SmartBarPreps UBE-MEE_Essay_Priority_Outline_July_2019

Guide to the Frequency & Priority Ratings
Frequency Ratings
To the left of the Rule Statement is the frequency in which the rule was tested on past
Multistate Essay Exams (ex: 1 of 49 exams).
Priority Ratings
In addition, a priority rating (HIGH, MED, or LOW) will be listed in the color-coded circle
next to each rule.
 HIGH = High Priority (these are the most important and frequently tested rules)
 MED = Medium Priority (these rules are tested slightly less frequently, but are still
important)
 LOW = Low Priority (these rules have been tested the least)
The purpose of providing the HIGH/MED/LOW priority rating and the frequency is so
you can see how often each rule has been tested compared to the other rules at a glance, and
prioritize your studying to focus on the most important and frequently tested rules
first and foremost before moving onto the less important ones.
The priority ratings are based upon how often that rule has been tested in the past for that
particular subject area. Generally, the ratings are based on the following methodology:
Subject  | Frequency & Priority
1 - Agency
2 - Partnerships
3 - Corporations & LLC’s
4 - Civil Procedure
10 - Family Law
12 - Secured Transactions
14 - Trusts & Future Interests
15 - Wills & Estates
HIGH = 4+ exams
MED = 2 or 3 exams
LOW = 0 or 1 exams
These subjects have been tested on 49 exams.
5 - Conflict of Laws
HIGH = 3+ exams
MED = 2 exams
LOW = 0 or 1 exams
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Subject  | Frequency & Priority
6 - Constitutional Law
7 - Contracts
8 - Criminal Law & Procedure
9 - Evidence
11 - Real Property
13 - Torts
HIGH = 2+ exams
MED = 0 or 1 exams
These subjects have been tested on 24 exams.1
There are no LOW priority ratings because these
subjects have only been tested on the MEE since
July 2007 and the pool of exams to pull data from
was more limited. As such, we felt many important
rules would receive an unwarranted LOW
designation.
For the same reasons, the outline includes
additional rules that we felt were important, but
have been not been tested on the essays to date for
these six subjects.Although a rule with the rating of LOW or MED has shown up either zero or only a few
times in the past, that rule may still show up on future bar examinations. Therefore, such
rules should NOT be ignored, and if you have enough time it should be memorized.
The HIGH, MED, or LOW designation is NOT A PREDICTION OF WHAT RULES WILL
APPEAR ON ANY GIVEN EXAM. Instead, we have given each rule a priority designation
based on how often that particular rule has shown up on past Multistate Essay Exams.
For example, whenever a Civil Procedure question appeared we found that approximately
forty (40%) percent of the time a component of the question dealt with the “Subject Matter
Jurisdiction: Diversity of Citizenship” rule. Since this rule is tested frequently, it makes
sense to spend more time memorizing it than, say, the rule of “Depositions”, which appeared
only once in the last 25 years.
The purpose of providing the HIGH/MED/LOW priority rating and the frequency with
which rules have appeared is so you can see how often each rule has been tested as compared
to the other rules at a glance, and prioritize your studying to focus on the most important
and frequently tested rules first before moving onto the less important ones. Ultimately, this
method promotes efficiency in studying for the bar exam.
Best of luck on the exam!
–The SmartBarPrep Team