MPT case studies
MPT · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Multistate Performance Test (MPT) is the performance-test 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 a skills exam rather than a memory exam: each item hands you a File and a Library and asks you to produce a practical lawyering document-such as a memorandum, brief, contract provision, or client letter-under a supervising attorney's instructions. The MPT case studies are 5 cases and about 3,862 words.
1The Date That Isn't in the File: Limitations Advice on a Sparse Record
Your supervising attorney hands you a thin file and asks for the limitations section of an advice letter. The client, Maria Ochoa, slipped on a wet floor at a grocery store.
805 words, about 4 min2The Case the Draft Memo Left Out: Adverse Authority on Trespasser Duty
Your firm represents Cedar Ridge Storage, LLC, in a premises-liability suit brought by a fourteen-year-old who fell through a skylight opening while cutting across the facility's roof. The associate's draft memo to the partner argues that under Wellman v.
730 words, about 4 min3The Witness Who Didn't See the Light: A Declaration That Cannot Be Filed
Your supervising attorney will file a motion for summary judgment in a collision case. She gives you a draft declaration the client prepared for the eyewitness, Rosa Lima, and asks you to 'clean it up and get it signed' by 5:00 p.m.
749 words, about 4 min4The Client File Under Subpoena: Between Contempt and Confidentiality
The firm represented Dana Whitfield two years ago in the sale of her bakery. The matter is closed.
759 words, about 4 min5Term Sheet v. Email: Drafting the Settlement Both Sides Think They Made
You are drafting a settlement agreement and mutual release to resolve a wrongful-termination claim that a former employee, Ms. Okafor, brought against her employer, a small manufacturer.
819 words, about 4 min