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Law Institute.
The MPT consists of two 90-minute
questions (states can use one or both) the MPT questions are designed
to compare with realistic situations that might be encountered by a beginning
lawyer and to test the fundamental skills necessary to complete various
tasks. For each MPT question the applicant receives a case file and a
library. The applicant is assigned a task and then must decipher and apply
appropriate authorities to perform that written task. Grading of the MPT is the exclusive
responsibility of the jurisdiction administering the exam.
The back cover of each test
contains the following instructions:
- You will
have 90 minutes to complete this session of the examination. This performance
test is designed to evaluate your ability to handle a select number
of legal authorities in the context of a factual problem involving a
client.
- The problem
is set in the fictitious state of Franklin, in the fictitious Fifteenth
Circuit of the United States. In Franklin, the trial court of general
jurisdiction is the District Court, the intermediate appellate court
is the Court of Appeal, and the highest court is the Supreme Court.
- You will
have two kinds of materials with which to work: a File and a Library.
The first document in the File is a memorandum containing the instructions
for the task you are to complete. The other documents in the File contain
factual information about your case and may also include some facts
that are not relevant.
- The Library
contains the legal authorities needed to complete the task, and may
also include some authorities that are not relevant. Any cases may be
real, modified, or written solely for the purpose of this examination.
If the cases appear familiar to you, do not assume that they are precisely
the same as you have read before. Read them thoroughly, as if all were
new to you. You should assume that cases were decided in the jurisdictions
and on the dates shown. In citing cases from the Library, you may use
abbreviations and omit page references.
- Your response
must be written in the answer book provided. In answering this performance
test, you should concentrate on the materials provided. What you have
learned in law school and elsewhere provides the general background
for analyzing the problem; the File and Library provide the specific
materials with which you must work.
- Although
there are no restrictions on how you apportion your time, you should
be sure to allocate ample time (about 45 minutes) to reading and digesting
the materials and to organizing your answer before you begin writing
it. You may make notes anywhere in the test materials; blank pages are
provided at the end of the booklet. You may not tear pages from the
question booklet.
- This performance
test will be graded on your responsiveness to instructions regarding
the task you are to complete given to you in the first memorandum in
the File and on the content, thoroughness, and organization of your
response.
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