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TO: FSU Law Students
FROM: Don Weidner, Dean
Mark Seidenfeld, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Stephanie Williams, Associate Dean for Administration
Nancy Benavides, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
DATE: March 22, 2007
RE: Important Course Information to Prepare for the Bar Exam
The Fall 2007 course schedule is now posted online. After studying information about the performance of FSU graduates on past bar exam administrations, we believe that you can maximize your chances of passing the Florida Bar Examination if you include the following courses in your program of study in your remaining years in law school.
| Highly Recommended |
Business Associations
Evidence
Gratuitous Transfers
State Constitutional Law
Florida Civil Practice
Criminal Procedure - Police |
| Also Recommended |
Agency & Partnership (or Unincorporated Business Entities)
Criminal Procedure - Adjudication
Florida Dissolution of Marriage (or Family Law)
Real Estate Finance (or Land Transfer)
Topics in Florida Practice |
For those of you who will sit for the Florida Bar Exam, the following subjects are tested on the exam:
Florida Constitutional Law $
Federal Constitutional Law
Wills and Administration of Estates #
Real Property
Criminal Law
Family Law +
Business Entities (Corporations & Partnerships)#
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Florida Civil and Criminal Procedure * #
Evidence #
Trusts
Torts $
Contracts
Rules of Professional Conduct ^
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* Required to be tested on every Florida exam
# Since 1996, the multiple choice questions have come from these four subject areas.
^ Professional Responsibility is almost always tested and usually with another subject
$ Most frequently tested essays
+ Appears on about 1/3 of the bar exams, question usually on dissolution of marriage
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The multistate portion of the exam always tests the following 6 subjects: Constitutional Law; Criminal Law and Procedure; Evidence; Real Property (includes conveyances/transfers); Contracts (includes sales & leases); and Torts.
We reiterate our offer to make ourselves available to you for academic advising and planning. |
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