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cris
5/17/2013 11:55:51 am
great. thanks..do you PR outlines?
Adam Shajnfeld
5/17/2013 12:26:44 pm
PR is now up!
Nelle
5/17/2013 10:25:34 pm
Thx--I'm a NY/FL atty taking this summer and appreciate the help.
Lisa
5/19/2013 07:20:08 am
Thanks so much for posting this. So, the sentences that are highlighted are inaccurate?
Adam Shajnfeld
5/19/2013 07:24:28 am
Highlighting just means that I needed to review the material. It has nothing to do with accuracy. Hope that helps.
Ahmad
6/9/2013 11:37:56 pm
First year student with NWCU, I will take FYSLX in 2014. These outlines are an excellent how to do guide. Thanks.
Kristie
6/12/2013 02:28:55 pm
Thanks, you're very kind for doing this for people!
Marie
6/15/2013 03:35:22 pm
I have young children and am preparing for the July CA bar, so can't thank you enough for saving me countless hours of more condensing of my Barbri notes. If things work out, I will definitely pay it forward. Thank you for your generosity and thoughtfulness.
Suzanne
6/25/2013 01:01:07 pm
Hello,
Deborah Hogan
7/8/2013 09:00:22 am
Thank you. I will take the CA Bar in July 2014. I will let you know how they helped. Many thanks. You are very kind to do this and I appreciate it.
Richard Yao
7/19/2013 08:32:15 am
Adam- 11/3/2013 01:26:42 am
Hi Adam: I came across your site recently and I think it is great you are circulating outlines. I run a bar exam blog called www.barexamtoolbox.com. I would love to interview you for the blog, would that be something you would be interested in? Thanks, Lee
BK
11/19/2013 12:46:54 am
As someone with a newborn child taking the Cal bar in Feb. 2013, this is very helpful and a very generous gesture. I will definitely pay it forward. Much thanks !!
Debbie Hogan
11/19/2013 01:37:05 am
Thank you!
JL
11/19/2013 03:52:26 am
planning to take the Feb 2014 CA attorney's exam. did you take the attorney's exam or the full CA bar with MBE? If you took the attorney's exam, do you have any study tips that might be different than for the full exam? thanks!
Adam Shajnfeld
11/19/2013 04:23:14 am
I took the attorney's exam. General study tips can be found here: http://barexamtoolbox.com/bar-exam-lessons-learned-and-free-california-outlines/ 11/24/2013 01:07:06 pm
Adam, 11/27/2013 01:32:27 am
Adam, congrats on passing the bar exam and thanks for sharing your outlines with law students! I added a link at brendanconley.com/barexam where I also share bar exam study materials with students.
george cochran
12/15/2013 03:46:09 am
Thanks for the thought…for some reason, I can't find my downloads. Could it be that I'm using a Mac?
Polly
1/18/2014 06:53:31 am
What a fantastic site for the bar-preppers and law students out there. Thank you so much, Adam. I wish you well in your current and future endeavors.
Emily Gubler Clark
1/25/2014 04:30:13 pm
A fellow CLS '07 grad! I practiced in NV after graduating in 2007, but I moved to CA and have been a stay-at-home mom for the last year. I decided to take the Attorney's Exam in Feb. 2014 just to have it done if and when I decide to go back to practicing law. Thanks for the outlines!!
Cecilia
1/28/2014 08:58:14 am
Thank you, I'm using your outlines to help me study for the Winter 2014. Pass or fail taking you for posting these invaluable outlines. I have already forward it to someone, I know who' s also taking this winter's bar exam.
Ana-Isabel
2/2/2014 01:40:07 pm
Thank you,
KriZ
2/14/2014 06:41:00 pm
Hello,
Bubbles
2/18/2014 08:28:01 am
Wow, I am a bit emotional right now....I have a week to my exams, so the anxiety, stress and tiredness is getting to me. I am a repeat bar taker and i justr came across this. You are too kind for this, God bless you for this service. Hugely helpful in these final moments.
Shelly
3/23/2014 03:05:44 am
Thanks Adam...everything helps! Very cool of you to take the time to do this. Everyone should pass the kindness forward!
Trish
4/15/2014 07:21:22 am
Thanks you so much! With kids and a full time job I was dreading the hours of time it takes to outline! Much appreciation!
Cali_Student
4/25/2014 10:59:50 am
Thanks so much! Really appreciate it =)
Joseph
5/20/2014 04:43:05 pm
Hey man thanks. I've already passed in Oregon and just need a solid refresher. These and the posted answers they've put out should do me fine.
Jan
5/21/2014 02:03:03 pm
Hi, thank you so much for doing this. I'm a NY attorney who recently moved to CA. I plan on taking the attorneys' exam July 2014--would you recommend taking a course? I've studied for and passed the NY bar on my own, but CA bar seems like a different animal. I have a slightly older set of CA BARBRI books that I purchased online. Any tips would be appreciated, thanks!
Adam Shajnfeld
5/22/2014 06:45:16 am
Jan, I do recommend a course. For me, it was a great way to get up-to-date materials, a disciplined study schedule, lectures that boiled things down to essentials, and books with plenty of practice questions. It is critical to do practice questions, and to have a sense of the kind of answers and formatting that the graders look for. Writing as an experienced attorney would is not necessarily going to be what the graders want, as most test-takers are not yet attorneys. I spent my mornings listening and outlining the lectures, and split the afternoons between reviewing the outlines and doing practice questions. Of course, there are disciplined people who do pass the exam through self-study, but I tend to be very cautious!
Aileen
5/22/2014 07:23:36 am
Can't thank you enough. These days there are not many people who would do what you have done to help others for free. I will take your advice and create my own outline based on your template. Thanks again and God bless you!
Jan
5/23/2014 09:02:03 am
Hi Adam, thank you so much for your response! I appreciate your thoughts... keep your fingers crossed. Fear helps with the self-discipline.
Erick
5/27/2014 04:18:51 am
Thanks again for the outlines. I have looked at many, some as old as 4 years, and it all seems to be the same information. Do you know if any of this fundamentally changed in the past 4 years? I really haven't seen anything major. I'm debating on whether I need to get newer materials for July 2014.
Adam Shajnfeld
5/27/2014 07:15:19 am
Erick, I can’t say definitively, because I haven’t done any comparison. However, given my recollection from taking the NY bar years before, little has changed in some subjects. Torts, contracts, trusts and estates, and criminal law come immediately to mind. Of course, there are some new developments in constitutional law (they usually make the news), and I’m sure some changes in other areas. I think you are likely safe with something only a few years old, but again, I can’t be certain.
Margaret Shannon Tepper
5/28/2014 05:52:03 am
I've got bills to pay and children who need clothes. I've worked my fingers to the bone studying for this test - your notes are extremely helpful. Thank you!
Lee
6/2/2014 12:20:41 pm
Thank you so much for your kindness! I'm using your outlines together with Kaplan outlines. Did you use Barbri for your outlines?
Adam Shajnfeld
6/4/2014 08:27:01 am
I did take the Barbri class, which I found useful. The outlines derive to a large degree from the notes I took during class.
Emma
6/10/2014 03:47:16 am
Thank you!!!!! These are awesome! You rock!! :D
Josh
6/10/2014 07:44:16 am
Adam,
Georgia
6/15/2014 08:02:52 pm
Hi Adam
Ed
6/29/2014 07:14:54 am
Thanks Adam! You did an excellent job - and I'm looking forward to using your outlines for the July 2014 exam! Ed
Nancy
7/1/2014 04:09:33 am
Thank you so much! These are very helpful!
Jeanne
7/4/2014 06:20:40 am
Thank you! Very helpful!!
Lisa
7/9/2014 05:15:10 am
Taking the bar for the 2nd time at the end of the month. These outlines are amazing! Thank you so much!
Rebecca
7/23/2014 01:31:19 am
Thanks so much! I am currently in law school, and these look GREAT!
Mike
7/25/2014 07:25:20 am
Thanks for the outlines as well as for the thought of sharing the outlines.
Lara
7/28/2014 01:12:08 am
First of all THANK YOU SO MUCH for this material, Is amazing!! I'm a lawyer from argentina went to law school in FLorida and took the NY bar back in 2010. Now Im moving to texas or back to FL depending on my boyfriend's medical residency, so will take either bar next july (2015) I decided to start studying on my own at least the multi state portion until i know for sure in which state he will be doing his residency and then take a course. I still have my barbri books from 2010 but not sure if they are out of date, what to you think? THANK YOU!!!
Marina
10/9/2014 12:09:36 pm
Thank You so much. You're an absolute saint!
Shankar Iyer
1/9/2015 08:54:53 am
Grateful thanks. I am a retired person fro India having done LLB and wanting to take the CA Bar exam without doing law education in US as it is very costly. I am permitted to law practice in India. I am qualified to sit for the CA Bar exams. Your notes are of great help. I have been surfing the net for study materials and have gathered quit a bit. Shall, in due course, put them all together so that it helps others. We also need a wiki on this subject so that people do not have to spend exorbitant sums. God Bless.
Robert
2/8/2015 11:08:56 am
Adam - great outlines and thank you for sharing. I notice you do not have an outline posted for California Civil Procedure (unless I am missing it). In comparing your Civ Pro outline against the barbri lecture handout, your outline ends just as the barbri lecture handout goes into the CA specifics. Was there a reason for this? Thanks in advance for any thoughts.
Adam Shajnfeld
2/12/2015 07:58:23 am
Robert, thanks for the note. I did do an outline, but it was of pretty bad quality. I didn't have the time I wanted to devote to it, so it was full of holes and not very user-friendly. I ended up doing the following: memorized the federal material, and what I thought were the top 4 or so testable distinctions. I figured the chance that CA Civ Pro appears was low, and the chance that it went outside those 4 was even lower. I ended up just putting those 4 areas onto flashcards. From memory, one was probably personal or subject matter jurisdiction, and another was class actions, but I don't remember the others now.
Howdy
3/31/2015 05:34:01 pm
Thank you! Taking the D.C. bar exam. Very helpful.
Robert G. Deardorff
4/16/2015 11:14:07 am
Adam, Thank you for the outline in Professional Responsibility. Simply, I was seeking an outline that possessed hands-on information. Please let me keep you posted on my progress. Jacksonville, Florida
Arnold
5/5/2015 12:17:04 am
I'm taking the 2/2016 California bar exam, member of bar in NJ, NY and Pa. age 60. Thanks for the outlines as I will use them to study. Failed in 2/2014 but will get right back in there. 5/26/2015 09:31:27 am
On behalf of our FB group of Law Clerks in the WSBA Law Clerk Program.. we thank you for these amazing outlines!
Robert G. Deardorff
5/26/2015 11:34:51 am
Summary judgment whenever possible.
Matthew Gifford
6/5/2015 06:31:18 am
Adam,
Hi Adam,
Michael
11/20/2015 03:37:49 pm
Thanks Adam. Well done.
Michael Klein
11/20/2015 07:39:04 pm
Adam,
Tracy Liberatore
12/30/2015 06:50:29 am
Thank you for this!!! I realize making your own outline is important to facilitate the learning process but I'm taking the Feb bar and need something to memorize at this point! My friend sent me this link last night!
Amy
1/12/2016 09:55:08 pm
Thank you! If I pass the bar, I'll let you know. If not, well ... And congratulations on being done with this part of it. One day we'll have reciprocity. Until then, we have panic and outlines every time we move.
Steve
2/3/2016 02:47:47 pm
I passed New York bar in 1999. Moved home to Ca. and am taking the Feb/16 exam. Didn't take a new BarBri (probably should have).Bought the CA BarBri books off EBay. Your outlines are very helpful. Good job. Thanks!
Farimah
2/23/2016 12:49:52 pm
Hi, I'm a NY attorney and planning to move to LA as well. Any suggestions before I make the big decision? I have to wait another 3 years to be able to take the attorney bar ( I am admitted to practice for a year now). Do you think I should take the general bar or wait for 3 years? I really appreciate if you respond. Thanks
Heejin
3/3/2016 09:47:14 am
Hi Adam,
Alex N
6/21/2016 09:20:39 am
Great that you posted this. I passed the NY Bar last July and then failed the February CA Bar. Taking the July 2016 CA Bar again and am not enthusiastic about studying. I've been doing this for A YEAR. Anyway, these outlines are really helpful, great job. If you're ever in Echo Park, shoot me a line, I'll buy you a pint.
Jared
7/10/2016 06:21:44 pm
Thank you so much for providing these outlines. These have been invaluable resources during my bar study for July 2016. I just wanted to give you my thanks.
Sam
7/12/2016 03:59:35 pm
these are amazing. thank you!
Citlalli
7/12/2016 04:10:32 pm
Wow wow wow. Great
Frank
7/20/2016 11:03:49 am
Adam--thank you so much for doing these. As a disabled veteran w/recurring memory issues, your outlines were most helpful. Plan to do one day pro-bono a week for honorably discharged and since incarcerated veterans with emphasis on those with Iraq/Afghan service. Thank you again... .
T
8/19/2016 05:31:47 pm
Thank you. I'll pay it forward. Luke 6:31. 9/14/2016 09:21:01 am
As an update, I used these notes in conjunction with another set and passed the bar the first time Feb 2016!!! Thanks for everything!
L
10/19/2016 09:49:18 pm
Thank you so much! I'm a 1L trying to figure out proper organization of my outline. This was extremely useful & much appreciated!
Cecelia
11/28/2016 11:53:37 pm
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it, beyond words! Thank you .
Wendell
12/1/2016 08:23:19 am
Thank you!!!! These are some of the most well-written outlines I have ever seen! I wish I had them when I was in law school. I will be using them to study for the Feb '17 Cal bar exam. Cheers!
Tammy W
1/14/2017 09:23:18 pm
Thank you for the outlines. I am planning on taking the bar in 2017 and your outlines will be helpful to piece my outlines back together It has been 8 years since I have studied so I am trying to get everything back together. Your outlines look good and they will be very helpful.
Yesi Conde
1/17/2017 11:33:42 pm
Thanks a lot for publishing your outlines for free. I'm taking the February 2017 Bar and I am overwhelmed. Thanks again.
Nina
2/5/2017 04:27:03 pm
thank you for these outlines! i am planning on taking the attorney's exam in july 2017 after practicing in florida for 8 years. i will be working full time while studying and was hoping to get by from buying the full set of barbri books (without access to the lectures) and by using these outlines. do you have any thoughts on books versus lectures when you don't have the luxury of studying full time? lastly, what are the subjects most likely to be the subject of the california essays? if a subject was just recently tested, is it less likely for it to come up again the year after? thanks for your help and response!
terry collins
3/27/2017 06:21:28 pm
I am taking the attorney exam in July. do you have any practice essay information with the answers?
ROBERT DEARDORFF - J.D., B.S.
4/5/2017 01:11:42 pm
Book in the making.
Dee
5/30/2017 12:31:42 pm
Thank you Adam. Got it from Brendan Conley site. Well done! Thank you. It's always a great thing when we all share!
Liyuny
7/10/2017 05:13:18 pm
Thank you for these outlines!
Enrique
8/21/2017 11:30:00 am
Thank you for your generosity, Adam! These outlines look great! I'm a repeat taker planning on sitting for the Feb '18 exam (2nd attempt) after taking about a year away from studying. I'll let you know how how I fare. Thanks again.
Adam Shajnfeld
8/21/2017 12:18:25 pm
Thanks Enrique, good luck!
Swee Fang Ho
8/23/2017 12:02:28 pm
Adam,
Adam Shajnfeld
8/27/2017 09:30:06 pm
Thanks so much. It's great to know the outlines are helping real people. Good luck on the exam!
Jon
10/16/2017 05:25:51 pm
Texas attorney sitting for the Feb 2018 Cal Bar. I found Barbri to be particularly inefficient, so finding a curated selection of outlines to prepare with has been a huge relief.
Adam Shajnfeld
10/17/2017 08:29:03 pm
Thanks Jon! Good luck on the exam.
Jon
1/8/2018 05:42:50 pm
Quick question- a number of the outlines track Barbri's CMR pretty closely, but omit large sections of material. Was that material not covered on the exam? Or, having already gained familiarity with the concepts, were those subjects that you chose not to include on your hardsheets? (ie the "general rules of contract construction")
Adam Shajnfeld
1/15/2018 08:22:37 pm
Hey Jon. It's hard for me to remember now, but if I left large pieces out, it's likely because these weren't covered by the lecturers (though it's possible I left some stuff out that I knew already). I had been practicing for a few years at that point, and probably had forgotten basic things already, so I think I would have included them unless the lectures I did didn't cover them. Hope that helps.
Anita
5/22/2018 06:15:39 pm
Thank you so much, I have taken the bar twice and always close but not passing.
Adam Shajnfeld
5/31/2018 01:43:17 pm
Good luck Anita!
tony
6/16/2018 07:28:34 pm
Thank you Adam! I'm building my own outlines out of the Barbri lectures and yours have helped me greatly in organizing and distilling the material. Taking the NY bar this July.
Enrique Fernandez
6/25/2018 12:37:28 pm
Adam,
neil f
6/29/2018 08:02:01 pm
really cool of you to post this! super helpful, thank you!
Adam Shajnfeld
7/3/2018 10:28:13 am
Thanks Neil.
itu
7/19/2018 01:59:51 am
I am so incredibly thankful for you. But more than anything, I respect your selflessness in its entirety. As I read this, I also find myself looking back into my "life plans" and I remember wanting to add my rule statements / attack likes to our office ASP office; however, before I could even bring more from my locker, I noticed that all my stuff was scattered through, and the "gunners" had taken all my material lol. Sadly, that day was very sad, but moving forward( especially after Bar Hell) I thought about either being a tutor or by providing my resources to you both. Let me know if you are interested! I just want everyone who is in trouble (aka most of this page it seems like haha). I look forward to hearing from you.
George
2/13/2019 06:21:38 pm
Thank you Adam. It was kind of you to take the time to help others in line behind you. I look forward to paying it forward.
Kai
2/19/2019 02:41:01 pm
Hi Adam, thanks so much for the outlines! You're amazing!!!
Bridget
3/11/2019 08:51:55 pm
Thank you so much for posting this. They have been a huge help.
Omar Rizvi
3/24/2019 07:06:59 pm
Adam-
Joshua
10/25/2019 03:15:20 pm
Adam,
Moira Heiges
4/28/2020 11:37:04 pm
Adam, I worked with you at Cleary (maybe crossed paths on a few cases) and was so pleased to find your outlines when I moved with my family from NYC to the Bay and had to take the CA Bar. Most of the material is still current and the outlines are really clear and succinct. Thanks for you continuing contribution to to the legal community, and take good care!
Benjamin
6/3/2020 02:23:11 am
These should provide some insight before paying for a prep course. I am a foreign attorney gearing up to sit the CA Bar. Thanks for the share. 1/8/2021 07:09:00 pm
Hi Adam, thank you for this act of kindness. May it return to you many fold.. Tammi
Aditya
1/19/2022 03:40:12 pm
I am preparing for the Cal bar exam, thank you for the resources
LH
4/18/2022 03:00:46 pm
I studied for and passed the CA Bar Exam in 2017 thanks to your outlines. I recently came looking for them again to send to a friend who is studying now. Thanks for sharing these resources with the public.
Memoona Jah
4/5/2023 07:06:12 pm
Hi Adam,
Katrina
7/6/2023 01:32:28 pm
Thanks so much for sharing these. I thoroughly appreciate it.
Blake Fofrich
8/26/2023 03:06:24 pm
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