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July 2016 Illinois Bar Review

Date Task Name

Monday, May 16, 2016 q Welcome to Themis Bar Review

q Watch: Introduction to IL Bar Exam

q Watch: The Introduction to the MBE

q Read: the Enrolled Student Manual

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 q Read: Contracts & Sales Outline through Unenforceable Contracts & Sales

q Watch: Contracts & Sales Lecture: Chapters 1-7

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 q Read: Contracts & Sales Outline Defenses to Formation to end

q Watch: Contracts & Sales Lecture: Chapters 8-14

Thursday, May 19, 2016 q Watch: Contracts & Sales Lecture: Chapters 15-20

q Watch: MBE Workshop: Contracts & Sales

q Practice: Contracts & Sales MBE PQs Session 1 (17)

Friday, May 20, 2016 q Assess: Contracts & Sales

q Read: IL Contracts & Sales Distinctions Outline

q Watch: IL Contracts & Sales Distinctions Lecture

q Watch: IL Essay Writing Workshop Chapters 1-6

q Write: Contracts & Sales Practice Essay (1)

Saturday, May 21, 2016 q Review: Contracts & Sales Outline, Lecture, Notes, and Handout


q Write: Contracts & Sales Practice Essay (1)

Sunday, May 22, 2016 q Review: Contracts & Sales Outline, Lecture, Notes, and Handout


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Date Task Name


Monday, May 23, 2016 q Read: Real Property Outline through Ownership

q Watch: Real Property Lecture: Chapters 1-8

Tuesday, May 24, 2016 qRead: Real Property Outline Landlord & Tenant through Disputes About Ownership

in Land


Wednesday, May 25, 2016 q Read: Real Property Outline Disputes About the Use of Land to End


q Watch: MBE Workshop: Real Property

q Practice: Real Property MBE PQs Session 1 (17)

q Read: IL Real Property Distinctions Outline

q Watch: IL Real Property Distinctions Lecture

Thursday, May 26, 2016 q Assess: Real Property

q Read: Personal Property Outline

q Watch: Personal Property Lecture: Chapters 1-6

q Review: Real Property Outline, Lecture, Notes, and Handout

q Write: Real Property Practice Essay (1)

Friday, May 27, 2016 q Graded Essay #1: Contracts

q Assess: Personal Property

q Read: Equity Outline

q Watch: Equity Lecture: Chapters 1-6

q Review: Equity Lecture, Notes, and Handout

Saturday, May 28, 2016 q Assess: Equity

q Write: Equity Practice Essay (1)

q Review: Real Property Outline, Lecture, Notes, and Handout



Sunday, May 29, 2016 q Review: Personal Property Lecture, Notes, and Handout

q Review: Contracts & Sales Outline, Lecture, Notes, and Handout



Grader feedback is accessible by reviewing the completed task via Flex Study or through the Graded Essays section of your Course

Progress page.

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Date Task Name


Monday, May 30, 2016 q Memorial Day

Tuesday, May 31, 2016 q Read: Torts Outline through Negligence (Causation)

q Watch: Torts Lecture: Chapters 1-10


Wednesday, June 01, 2016 q Read: Torts Outline from Negligence (Damages) to End

q Watch: Torts Lecture: Chapters 11-22

q Watch: MBE Workshop: Torts

q Practice: Torts MBE PQs Session 1 (17)

q Read: IL Torts Distinctions Outline

q Watch: IL Torts Distinctions Lecture

Thursday, June 02, 2016 q Assess: Torts

q Read: MBE & IL Criminal Law Outline (Found online or in IL Volume 2)

q Watch: Criminal Law Lecture: Chapters 1-9

q Watch: MBE Workshop: Criminal Law

q Practice: Criminal Law MBE PQs Session 1 (17)

q Watch: IL Criminal Law Distinctions Lecture

Friday, June 03, 2016 q Graded Essay #2: Real Property

q Assess: Criminal Law

q Read: Criminal Procedure Outline

q Watch: Criminal Procedure Lecture: Chapters 1-9

q Watch: MBE Workshop: Criminal Procedure

q Practice: Criminal Procedure MBE PQs Session 1 (17)

q Read: IL Criminal Procedure Distinctions Outline

q Watch: IL Criminal Procedure Distinctions Lecture

Saturday, June 04, 2016 q Assess: Criminal Procedure

q Review: Torts Outline, Lecture, Notes, and Handout

q Write: IL Torts Practice Essay (1)


Sunday, June 05, 2016 q Review: Criminal Law & Procedure Outlines, Lectures, Notes, and Handouts

q Write: Criminal Law Practice Essay1 (1)

q Write: Criminal Procedure Practice Essay (1)



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Monday, June 06, 2016 q Watch: the Introduction to MBE Practice Exams

q Milestone #1

q Read: Constitutional Law Outline through Relations Among States

q Watch: Constitutional Law Lecture: Chapters 1-7


q Write: IL Contracts & Sales Practice Essay (1)

Tuesday, June 07, 2016 q Read: Constitutional Law Outline: State Action and the Role of the Courts to End

q Watch: Constitutional Law Lecture: Chapters 8-16

q Watch: MBE Workshop: Constitutional Law

q Practice: Constitutional Law MBE PQs Session 1 (17)

Wednesday, June 08, 2016 q Assess: Constitutional Law

qRead: MBE & IL Evidence Outline through Expert Witness (found online or in IL

Volume 2)

q Watch: Evidence Lecture: Chapters 1-9 (includes IL distinctions)


q Write: Torts Practice Essay (1)

Thursday, June 09, 2016 qRead: MBE & IL Evidence Outline Tangible Evidence to end (found online or in IL

Volume 2)

q Watch: Evidence Lecture: Chapters 10-20 (includes IL distinctions)

q Watch: MBE Workshop: Evidence

q Practice: Evidence MBE PQs Session 1 (17)

q Write: Criminal Law Practice Essay (1)

Friday, June 10, 2016 q Graded Essay #3: Criminal Law

q Assess: Evidence

q Read: Secured Transactions Outline

q Watch: Secured Transactions Lecture: Chapters 1-12


q Write: Constitutional Law Practice Essay (1)

Saturday, June 11, 2016 q Assess: Secured Transactions

q Review: Secured Transactions Lectures, Notes, and Handouts

q Review: Constitutional Law Outline, Lecture, Notes, and Handout



Sunday, June 12, 2016 q Practice: Torts MBE PQs Session 3 (34)

qReview: Evidence (including IL Distinctions) Outlines, Lectures, Notes, and

Handouts

q Write: Evidence Practice Essay (1)


Note: Do not complete Milestone Exam #1 until you have completed the outline, lecture, and approximately two MBE PQ sessions

for each subject tested.

MBE Milestone #1 will test Contracts & Sales, Real Property, and Torts.

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Date Task Name


Monday, June 13, 2016 q Read: Civil Practice & Procedure Outline (Found online or in IL Volume 1)

q Watch: Civil Procedure Lecture: Introduction and Chapters 1-7




Tuesday, June 14, 2016 q Watch: Civil Procedure Lecture: Chapters 8-14

q Watch: MBE Workshop: Civil Procedure

q Practice: Civil Procedure MBE PQs Session 1 (17)

q Write: Civil Procedure Practice Essay (1)


Wednesday, June 15, 2016 q Assess: Civil Procedure

q Watch: IL Civil Procedure: Chapters 1-12



Thursday, June 16, 2016 q Assess: IL Civil Procedure

q Read: MPT Outline

q Watch: MPT Lecture: Chapters 1-6


q Write: IL Civil Procedure Practice Essay (1)

Friday, June 17, 2016 q Graded Essay #4: IL Evidence

q Read: Agency Outline

q Watch: Agency Lecture: Chapters 1-3

q Read: Partnerships Outline

q Watch: Partnerships Lecture: Chapters 1-4


Saturday, June 18, 2016 q Assess: Partnerships

qReview: Civil Procedure and IL Civil Practice & Procedure Outline, Lecture, Notes,

and Handout


q Write: Agency Practice Essay (1)

q Write: Partnerships Practice Essay (1)


Sunday, June 19, 2016 q Review: Agency & Partnerships Lectures, Notes, and Handouts


q Write: Partnerships Practice Essay (1)


q Write: Practice MPT (In re Magnolia County)


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Monday, June 20, 2016 q Milestone Exam #2 (Click to download supplement to book version)

q Read: Corporations Outline

q Watch: Corporations Lecture: Chapters 1-10

q Write: Corporations Practice Essay (1)


Tuesday, June 21, 2016 q Assess: Corporations

q Read: Wills Outline

q Watch: Wills Lecture: Chapters 1-9

q Write: IL Agency Practice Essay (1)


Wednesday, June 22, 2016 q Assess: Wills

q Read: Trusts Outline

q Watch: Trusts Lecture: Chapters 1-8

q Write: Trusts Practice Essay (1)

q Practice: Mixed MBE PQs Session 1 (50)


Thursday, June 23, 2016 q Assess: Trusts

q Read: Family Law Outline

q Watch: Family Law Lecture: Chapters 1-9

q Write: Family Law Practice Essay (1)


Friday, June 24, 2016 q Graded Essay #5: IL Civil Procedure

q Assess: Family Law

q Read: Conflict of Laws Outline

q Watch: Conflict of Laws Lecture: Chapters 1-7

q Write: Conflict of Laws Practice Essay (1)


Saturday, June 25, 2016 q Assess: Conflict of Laws


q Review: Family Law Lecture, Notes, and Handout

q Write: IL Family Law Practice Essay (1)

q Review: Conflict of Laws Lecture, Notes, and Handout


Sunday, June 26, 2016 q Review: Agency, Partnerships, and Corporations Lectures, Notes, and Handouts





Note: Do not complete MBE Milestone Exam #2 until you have completed the outline, lecture, and

approximately two MBE PQ sessions for each subject tested.

MBE Milestone #2 will test Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Evidence.

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Date Task Name


Monday, June 27, 2016 q Read: Advanced Sales Outline

q Watch: Advanced Sales Lecture: Chapters 1-8

q Write: Practice MPT (In re City of Ontario)


Tuesday, June 28, 2016 q Assess: Advanced Sales

q Read: Commercial Paper Outline

q Watch: Commercial Paper Lecture: Chapters 1-17



Wednesday, June 29, 2016 q Assess: Commercial Paper

q Read: Administrative Law Outline

q Watch: Administrative Law Lecture: Chapters 1-4

q Review: Administrative Law



Thursday, June 30, 2016 q Assess: Administrative Law

q Read: Suretyship Outline

q Watch: Suretyship Lecture: Chapters 1-2


Friday, July 01, 2016 q Graded Essay #6: Multistate Performance Test (MPT)

q Read: Federal Income Taxation Outline

q Watch: Federal Income Taxation Lecture: Chapters 1-9

q Review: Equity Lecture, Notes, and Handout



Saturday, July 02, 2016 q Assess: Federal Income Taxation

q Review: Commercial Paper & Secured Transactions

q Write: Commercial Paper Practice Essay (1)

q Write: Secured Transactions Practice Essay (1)

q Review: Wills & Trusts Lectures, Notes, and Handouts

q Write: Wills Practice Essay (1)



Sunday, July 03, 2016 q Review: Final Review Outlines for MBE Subjects


q Review: Family Law Lecture, Notes, and Handouts


q Write: IL Evidence Practice Essay (1)

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Monday, July 04, 2016 q Independence Day

Tuesday, July 05, 2016 q Simulated IL Essay Exam: AM Session

q Simulated IL Essay Exam: AM Session- MPT

q Simulated IL Essay Exam: PM Session

Wednesday, July 06, 2016 q Simulated MBE: AM Session

q Simulated MBE: PM Session

Thursday, July 07, 2016 q Watch: Simulated MBE Analysis Day 1: Constitutional Law

q Watch: Simulated MBE Analysis Day 1: Contracts & Sales

q Watch: Simulated MBE Analysis Day 1: Criminal Law & Procedure

q Watch: Simulated MBE Analysis Day 1: Evidence

Friday, July 08, 2016 q Watch: Simulated MBE Analysis Day 2: Civil Procedure

q Watch: Simulated MBE Analysis Day 2: Real Property

q Watch: Simulated MBE Analysis Day 2: Torts

q Graded Essay #7: Family Law

Saturday, July 09, 2016 q Review: Wills & Trusts Lectures, Notes, and Handouts



q Review: Commercial Paper & Secured Transactions



Sunday, July 10, 2016 q Write: IL Agency Practice Essay (1)



q Write: Commercial Paper Practice Essay (1)




The Simulated Essay Exam should be taken under exam-like conditions. You should complete both the AM and PM sessions in one

day with an hour break in between each session. This exam is not graded by your Personal Attorney Grader. Once you complete

the task online, the sample answers will be provided to you for self-assessment. You should spend an equal amount of time

reviewing the answers.

The Simulated MBE should be taken under exam-like conditions. You should complete both the AM and PM sessions in one day

with an hour break in between each session. If you wish to complete the exam in your Multistate Practice Exams book using the

scantron provided, please be sure to upload your answers to the online portal afterward to receive detailed feedback and peer

comparison statistics. The analysis lectures should be viewed once you have completed both sessions of the exam.

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Date Task Name


Monday, July 11, 2016 q Review: Administrative Law Lectures, Notes, and Handouts

q Write: Administrative Law Practice Essay (1)

qReview: Civil Procedure and IL Civil Practice & Procedure Outline, Lecture, Notes,

and Handout





Tuesday, July 12, 2016 q Review: Secured Transactions Lectures, Notes, and Handouts


q Review: Suretyship Outline, Lecture, Notes, and Handout

q Review: Federal Income Tax Lecture, Notes, and Handout



q Write: IL Torts Practice Essay (1)



Wednesday, July 13, 2016 q Review: Final Review Outlines for Essay Subjects




q Write: Practice MPT (In re Social Networking Inquiry)


Thursday, July 14, 2016 q Review: IL Distinctions



q Write: Criminal Procedure Practice Essay (1)

q Write: IL Contracts & Sales Practice Essay (1)



Friday, July 15, 2016 q Graded Essay #8: Wills

q Review: Final Review Outlines for Essay Subjects







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Saturday, July 16, 2016 q Review: Final Review Outlines for MBE Subjects

q Read & Outline: Constitutional Law Practice Essay (1)

q Read & Outline: Contracts & Sales Practice Essay (1)

q Read & Outline: IL Civil Procedure Practice Essay (1)

q Read & Outline: Criminal Procedure Practice Essay (1)



Sunday, July 17, 2016 q Review: Final Review Outlines for Essay Subjects


q Read & Outline: Commercial Paper Practice Essay (1)

q Read & Outline: Wills Practice Essay (1)

q Read & Outline: Secured Transactions Practice Essay (1)

q Read & Outline: Torts Practice Essay (1)

q Read & Outline: Criminal Law Practice Essay (1)


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Monday, July 18, 2016 q Review: Final Review Outlines for Essay Subjects

q Read & Outline: IL Criminal Procedure Practice Essay (1)

q Read & Outline: Evidence Practice Essay (1)


q Read & Outline: Family Law Practice Essay (1)


Tuesday, July 19, 2016 q Review: Final Review Outlines for MBE Subjects

q Read & Outline: Real Property Practice Essay (1)


q Read & Outline: Civil Procedure Practice Essay (1)


Wednesday, July 20, 2016 q Review: Final Review Outlines for MBE Subjects

q Read & Outline: IL Criminal Procedure Practice Essay (1)

q Read & Outline: Evidence Practice Essay (1)



Thursday, July 21, 2016 q Review: Final Review Outlines for Essay Subjects



q Read & Outline: IL Evidence Practice Essay (1)

q Read & Outline: IL Wills Practice Essay (1)


Friday, July 22, 2016 q Review: Final Review Outlines for MBE Subjects

q Read & Outline: Constitutional Law Essay (1)




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Saturday, July 23, 2016 q Review: Final Review Outlines for Essay Subjects

q Read & Outline: IL Wills Practice Essay (1)

q Read & Outline: Wills Practice Essay (1)

q Read & Outline: Secured Transactions Practice Essay (1)

q Read & Outline: Family Law Practice Essay (1)


Sunday, July 24, 2016 q Review: Final Review Outlines for MBE Subjects

q Read & Outline: Real Property Practice Essay (1)


q Read & Outline: Constitutional Law Practice Essay (1)


q100 Mixed MBE PQs (Paper Version in MBE Practice Exams Book) *Click to

download supplement

Monday, July 25, 2016 q Rest Up!

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

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