MN Bar study plan

Map the Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure domain into a one-page attack outline covering homicide, theft crimes, inchoate offenses, and defenses, then cover Fourth Amendment search-and-seizure doctrine from stop-and-frisk through warrant exceptions.

Drill 40 multiple-choice questions on criminal law and criminal procedure, tagging each miss by doctrine and recording the rule you got wrong in a running error log.

Build a personal jurisdiction and subject matter jurisdiction checklist for Civil Procedure, including general versus specific jurisdiction, the minimum-contacts factors, and diversity and supplemental jurisdiction limits.

Write the Erie doctrine flowchart from memory (federal question, substantive versus procedural, Hanna analysis) and self-check it against your outline.

Draft a 25-minute essay outline on a Fourth Amendment fact pattern and a 25-minute essay outline on a personal jurisdiction fact pattern, under timed conditions.

Complete the Criminal Law outline by writing the elements and defenses for each homicide grade, plus assault, battery, kidnapping, robbery, burglary, arson, and larceny by trick versus embezzlement versus false pretenses.

Memorize and self-test the criminal procedure rules on interrogation, Miranda custody-and-interrogation triggers, waiver, invocation, identification procedures, and the exclusionary rule with its exceptions.

Work the Civil Procedure remaining topics: pleadings, Rule 12 motions, joinder, counterclaims, cross-claims, impleader, intervention, class actions, and claim and issue preclusion.

Answer 50 mixed Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Civil Procedure questions and re-do every question missed in week 1.

Write one full timed Civil Procedure essay (45 minutes) and self-grade against a checklist of issues you identified before reading any model answer.

Build an Evidence outline organized by the Federal Rules sequence: relevance and Rule 403, character evidence and its exceptions, impeachment, hearsay and every exemption and exception, privileges, lay and expert opinion, authentication, and the best evidence rule.

Create a one-page hearsay decision tree and test it by classifying 30 statements into admissible or inadmissible with the specific rule cited.

Outline Torts by element: intentional torts, negligence including duty, breach, causation, and damages, strict liability, products liability, defamation and privacy torts, and the economic and non-economic defenses.

Drill 40 Torts and Evidence questions, focusing on the negligence-per-se and res ipsa fact patterns and on hearsay-within-hearsay questions.

Write one timed Evidence essay and one timed Torts essay (45 minutes each), each with a pre-writing issue list.

Outline Contracts and UCC Article 2 side by side: formation, offer and acceptance including the mirror image and UCC 2-207 battle of the forms, consideration, promissory estoppel, statute of frauds, parol evidence, and the perfect tender and cure rules.

List and memorize the UCC Article 9 attachment and perfection requirements, the categories of collateral, the filing system rules, priority contests including PMSI and buyer-in-ordinary-course, and default remedies.

Complete 40 practice questions split evenly between Contracts and Secured Transactions and log each miss by rule.

Write a one-page comparison table of common law versus UCC Article 2 on acceptance, modification, and risk of loss.

Draft a timed 45-minute Secured Transactions essay on a priority dispute and self-grade it.

Outline Real Property: estates in land, future interests, the Rule Against Perpetuities, landlord-tenant, co-tenancy, easements and covenants, the recording system, mortgages, and adverse possession.

Draw a future-interests chart and test the Rule Against Perpetuities against 15 practice fact patterns.

Outline Trusts and Estates: intestacy, wills execution and revocation, will contests, the elective share, trust creation and types, trustee duties, and powers of appointment.

Answer 40 Real Property and Trusts and Estates questions and re-test every question missed in weeks 1 through 4.

Write one timed Real Property essay and one timed Wills essay, each in 45 minutes.

Outline Constitutional Law: judicial review, standing, ripeness, mootness, and political question doctrine, then the commerce, tax, and spending powers, the dormant commerce clause, and state action.

Cover the individual rights portion: due process, equal protection tiers, First Amendment speech and religion, and takings, with a one-page standards-of-review table.

Outline Business Associations: agency formation and authority, partnership formation and fiduciary duties, corporation formation, director duties, shareholder rights, and LLC basics.

Answer 40 Constitutional Law and Business Associations questions and log each miss by doctrine.

Write one timed Constitutional Law essay on an equal protection or First Amendment issue and one timed Agency essay (45 minutes each).

Outline Conflict of Laws: domicile, choice-of-law methodologies including vested rights, interest analysis, and the Restatement approach, constitutional limits, and recognition of judgments under full faith and credit.

Outline Family Law: marriage and its requirements, divorce grounds and jurisdiction, property division, spousal and child support, child custody standards, and the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.

Complete 30 Conflict of Laws and Family Law questions, then re-do every question missed in weeks 5 and 6.

Write one timed Conflict of Laws essay and one timed Family Law essay (45 minutes each).

Assemble a one-page index of every rule you have flagged as still shaky across all twelve domains.

Take two full-length timed practice exams under exam conditions and score both by domain to identify the weakest three areas.

Re-drill every question missed across the eight weeks, focusing on the three weakest domains identified from the practice exams.

Rewrite your attack outlines for the four heaviest domains into condensed one-page versions you can review in the final days.

Practice at least four timed essays across different domains, spending no more than 45 minutes on each, and self-grade with issue checklists.

Confirm logistics: exam-day schedule, permitted materials, timing per question, and a final review list for the night before.