NextGen Bar case studies
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The NextGen UBE is the National Conference of Bar Examiners' bar examination that succeeds the legacy Uniform Bar Examination. NCBE describes the legacy UBE as "administered through February 2028," with the NextGen UBE positioned as the going-forward exam for candidates seeking admission to a state bar. The NextGen Bar case studies are 5 cases and about 3,514 words.
1Removal, Fraudulent Joinder, and a Late Motion to Amend
Priya, a citizen of State A, is injured at a hotel in State B owned by HotelCo, a State B corporation. On March 1 she sues HotelCo and Marcus in State B state court.
712 words, about 4 min2Public Employee Speech and a Retaliatory Reassignment
Rosa is the lead chemist at the City of Riverton's water treatment plant. Her written job description includes 'monitoring compliance and reporting exceedances to the plant manager.' In March she emails the plant manager and all seven council members that a new treatment protocol is producing manganese at twice the EPA action level, adding that the city is 'risking children's health' and that the manager 'buried' an earlier test result.
758 words, about 4 min3Battle of the Forms, Cover, and Consequential Loss
Sunrise Foods (State A) emails Valley Machine (State B): 'We offer to buy 5,000 labeling heads at 2.00 each, delivery by June 1. Our terms: rejection within 5 days of delivery; buyer disclaims consequential damages.' Valley replies by email, 'We accept,' attaching its acknowledgment: 'Buyer must reject within 10 days; all disputes shall be arbitrated; seller disclaims all warranties; buyer's exclusive remedy is repair.' Both companies are merchants.
716 words, about 4 min4Three Statements, One Trial: 911 Call, Dying Words, and a Confession
At 2:05 a.m., a 911 dispatcher takes a call from an unidentified woman: 'Someone just shot a man in a gray hoodie outside 41 Folsom - he ran toward the park.' Officer Park arrives four minutes later and finds Lena bleeding from the chest on the sidewalk. He's got my keys.' Lena dies at 3:10 a.m.
658 words, about 3 min5Race-Notice, Inquiry Notice, and a Donee in the Chain
The jurisdiction's statute reads: 'No conveyance is valid against a subsequent purchaser for value and without notice whose conveyance is first recorded.' Owen deeds Blackacre to Alice by warranty deed; Alice does not record. Alice leases Blackacre to Carl for five years at market rent; Carl moves in and builds a large barn visible from the road.
670 words, about 3 min