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ESSAY AND MPT QUESTIONS AND SELECTED
ANSWERS
The Board of Bar Examiners has now posted on our website
answers to the essay questions and MPT items from the bar examination. The MPT
is copyrighted so we cannot supply that item to you; however, you can purchase
it from the National Conference of Bar Examiners at www.ncbex.org if you wish.
The essay answers were selected by the Bar Examiner who wrote the question and
graded the answers. The MPT answers were selected by the examiner who graded
the MPT answers. These are "good" answers but are not always perfect answers.
They are among the best that were written on this question. They are being sent
to you in an effort to demonstrate the variety of answers that may result in a
high score. Some Examiners selected three answers and some selected fewer. The
handwritten answers were typed as submitted, except that minor corrections in
spelling and punctuation were made for ease of reading.
Applicants were given forty-five minutes to
answer each of the essay questions. Instructions for writing the essay answer
are as follows:
- Assume that the questions arise under the laws of
Georgia, unless otherwise indicated.
- Each answer should show: an understanding of the
facts; a recognition of the issues involved; the principles of law applicable;
and the reasoning by which you arrived at your conclusions. The value of an
answer depends not so much upon the correctness of the conclusions as upon the
presence and quality of the elements above-mentioned.
- Clearness and conciseness will count but make your
answers complete. Do not volunteer irrelevant or immaterial information.
- Demonstrate not merely your memory, but your ability to think and analyze the issues.
- Read each question carefully and understand it before
answering.
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