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An MEE business associations essay describes a director voting on a contract in which she has a financial interest. The transaction can still be upheld if:
Answer: It was approved by informed disinterested directors or shareholders, or was fair to the corporation
Interested-director transactions survive if ratified by informed disinterested directors or shareholders, or if entirely fair to the corporation.
In an MEE criminal procedure essay, police question a suspect in custody without Miranda warnings and obtain a confession. The confession is:
Answer: Inadmissible in the prosecution's case-in-chief but usable for impeachment if voluntary
Un-Mirandized but voluntary statements are barred from the case-in-chief yet may impeach a testifying defendant.
A real property essay involves a deed delivered to a grantee but never recorded, followed by a sale of the same land to a bona fide purchaser who records. In a notice jurisdiction, who prevails?
Answer: The bona fide purchaser who took without notice
In a notice jurisdiction, a subsequent bona fide purchaser without notice of the prior unrecorded deed prevails.
How are MEE answers scored in UBE jurisdictions like Oklahoma?
Answer: Graded by the jurisdiction using NCBE grading materials, then scaled to the MBE
Each jurisdiction grades its own MEE answers using NCBE materials, and raw scores are scaled to the MBE.
A torts essay describes a plaintiff who was 40% at fault in a jurisdiction applying pure comparative negligence. The plaintiff's $100,000 damages award becomes:
Answer: $60,000
Under pure comparative negligence, recovery is reduced by the plaintiff's percentage of fault, leaving $60,000.
An MEE essay presents facts supporting arguments for both parties on a close issue. The best-scoring approach is to:
Answer: Analyze both sides, then commit to a reasoned conclusion
Graders reward answers that weigh competing arguments and still reach a supported conclusion.
What is the minimum UBE score required for admission to the Oklahoma Bar?
Answer: 264
Oklahoma requires a minimum UBE scaled score of 264 out of 400 for bar admission.