Some interesting content on the LawSchoolSecretstoSuccess website

I was looking something up about the person the Rutter Group was named after (we use those practice guides a lot at the office) and it mentioned they also founded the Gilbert study guides.

I looked that up and came across a strange website that had a review of the Gilbert outlines. They also had other information.

While I don’t agree with everything the website says, and I haven’t looked at anything other than the two pages I’m going to discuss here, there’s some important things you might find helpful. On this page:

https://lawschoolsecretstosuccess.com/law-school-success/

Secrets #2; #3; and #4 are must reads. They’re things I’ve been telling you, but maybe if you read them there you’ll internalize them and take action. The other stuff on the page is somewhat true, but I don’t agree with all of it.

They also talk about the FYLSX here:

https://lawschoolsecretstosuccess.com/baby-bar-exam-fylse/

They’re saying 150 practice essays and 3,000 practice MBE. I did probably 80 practice essays and 1,800 practice MBE. That allowed me to earn a 639 scaled (79%) on my first attempt. I would say what I did is the low end and what they’re suggesting is the high end for the FYLSX. The overarching point is that the only way to succeed on the exam is to do a massive amount of practice over a sustained period of time. You cannot cram for this exam. There’s a skill set that must be developed in order to pass. You must memorize the law, and then practice exam taking.

That website is clearly trying to market their products. They ostensively review other products and then explain why theirs are supposedly better. I have no opinion on any of that, especially since I relied on several of the products they criticize.

At any rate, I hope that some of the information is useful. I found it interesting and thought it worth sharing.

Damages and Remedies

Damages and Remedies

Listing of damages and remedies discussions in recent FLYSX essays. Not every rule and analysis below is correct, this is just to give you an idea of how often these issues are raised and the approaches that candidates use to answer.

2019 October

Q2

A2: Expectancy (brief mention)

2019 June

Q2

A1: Reformation (brief mention)

Q4

A1: Mitigation, Expectation. Also raises Consequential, Liquidated, and Nominal, but none of those are applicable to the facts.

A2: Expectation, Mitigation. Also raises Consequential, Specific Performance, and Incidental, but none of those are applicable to the facts.

2018 October

Q1

A1: Expectation, Mitigation (Avoidable Consequence), Liquidated

A2: Liquidated, Expectation, Reliance, Incidental

2018 June

Q1

A1: Expectation, Reliance, Consequential, Specific Performance

A2: Expectation, Reliance, Consequential, Mitigation, Specific Performance

Q3

A1: Quasi Contract, Reliance, Restitution, Expectation

A2: Unjust Enrichment, Expectation (no breach/breach), Incidental, Restitution

2017 October

Q3

A1: Expectation, Specific Performance

A2: Expectation, Specific Performance

2017 June

Q1

A1: Expectancy

A2: Expectation, Specific Performance, Consequential

2016 October

Q2

A1: Specific Performance, Expectation,

A2: Specific Performance

Q4

A1: Expectation, Cover, Mitigation, Consequential, Reliance

A2: Specific Performance, Expectation, Cover, Consequential, Reliance

2016 June

Q2

A1: Expectation, Consequential, Incidental

A2: Specific Performance, Expectation

2016 October

Q1

A1: Expectation, Consequential, Reliance, Quantum Meruit

A2: Consequential, Expectation, Mitigatation,

Q4

A1: Liquidated

A2: Liquidated, Expectation

2016 June

Q2

A1: Expectation, Consequential, Incidental

A2: Specific Performance, Expectation

2015 October

Q1

A1: Expectation, Consequential, Reliance, Quantum Meruit

A2: Consequential, Expectation, Mitigation

Q4

A1: Liquidated

A2: Liquidated, Expectation

2015 June

Q2

A1: Reliance

A2: Expectation, Reliance

2014 October

Q1

A1: Expectation

A2: Reformation, Rescission,

Q4

A1: Damages

A2: Consequential, Expectation

2014 June

Q4

A1: Expectation, Consequential, Consequential, Cover, Incidental, Specific Performance

A2: Expectation, restitution, Reliance

2013 October

Q1

A1: Expectation, Cover, Lost Volume Seller,

A2: Mitigation, Incidental, Expectation,

Q3

A2: Expectation, Consequential

2013 June

Q3

A1: Specific Performance, Restitution, Expectation

A2: Damages, Specific Performance