Testable new law

NY Retaker · 01-19-2008

I am also a re-taker for the NY Exam. I have not taken a review class since 2004. I like many students have no money to retake a review class. I purchased BarOutlines for NY and think they are good but do not know when they were last updated.

I am wondering if there is any new law/revised law that is ripe for testing for Feb 2008. Also, other than professional ethics, is there anything else I should be looking at that may be tested more heavily than it was before?

Also, is passing still a 665? I know they always talk about raising the grade.

Thanks!

Category: NY - New York Bar Exam

brookny · 01-20-2008

Can't answer the new/revised law part, but here is the grading:

Quote:

There is no minimum score for MBE or for Essay, but rather the combination of all sections, 675/1000 is a passing score, 655-674/1000 are re-read scores, and no appeal is allowed in New York Bar.

Following is the more detailed grading methodology:

The answers to the five essay questions and the MPT are each graded in accordance with a predetermined marking formula, and the grades attained by the applicant on the respective questions are the raw essay scores. The total number of questions answered correctly by an applicant on the 50 New York multiple choice questions is the raw score for that portion, and the number of questions answered correctly on the 200 MBE questions is the applicant's raw score for the MBE portion.

Through psychometrically approved scaling procedures, the raw scores attained by the applicants on each portion of the examination are converted to scaled scores on a common scale of 0 to 1000, and the three scaled scores are then weighted and combined to yield total weighted scaled scores on the same 0 to 1000 scale. The relative weights assigned are 50% to the written portion (40% essays and 10% MPT), 10% to the New York multiple choice, and 40% to the MBE portion.

The essay and MPT answers of each applicant who receives an initial total weighted scaled score of 655 through 674 are re-read and re-graded by graders other than the initial graders. The two scores for each essay answer are averaged to determine a final scaled score for each essay. The examination scores are then recomputed to determine each applicant's final scaled score. There is no appeal from this final score.

There is no passing or failing on any one portion of the examination. Thus a poor performance on one section of the examination may be offset by a superior performance on another section. Passing or failing is determined only on the basis of the applicant's total weighted scaled score.

brookny · 01-28-2008

out of 51 bar exams for the past 26 years)
CONTRACTS/SALES (51)
NEW YORK PRACTICE (50
WILLS (49
CRIMINAL LAW/PROCEDURE (49
TORTS 45
DOMESTIC RELATIONS (42
CORPORATIONS 40
REAL PROPERTY/MORTGAGES 29
TRUSTS 26
EVIDENCE 25

SUMMER 2007
A.M. Session
1. Commercial Paper/Criminal Law
2. Torts/NY Practice
3. Wills/Trusts

P.M. Session P.M. Session

4. Domestic Relations
5. Corporations/Contracts/Prof. Responsibility
6. MPT: Persuasive Memo re: American Indian Land Claim

01-19-2008	#1
NY Retaker New Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1	Testable new law I am also a re-taker for the NY Exam. I have not taken a review class since 2004. I like many students have no money to retake a review class. I purchased BarOutlines for NY and think they are good but do not know when they were last updated. I am wondering if there is any new law/revised law that is ripe for testing for Feb 2008. Also, other than professional ethics, is there anything else I should be looking at that may be tested more heavily than it was before? Also, is passing still a 665? I know they always talk about raising the grade. Thanks! Category: NY - New York Bar Exam Last edited by studyfor; 01-19-2008 at 08:30 PM.

01-28-2008	#3
brookny New Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 56	the most commonly tested subjects on new york bar exam out of 51 bar exams for the past 26 years) CONTRACTS/SALES (51) NEW YORK PRACTICE (50 WILLS (49 CRIMINAL LAW/PROCEDURE (49 TORTS 45 DOMESTIC RELATIONS (42 CORPORATIONS 40 REAL PROPERTY/MORTGAGES 29 TRUSTS 26 EVIDENCE 25 SUMMER 2007 A.M. Session 1. Commercial Paper/Criminal Law 2. Torts/NY Practice 3. Wills/Trusts P.M. Session P.M. Session 4. Domestic Relations 5. Corporations/Contracts/Prof. Responsibility 6. MPT: Persuasive Memo re: American Indian Land Claim

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