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It analyzes what the shift means for examinees, arguing civil procedure is useful, more uniform across states, and practical for both litigation and transactional disputes. 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No, not the Former Republic of Couch  \nPotatoes (you and me before we began attending law school) . We’re talking the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and, this year, they will be featured prominently on the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) section of your state’s test.1 What does this mean? Apart from psychological benefits of repeating the name Iqbal,2 the MBE will now feature seven subjects instead of six. Also, if you have outgrown civil procedure puns, you only need to know two things: the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will be on the MBE this year, and now would be a good time to stop reading.  \nDon’t get your Hosiery3 in a bunch: The MBE is still the same length. The test remains 200 questions spread over six hours. Every year, the MBE includes 10 questions that are experimental and unscored, meaning that 190 count toward the score. To make room for civil procedure, the number of questions devoted to each subject has been redistributed. Before this change, there were 31 to 33 questions on each subject. Now there will be 27 or 28. About two-thirds of the civil procedure questions will test students’knowledge of jurisdiction, venue, and motions. Many official law sources have called it the most significant change on the bar exam in 35 years. But what does that mean for the students? For those of you who are thinking you’ve had e-Neff,4 this addition will not noticeably alter bar study and may instead be a benefit. This advantage is perhaps why civil procedure has found its way onto the MBE. Maybe, just maybe, the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) has our best interests in mind.  \nCivil Procedure Is Important—Learn It  \nFirst, it is just plain useful to know procedure. In law practice, numerous cases are disposed of on procedural issues, and pretrial procedure absorbs the lives of many attorneys. Writing an opening statement laced with nuance and poetry—the sexy stuff that kept Law and Order on the air for 20 seasons—matters little if an attorney improperly joins a party to a lawsuit. An impeccable brief is of no use if an issue within it is precluded. Procedure ought to  \nbe an attorney’s bread and butter. A thorough, working knowledge of procedure is also likely to save clients’ money, as procedural solutions often come simple and early.  \nArguably, federal civil procedure is a more testable MBE topic than the ephemeral, shapeless mass that is criminal law. Which state’s criminal law does the MBE test, anyway? Criminal law widely varies from state to state, and generally testing a conglomeration of non-state-specific law may not be helpful to prospective lawyers. The same goes for other subjects. Does anyone really care who owns Blackacre? CUNY School of Law Dean and Professor Kristin Booth Glen noted that the bar exam often features an“inappropriate emphasis on general or majority law, unrelated to the law of the state of administration.”5 The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, on the other hand, is a defined code that, when changed, changes uniformly in every state. Testing this topic on the bar exam requires aspiring lawyers to learn a defined and utilized area of the law. A working knowledge of the rules will actually benefit a new practitioner, and the topics studied are the same law used in court.  \nBarbri and Kaplan have hired professors Richard Freer and John Preis, respectively, to prepare students for the change. Freer has taught civil procedure at Emory for 31 years. Preis is in his seventh year of teaching at Richmond School of Law and is in his ninth year of teaching civil procedure. Both professors think the addition wise. Freer noted that “every lawyer should have an understanding of how litigation works. Transactional lawyers, for example, must be aware of how a lack of clarity in their agreements can lead to disputes and how those disputes w","cbCailheADYeE1DT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailheADYeE1DT","pdf",1132254,"English","# E-Neff Already: Civil Procedure on the MBE\n## Test format and question redistribution\n## Why civil procedure matters for bar performance\n# Civil Procedure Is Important—Learn It\n## Practical value in legal practice\n## Uniformity across states\n## Instructor viewpoints on the change\n# This Addition Won’t Significantly Change Your Life","[{\"question\":\"What major change will appear on the 2015 MBE regarding civil procedure?\",\"answer\":\"The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will be featured prominently on the MBE section of the state test, with civil procedure questions redistributed from prior subject allocations while the overall MBE length stays the same.\"},{\"question\":\"How will the MBE question distribution change for civil procedure?\",\"answer\":\"Civil procedure will receive redistributed question counts: prior to the change, most subjects had about 31–33 questions; now each subject has about 27–28, with roughly two-thirds of civil procedure questions focusing on jurisdiction, venue, and motions.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the article argue that civil procedure is especially worthwhile to learn for the bar exam?\",\"answer\":\"Because civil procedure is practical in real litigation, appears across legal topics, and is based on a defined federal code that changes uniformly across states—making it more testable and beneficial than more variable areas like criminal law.\"}]","Law Student Perspective - E-Neff Already: The National Conference of Bar Examiners Says You Need To Know Civil Procedure | PDF",1789956593]