PA Bar study plan

Map the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure onto the Federal Rules by building a two-column comparison chart covering commencement, service, pleadings, joinder, and judgment

Draft a one-page flowchart of personal jurisdiction, venue, and removal decisions and run five hypotheticals through it

Outline Fourth Amendment search-and-seizure doctrine from stop through arrest, writing the rule plus one Pennsylvania constitutional wrinkle for each stage

Write out the elements of the major intrastate crimes (homicide, assault, theft, robbery, burglary) from memory, then correct against your outline

Complete 40 mixed multiple-choice questions in Civil Procedure and Criminal Procedure and log every miss by doctrinal category

Draft two full Civil Procedure essays under 45-minute timed conditions and self-grade against the elements checklist you built in week 1

Draft two timed Criminal Procedure essays covering search incident to arrest, consent, and Miranda custody analysis

Recite from memory the Erie doctrine sequence and the standard for summary judgment, then verify each against your outline

Build a one-page chart of pre-trial criminal procedure from complaint through preliminary hearing and arraignment under Pennsylvania practice

Complete 40 more mixed questions in these domains and re-test every item missed in week 1

Build a formation checklist for common law, UCC Article 2, and mixed goods-and-services contracts, noting where Pennsylvania's statute of frauds adds requirements

Outline the parol evidence rule, interpretation canons, and the UCC battle of the forms, writing one worked example for each

Diagram the three recording statutes and predict who prevails in four competing-conveyance hypotheticals

Outline the landlord-tenant, easement, and covenant doctrines with a one-line statement of the remedy for each

Complete 40 mixed multiple-choice questions in Contracts and Real Property and log each miss by doctrine

Draft two timed Contracts essays, one UCC and one common law, and check each against the formation checklist

Draft two timed Real Property essays on future interests and on mortgage priority, then self-grade

Recite the Rule Against Perpetuities and apply it to six interests without reference materials

Write a one-page summary of contract defenses (mistake, misrepresentation, duress, unconscionability, impossibility) with a Pennsylvania example for each

Re-test all questions missed in weeks 1 through 3 and record whether the error was knowledge or application

Outline the Federal Rules of Evidence article by article, marking each point where Pennsylvania's evidence rules diverge

Write out the hearsay definition, every exemption and exception, and one original example of each from memory

Draft two timed Evidence essays on impeachment and on expert testimony, then self-grade

Outline constitutional standards of review, writing the tier, the burden, and one illustrative case for each

Complete 40 mixed questions in Evidence and Constitutional Law and log each miss by doctrine

Draft two timed Constitutional Law essays, one on due process and one on equal protection, and self-grade against the standards-of-review outline

Draft two timed Evidence essays on relevance, character evidence, and authentication

Recite the levels of scrutiny and the state action doctrine, then apply each to three short hypotheticals

Outline First Amendment speech doctrine, including the public forum analysis and the commercial speech test

Re-test every question missed in week 5 and write the governing rule for each

Outline the elements and defenses for negligence, strict liability, products liability, defamation, and the intentional torts, writing the standard of care for each

Build a one-page chart of Pennsylvania-specific essay subjects: civil procedure, professional responsibility, family law, estates and trusts, and business organizations, with the two most testable rules under each

Draft two timed Torts essays and one timed Pennsylvania professional responsibility essay, then self-grade

Memorize the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct provisions on conflicts, confidentiality, and fees, and recite them aloud

Complete 40 mixed questions in Torts and the Pennsylvania-specific subjects and log each miss by doctrine

Complete two full-length simulated exams under timed conditions and score each by domain

Re-outline from memory the three doctrines flagged as weakest in the week 4 diagnostic report

Re-test every item in the cumulative error log and confirm that each rule can be stated correctly without notes

Drill the Pennsylvania-specific quick-reference sheet until each rule can be recited in under 30 seconds

Write a one-page exam-day strategy covering time allocation, essay outlining, and triage of unknown rules