmful or offensive contact with intent; assault requires apprehension of imminent contact; false imprisonment requires confinement; IIED requires extreme outrageous conduct and severe distress.
343 words, about 2 min