NM Bar study plan

Outline Torts and Contracts from a blank page, then compress each into a one-page attack sheet organized by element, defense, and remedy.

Work 100 untimed MBE questions split evenly between Torts and Contracts, and write the governing rule for every miss into an error journal tagged by subtopic (e.g., proximate cause, UCC 2-207, anticipatory repudiation).

Recite from memory the ten most-tested Contracts rules - formation and consideration, Statute of Frauds, parol evidence, option and firm offer, UCC 2-207, perfect tender, impracticability, expectation damages, mitigation, liquidated damages - before moving to practice questions.

Take one timed 30-question Torts set under exam pacing (1.8 minutes per question) and review every explanation, right or wrong.

Build a chart of Real Property future interests, cotenancies, landlord-tenant duties, and recording-act priority rules, and drill it until you can classify an interest in under 30 seconds.

Master the Evidence hearsay framework: map each exclusion and exemption (party admissions, excited utterance, present sense impression, business records, public records, prior consistent/inconsistent statements) to its justification.

Answer 110 MBE questions across Real Property and Evidence, half untimed and half in 20-question timed blocks, logging every miss by rule.

Rewrite your three weakest Real Property subtopics as short self-quiz questions and answer them cold the following day.

Diagram the Constitutional Law doctrines of judicial review, standing and justiciability, state action, commerce power, dormant Commerce Clause, and equal protection tiers, then explain each diagram aloud without notes.

Outline Criminal Law and Procedure around mens rea levels, inchoate offenses, felony murder, accomplice liability, the exclusionary rule and its exceptions, Fourth Amendment searches, Miranda custody-and-interrogation triggers, and the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.

Complete 120 MBE questions in Constitutional Law and Criminal Law/Procedure, including one 50-question timed block mixing both subjects.

Review the entire error journal from weeks 1–3 and re-answer every question you previously missed.

Sit a full 100-question timed mixed MBE (Torts, Contracts, Property, Evidence, Con Law, Crim) in two 50-question blocks to build stamina and expose subject-level gaps.

Complete the Civil Procedure outline covering subject-matter and personal jurisdiction, venue, removal, pleadings, discovery scope, summary judgment, claim and issue preclusion, and Erie, then convert it into a one-page sheet.

Write two timed 30-minute MEE essays on MBE subjects (one Contracts, one Constitutional Law), self-grade against the model answer using a checklist of issue identification, rule accuracy, and application depth.

Adopt a fixed MEE answer template - issue sentence, rule paragraph, application to facts, conclusion - and use it in both graded essays.

Outline Business Associations around agency formation and authority, general and limited partnerships, LLC member duties, corporate formation, piercing the veil, director fiduciary duties (Caremark and business judgment), and federal securities basics.

Build a Conflict of Laws framework for domicile, vested rights versus interest analysis, constitutional limits on choice of law, and recognition of judgments under full faith and credit.

Map Family Law issues: marriage and its requirements, prenuptial agreements, divorce grounds, property division in community-property versus equitable-distribution states, spousal and child support, custody standards, and the UCCJEA and PKPA.

Write three timed 30-minute MEE essays - one each on Business Associations, Conflict of Laws, and Family Law - and score each against a self-made rubric.

Outline Secured Transactions using the Article 9 sequence: attachment, perfection by filing or possession or control, priority contests, and the default-and-repossession rules, and apply each step to two hypotheticals.

Outline Trusts and Estates covering intestate succession, will formalities and revocation, ademption and lapse, nonprobate transfers, trust creation and the Statute of Frauds, spendthrift protection, and fiduciary duties including the duty of impartiality.

Write three timed 30-minute MEE essays on Secured Transactions, Trusts, and Estates, and one hybrid essay combining an MBE subject with Business Associations or Conflicts.

Drill the five non-MBE MEE subjects in rotating 20-minute cycles, converting each outline into a one-page issue-spotting checklist.

Learn the MPT format by working two practice tasks with the file and library open, focusing on issue framing, using the facts the file supplies, and formatting headings that mirror the requested document.

Draft four closed-file MPT outputs under 90-minute timed conditions: one objective memorandum, one persuasive brief, one client letter, and one contract or statutory provision.

Practice MPT time budgeting at the 45-minute, 60-minute, and 85-minute checkpoints so the deliverable is always finished, not just started.

Write two more timed MEE essays on subjects flagged as weakest in weeks 5–6 and run a 40-question timed MBE block to keep MBE skills warm.

Simulate a full exam day: 175 MBE questions in two timed sessions, six 30-minute MEE essays, and two 90-minute MPT tasks spread across two consecutive days.

Review every simulated-exam miss by subject and rule, and rewrite the ten least-secure rules into flashcards to drill on the final three days.

Re-read the eight attack sheets and five MEE checklists aloud, then self-test by writing the element list for each major doctrine from memory.

Taper: stop new material 48 hours before the exam, protect sleep, and rehearse the exam-day logistics and question-pacing plan.