Review Study Plan

Question 1

MBE Frequency:

Answer 1

• Jurisdiction and Venue: 22.2%
• Law Applied by Federal Courts: 8.3%
• Pretrial Procedures: 22.2%
• Jury Trials: 8.3%
• Motions: 22.2%
• Verdicts and Judgments: 8.3%
• Appealability and Review: 8.3%

Question 2

MEE Frequency:

Answer 2

• Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Diversity of Citizenship: 36.2%
• Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Federal Question: 19.0%
• Venue (Proper Venue & Transfer of Venue): 19.0%
• Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Supplemental
  Jurisdiction: 17.2%
• Personal Jurisdiction: 17.2%
• Law Applied by Federal Courts: Erie Doctrine,
  Substance vs. Procedure, & Supremacy Clause: 15.5%

Question 3

Less Tested MEE topics:

Answer 3

• Permissive Joinder of Parties: 8.6%
• Motion for Summary Judgment: 8.6%
• Removal: 6.9%
• Service of Process and Notice: 6.9%
• Motion to Dismiss & Motion for Judgment on the
  Pleadings: 6.9%
• Issue Preclusion (Collateral Estoppel): 6.9%
• Appeals: Final Judgment Rule & Exceptions: 6.9%
• Temporary Restraining Order (TRO): 5.2%
• Amendments to Pleadings & Relation Back Doctrine: 5.2%
• Counterclaims: 5.2%
• Required Joinder of Parties: 5.2%
• Attorney Work Product Doctrine: 5.2%
• Pretrial Conference and Order: 5.2%
• Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law: 5.2%
• Abstention Doctrines: 3.4%
• Preliminary Injunction: 3.4%
• Rule 11 – Representations to the Court: 3.4%
• Rule 11 – Sanctions Imposed: 3.4%
• Impleader (Third-Party Actions): 3.4%
• Class Action Requirements & Certification: 3.4%
• Electronically Stored Information & Spoliation
  Sanctions: 3.4%
• Claim Preclusion (Res Judicata): 3.4%
• Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Domestic Relations
  Exception: 1.7%
• Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Diversity Jurisdiction
  of a Large Class Action: 1.7%
• Federal Court Pleading Rules: Claim for Relief: 1.7%
• Federal Court Pleading Rules: Responding to a
  Pleading: 1.7%
• Cross-Claims: 1.7%
• Rule 11 – Procedure for Filing a Sanctions Motion: 1.7%
• Intervention as of Right & Permissive Intervention: 1.7%
• Discoverable Information (Relevant & Proportional Standard): 1.7%
• Depositions: 1.7%
• Rule 26(g) – Signing Disclosures & Sanctions for
  Improper Certification: 1.7%
• Rule 26(a) Initial Disclosures: 1.7%
• Motion for a New Trial: 1.7%
• Preclusive Effect of a Default Judgment: 1.7%