Daily Agenda for the
BarWrite® THREE-DAY NEW YORK
ESSAY BOOT CAMP

The BarWrite THREE-DAY NEW YORK ESSAY BOOT CAMP meets for three full days, from 9am to 5pm. Registration is from 8:30 to 9am on Day One.  There is a break in the morning at about 10:15am and a break in the afternoon at about
3:15pm. There is a one-hour lunch break at about 12:30pm.

Bring with you a pad of paper to write on, a pen, and a jacket or sweater. Eating is not allowed in the room at any time, but drinking non-alcoholic liquids is permitted.  Promptness is always expected. If you have taken the bar exam before, be sure to fill in your past scores, in detail, on your registration form.  The more information we have, the more we can help you.

You will receive a copy of Dr. Gallagher's highly-acclaimed book Scoring High on Bar Exam Essays on the first day of the Boot Camp.  The Three Day Boot Camp is a hands-on laboratory course, and attendance is expected.  All New York course materials are provided on each day of class, only to those present in class.

DAY ONE: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 OR Monday, July 21, 2008

BarWrite ESSAY SYSTEMS and the NEW YORK BAR EXAM  Some segments of Day One are on DVD.

• How to use Dr. Gallagher's Under-Here-ThereforeTM systems from Scoring High on Bar Exam Essays
• How to organize your study schedule
• What the bar essay graders say
• How to control your time
• How to organize your essays
• How to maximize your score

CPLR

• CPLR 3211 Motion to Dismiss
  
• CPLR 3212 Motion for Summary Judgment 

CONTRACTS/UCC

• Basic rules of contracts-UCC
• Most-frequently-tested contracts-UCC law in New York
• How to spot patterns of New York essay questions
• How to distinguish contract formation in common law from UCC

UCC

• How to use chart of contracts-UCC distinctions
• How to spot New York distinctions in contract law
• How to be sure that the parol evidence rule does not apply
• How to use the Statute of Frauds with confidence
• How to analyze disputes about goods that have already been delivered

DAY TWO: Wednesday, July 22, 2008 OR Tuesday, July 22, 2008

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE Some segments of the Criminal Law and Procedure sequence are on DVD.

• How the Bill of Rights applies to criminal cases in New York State
• How the New York Constitution provides greater protections for the criminal defendant that the federal Constitution
• Elements of a crime under New York law
• Inchoate crimes
• Ordinary and affirmative defenses
• Most-frequently-tested principles of New York criminal law
• Homicide under the New York Penal Law
• Felony murder and the statutory defense to felony murder

CORPORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS

• Four ways to create a corporation that retains control for the founder
• Three ways to create a corporation that protects minority shareholders
• How the changes in the corporations law have shifted the balance to the board of directors
• How the certificate of incorporation and the by-laws can restrain directors
• Four strategies for dissident shareholders
• How partnerships differ from corporations
• How to compute shares of new and old partners
• How to compute distributions on dissolution of a partnership

DAY THREE: Thursday, July 3, 2008 OR Wednesday, July 23, 2008

WILLS

• Most frequently-tested principles of wills law
• How to outline a complex wills issue
• How to maximize points on a wills question

DOMESTIC RELATIONS

• Stating a cause of action in divorce under New York law
• The difference between residency requirements and personal jurisdiction
• Equitable distribution and types of property
• Rules for modifying maintenance and child support

REAL PROPERTY

• Types of interests in land
• Adverse possession, easements, and covenants
• Deeds
• Mortgages

TORTS

• Differences between types of negligence claims and defenses
• How to handle causation: actual, legal, concurrent, proximate, and other
• Strict liability
• Damages

REVIEW & GRADUATION CEREMONIES

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Recommended for first-time takers, retakers, and
foreign-trained attorneys.

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Scoring High on Bar Exam Essays Book & CD Combo

Probably "the best money you can spend on Bar Exam Preparation.”
 -St. John’s Law School Forum

"After taking the BarWrite® three-day boot camp, I felt confident throughout the essay day. By the end of the day I knew that I had included enough law and analysis to score well."

-- Kashana Cauley,
(Member, New York Bar)

"As a foreign-trained attorney who had only prepared for eight weeks prior to the exam, I found Dr. Gallagher's three-day boot camp incredibly useful.

"Dr Gallagher takes the mass of information studied and teaches her students how to apply it effectively in essays. Her course assists in developing both the substantive legal knowledge and also essay-writing technique. 

"I knew when I walked into the exam that I had a good working knowledge of the areas that are actually tested."

-- Christina Valentine,
Australian Solicitor,
(Member, New York Bar)