AZ BAR Cheat Sheet 2026

The 30 highest-yield AZ BAR facts, distilled from real exam questions. Print it, save it as a PDF, or study it here — free, no sign-up.

1. Under Arizona civil appellate procedure, a notice of appeal from a final judgment in a civil case must generally be filed within: → 30 days of the judgment
2. Arizona's felony murder rule imposes first-degree murder liability when a killing occurs during: → One of the specifically enumerated felonies listed in A.R.S. § 13-1105
3. Under Arizona's Rules of Professional Conduct, a lawyer must hold client funds: → In a separate trust account (IOLTA) apart from the lawyer's own funds
4. Ex parte communications with a judge by a lawyer are: → Prohibited except as authorized by law or court order
5. Expectation damages in a breach of contract case aim to put the non-breaching party: → In the position they would have been in had the contract been performed
6. Arizona's constitution may provide greater individual rights protections than the U.S. Constitution because: → State constitutions may expand individual rights beyond the federal constitutional minimum
7. Procedural due process requires the government to provide notice and an opportunity to be heard before depriving a person of: → Life, liberty, or property
8. In Arizona, a person is legally insane if, at the time of the offense, as a result of a mental disease or defect, the person: → Did not know that the act was wrong
9. Under the Takings Clause, a per se regulatory taking occurs when a regulation: → Denies all economically beneficial use of land
10. An assignment of contract rights: → Transfers the assignor's rights to the assignee, extinguishing them in the assignor
11. Anticipatory repudiation occurs when a party: → Clearly and unequivocally indicates before performance is due that it will not perform
12. Under FRE 615, the rule on exclusion of witnesses (sequestration) does NOT apply to which of the following? → A party who is a natural person
13. Under Arizona ER 1.3, a lawyer must act with diligence, which means: → Pursuing a matter on the client's behalf with reasonable promptness and commitment
14. In Arizona, the statute of limitations for most personal injury claims is: → 2 years from the date of injury
15. Which of the following is not part of the character and fitness evaluation process for Arizona Bar Exam applicants? → Submission of letters of recommendation from at least three practicing attorneys.
16. Promissory estoppel is available as a substitute for consideration when: → A party detrimentally relies on a promise and injustice can only be avoided by enforcement
17. The work product doctrine protects documents and materials prepared by an attorney: → In anticipation of litigation or for trial
18. Judicial notice under FRE 201 allows a court to accept as established facts that are: → Not subject to reasonable dispute and either generally known or accurately determinable
19. The attorney-client privilege belongs to: → The client, who may assert or waive it
20. The Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment limits admission of which type of hearsay statements in criminal cases? → Testimonial hearsay statements from unavailable declarants who were not cross-examined
21. Which of the following is NOT a recognized exception to the warrant requirement? → Search pursuant to a civil court order
22. Under Arizona professional responsibility rules, a lawyer's duty of confidentiality under ER 1.6 covers: → All information relating to the representation, regardless of its source
23. Which of the following is NOT a recoverable element of compensatory damages in a tort action? → Punitive damages
24. Under the First Amendment, a content-neutral time, place, and manner restriction on speech must: → Serve a significant interest, be narrowly tailored, and leave open alternative channels
25. For a conviction to stand, the prosecution must prove every element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt because of: → The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment as interpreted in In re Winship
26. The Supremacy Clause means that when valid federal law conflicts with state law: → Federal law preempts the state law
27. Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a complaint must contain: → A short and plain statement showing the pleader is entitled to relief
28. Accomplice liability requires that the accomplice: → Aid, abet, or encourage the principal with the intent that the crime be committed
29. In a failure-to-warn products liability claim, the adequacy of a product warning is judged by whether: → The warning reasonably communicated the nature and extent of the risk to the ordinary user
30. Under the traditional common law rule, what duty does a landowner owe to a trespasser? → A duty to refrain from willful or wanton injury