Performance Test Workshop

Class Information Fall 2021

  • 1 units
  • Class No.: 35993
  • Meets: Tuesday
  • Time: 10:20 a.m. - 12:00 pm
  • Location: 201
  • Meets: Thursday
  • Time: 10:20 a.m. - 11:00 am
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  • Course Description
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Liza-Jane Capatos

Assistant Director, Office of Academic & Bar Success and Associate Clinical Professor of Law

Performance Test Workshop

Course Description:

This course hones timed analytical writing skills necessary to successfully draft a 90-minute performance test as a part of the Bar Exam. Through timed, in-class practice, students will develop a solid understanding of the organization, depth, and precision required on the performance test, including how to read, analyze, and synthesize legal and factual materials quickly and accurately. Students will write five (5) performance tests in-class, and will receive regular feedback from their instructor. Enrollment is limited to students in their final year of law school.

Class Notes:

This course hones timed analytical writing skills necessary to successfully draft a 90-minute performance test as a part of the Bar Exam. Through timed, in-class practice, students will develop a solid understanding of the organization, depth, and precision required on the performance test, including how to read, analyze, and synthesize legal and factual materials quickly and accurately. Students will write five (5) performance tests in-class, and will receive regular feedback from their instructor. Enrollment is limited to students in their final year of law school.

Class will only meet for the first five weeks of the semester.