Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In today's "Listen and Learn" episode, we look at the various ways of establishing whether a court has jurisdiction over the parties in a lawsuit.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Establishing personal jurisdiction through traditional bases
- The difference between "domicile" and "presence"
- Long-arm statutes and ties to the forum state
- The two parts of the constitutional analysis
- General jurisdiction and specific jurisdiction
- Analyzing two hypos from previous California bar exams
- Structuring an answer to a personal jurisdiction question
Resources:
- “Listen and Learn” series (https://barexamtoolbox.com/bar-exam-toolbox-podcast-archive-by-topic/bar-exam-toolbox-podcast-explaining-individual-mee-and-california-bar-essay-questions/#listen-learn)
- The Brainy Bar Bank: Streamlining Bar Study (https://barexamtoolbox.com/brainy-bar-bank/)
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, February 2004 (https://nwculaw.edu/pdf/bar/February%202004%20Essays%20and%20Sample%20Answers.pdf)
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2016 (https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/admissions/gbx/July2016_CBXSelectedAnswers_EssayQuestions1-6_R.pdf)
- International Shoe Co. v. Washington (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Shoe_Co._v._Washington)
- Podcast Episode 33: Tackling an MEE Civil Procedure Question (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-33-tackling-an-mee-civil-procedure-question/)
- Podcast Episode 72: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Civil Procedure (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-72-tackling-a-california-bar-exam-essay-civil-procedure/)
- Podcast Episode 92: Listen and Learn – Subject Matter Jurisdiction (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-92-listen-and-learn-subject-matter-jurisdiction/)
- Podcast Episode 111: Listen and Learn – Introduction to Supplemental Jurisdiction (Civ Pro) (https://barexamtoolbox.com/podcast-episode-111-introduction-to-supplemental-jurisdiction-civ-pro/)
Download the Transcript (https://barexamtoolbox.com/episode-169-listen-and-learn-personal-jurisdiction-civ-pro/)
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Alison & Lee