You should be worried.

Before you begin:

1. Connect with your core values.
2. Discern your immediate goal.

Why take this preliminary step?

Connecting to core values makes the work easier and more fulfilling.

Discerning a goal allows you to focus your attention on what matters.

There is no escape.

Anxiety is a very bad, no good motivator.

Today’s Agenda

1. Exam Logistics
2. In-Class Exercise: Practice Exam Question

Exam Logistics

Four hour exam on December 5, 2022 25% multiple choice 75% essay questions

You will be provided with an appendix that includes:

1. A list of major cases
2. Legal rules that you are not expected to have memorized

What is a good essay question?

and

What is a good essay answer?

Gaps,

Contradictions, and

Ambiguity

Practice Exam Question

Rowland v. Christian Factors:

(1) the foreseeability of harm to the injured party;

(2) the degree of certainty that the injured party suffered harm;

(3) the closeness of the connection between the defendant’s conduct and the injury suffered;

(4) the moral blame attached to the defendant’s conduct;

(5) the policy of preventing future harm;

(6) the extent of the burden to the defendant;

(7) the consequences to the community of imposing a duty to exercise care, with resulting potential liability.