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Since Oklahoma adopted the Uniform Bar Exam, which component supplies the essay portion of the exam?
Answer: The Multistate Essay Examination (MEE)
As a UBE jurisdiction, Oklahoma uses the NCBE's Multistate Essay Examination for the essay portion.
How many essay questions appear on the MEE portion of the Oklahoma Bar Exam?
Answer: Six
The MEE consists of six essay questions administered in a single three-hour session.
How much time should an examinee budget for each individual MEE essay?
Answer: 30 minutes
With six essays in a three-hour session, each essay is designed to be answered in about 30 minutes.
What weight does the written portion (MEE plus MPT) carry in the overall UBE score used in Oklahoma?
Answer: 50 percent
The MEE counts for 30% and the MPT for 20%, so the written portion totals 50% of the UBE score.
An MEE contracts essay describes a merchant emailing a signed offer promising to keep it open for two weeks. The examinee should analyze this under which doctrine?
Answer: The UCC firm offer rule
A signed written assurance by a merchant to hold an offer open is irrevocable under UCC 2-205's firm offer rule.
Which organizational structure is generally recommended for answering MEE essays?
Answer: IRAC: issue, rule, application, conclusion
Graders reward IRAC-style answers that identify each issue, state the rule, apply it to the facts, and conclude.
An MEE essay tests a subject also covered on the MBE, such as evidence. What law should the examinee apply absent contrary instructions?
Answer: Generally applicable majority principles, such as the Federal Rules of Evidence
MEE answers should apply generally accepted fundamental legal principles, such as the Federal Rules for evidence, not state-specific law.