KY BAR Study Guide 2026
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📋 KY BAR Exam Format at a Glance
📚 KY BAR Topics to Study (63)
✍️ Sample KY BAR Questions & Answers
1. At trial, a party seeks to authenticate a threatening phone call by testifying that she recognized the caller's voice from prior conversations. This voice identification is:
A voice may be identified by opinion based on hearing the voice at any time under circumstances connecting it with the alleged speaker, including familiarity gained afterward.
2. Under the UCC, what is the primary rule for determining the place of delivery for a sales contract involving goods?
Under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), which governs sales of goods in Kentucky, the place of delivery is primarily determined by the agreement between the buyer and seller. If the contract explicitly specifies a delivery location, that provision takes precedence. In the absence of such a contractual term, the UCC provides default rules, such as delivery at the seller's place of business, but the parties' express agreement is paramount.
3. A state statute criminalizes flag burning done to cause offense. A protester burns a flag at a rally and is convicted. On appeal, the conviction should be:
Texas v. Johnson held that flag burning is protected expressive conduct and laws suppressing it because of its message fail strict scrutiny.
4. A lawyer moving from one Kentucky firm to another previously worked on a matter now adverse to the new firm's client. The new firm can avoid imputed disqualification under Rule 1.10 if:
Rule 1.10 permits screening with no fee apportionment and written notice to cure imputation for lateral hires.
5. A defendant, enraged upon finding his spouse in bed with another person, immediately kills the other person. In Kentucky, this evidence of extreme emotional disturbance (EED) most likely:
In Kentucky, an intentional killing committed under extreme emotional disturbance for which there is a reasonable explanation is first-degree manslaughter rather than murder.
6. A Kentucky plaintiff discovers three years after surgery that a misdiagnosis caused her ongoing harm, which she could not reasonably have detected earlier. Her medical negligence claim is:
Kentucky applies a discovery rule to medical negligence, running the one-year period from actual or constructive discovery, with a five-year statute of repose under KRS 413.140(2).