OH BAR Study Guide 2026
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📋 OH BAR Exam Format at a Glance
📚 OH BAR Topics to Study (69)
✍️ Sample OH BAR Questions & Answers
1. Ohio Civ. R. 53 authorizes courts to appoint a magistrate to perform which of the following functions?
Under Civ. R. 53, a magistrate can conduct hearings and issue decisions, but those decisions are subject to objections and must be adopted, modified, or rejected by the judge to become final.
2. For federal income tax purposes, a single-member LLC that has not elected to be treated as a corporation is taxed as:
A single-member LLC without a corporate tax election is treated as a disregarded entity for federal tax purposes, taxed like a sole proprietorship with income reported on the member's personal return.
3. Which of the following is a fault ground for divorce in Ohio?
Habitual drunkenness is one of Ohio's statutory fault grounds, while irretrievable breakdown is not an Ohio ground and the other options are not statutory grounds at all.
4. A lawyer learns that her client intends to commit perjury in an upcoming civil trial. The client insists on testifying falsely. What is the lawyer's proper course of action?
Under Rule 3.3, a lawyer must first remonstrate with the client and may not knowingly offer false evidence, seeking withdrawal or other remedial measures if necessary.
5. Under Ohio's comparative negligence statute, a plaintiff found 51% at fault for her own injuries will recover what portion of her damages?
Ohio follows modified comparative negligence with a 51% bar, so a plaintiff more than 50% at fault recovers nothing.
6. During an Ohio divorce, the wife requests temporary spousal support while the case is pending. The court's authority to award this is best described how?
Ohio Rev. Code 3105.18(B) authorizes temporary spousal support pendente lite based on the parties' circumstances, without any final adjudication of grounds.