CAS BAR Study Guide 2026
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📋 CAS BAR Exam Format at a Glance
📚 CAS BAR Topics to Study (69)
✍️ Sample CAS BAR Questions & Answers
1. Which type of agency authority arises from a principal's conduct that leads a third party to reasonably believe the agent is authorized to act?
Apparent authority arises when the principal's words or conduct reasonably lead a third party to believe the agent has authority, even if actual authority is absent.
2. Which of the following best describes the 'felony-murder rule' under the majority approach?
Under the felony-murder rule, a killing that occurs during commission or attempted commission of an inherently dangerous felony (e.g., robbery, rape, arson) is treated as murder regardless of malice.
3. Under California RPC 1.6(b), an attorney MAY (but is not required to) reveal otherwise confidential client information in order to:
California RPC 1.6(b)(1) creates a permissive (not mandatory) exception allowing disclosure to prevent a client's criminal act likely to result in death or substantial bodily harm.
4. Under California law, a third-party beneficiary's rights vest when the beneficiary:
California courts recognize that a third-party beneficiary's rights vest upon learning of and assenting to, or detrimentally relying on, the contract.
5. Which writing style is most appropriate when the task memo instructs you to draft an 'objective memorandum'?
An objective memo requires a neutral, analytical tone that honestly assesses both favorable and unfavorable aspects of the legal issues.
6. Conversion differs from trespass to chattels primarily in that conversion:
Conversion involves such serious or prolonged interference with another's chattel that the defendant may be compelled to pay the full value — effectively a forced sale — unlike the minor or temporary interference of trespass to chattels.