Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today's episode is part of our "Listen and Learn" series, where we review legal concepts and apply them to fact patterns. This time, we're talking about some hearsay basics.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What is hearsay anyway?
- Hearsay exceptions versus non-hearsay
- How you can use mnemonics or other memorization techniques for the bar exam
- Reviewing two questions pertaining to evidence and hearsay from previous California bar exams
- How to make a decision as to whether a statement qualifies as hearsay
Resources:
- Private Bar Exam Tutoring (https://barexamtoolbox.com/private-bar-exam-tutoring/)
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2003 (https://www.calweasel.com/sites/default/files/July2003EssaysandSampleAnswers.pdf)
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, February 2016 (http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/admissions/Examinations/February2016CBX_Questions_R.pdf)
- Podcast Episode 79: Tackling an MEE Criminal Law/Procedure and Evidence Essay (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-79-tackling-an-mee-criminal-law-procedure-and-evidence-essay/)
- Podcast Episode 87: Listen and Learn -- Homicide (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-87-listen-and-learn-homicide/)
- Podcast Episode 88: Listen and Learn – Negligence Per Se (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-88-listen-and-learn-negligence-per-se/)
- Tackling MBE Hearsay Questions (https://barexamtoolbox.com/tackling-mbe-hearsay-questions/)
- Targeted Bar Exam Study Strategies for Memorization, Different Learning Styles, and More (https://barexamtoolbox.com/bar-exam-study-strategies/)
Download the Transcript (https://barexamtoolbox.com/episode-89-listen-and-learn-what-is-hearsay/)
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Thanks for listening!
Alison & Lee