MBE 7 Subjects (Day 2)
50%of exam
Civ Pro & Con LawContracts & SalesCrim Law & EvidenceProperty & Torts175 Scored
FL Civil Procedure & Judicial Admin
Not publishedof exam
Rule 1.510Time ComputationDiscovery LimitsLong-Arm JurisdictionSovereign Immunity
FL Constitutional Law
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Right of PrivacyHomestead Art. XSearch & SeizureCourt StructureLegislative Process
FL Criminal Law & Procedure
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Stand Your GroundSpeedy TrialSentencing GuidelinesDrug OffensesHabitual Offender
FL Evidence Code Ch. 90
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Hearsay ExceptionsDaubert StandardParty AdmissionsPrivilegesImpeachment
FL Torts & Negligence
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Modified Comparative Fault51% Bar RuleWrongful DeathPremises LiabilityMed Mal Notice
FL Contracts & UCC 3/9
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Negotiable InstrumentsSecured TransactionsStatute of FraudsUCC SalesHolder in Due Course
FL Real Property & Homestead
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Homestead ExemptionDevise RestrictionsLandlord-TenantRecording ActAdverse Possession
FL Family Law
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Equitable DistributionAlimony ReformChild SupportTime-SharingRelocation
FL Wills, Trusts & Estates
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Will ExecutionElective ShareHomestead DeviseIntestate SuccessionFlorida Trust Code
FL Business Entities
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LLC FormationCorporations ActPartnershipsFiduciary DutiesPiercing Veil
FL Professional Responsibility
Not publishedof exam
Conflicts of InterestTrust AccountingConfidentialityAdvertising RulesMisconduct
Quick Facts
- Exam
- FL Bar Exam
- Body
- FL Board of Bar Examiners
- Days
- 2 days
- Total Qs
- 300 (100 FL + 200 MBE)
- Essays
- 3 FL essays
- Pass score
- 136 of 200 scaled
- MBE split
- 175 scored, 25 pretest
- Level
- JD required
- Blueprint
- 2026 Test Specifications
MBE 7 Subjects Mnemonic
Con Law, Crim, Contracts, Civ Pro, Evidence, Property, Torts
25 Qs each subject175 scored, 25 pretestEqual weight, no favorite
MBE Civil Pro & Con Law
- Personal jurisdiction
- Minimum contacts test
- Subject matter jurisdiction
- Federal question or diversity
- Erie doctrine
- State law applies
- State action doctrine
- Required for 14th Amendment
- Strict scrutiny
- Fundamental rights or race
- Rational basis test
- Default economic regulation review
MBE Contracts & Sales
- Mirror image rule
- Common law offer acceptance
- UCC battle of forms
- 2-207 additional terms
- Consideration
- Bargained-for legal detriment
- Perfect tender rule
- Goods must conform exactly
- Parol evidence rule
- Bars prior oral terms
- Goods vs services test
- Determines UCC applicability
MBE Crim Law & Evidence
- Miranda rights
- Required before custodial interrogation
- Fourth Amendment
- Bars unreasonable search seizure
- Hearsay definition
- Out-of-court statement for truth
- FRE 401 relevance
- Any tendency to prove
- Specific intent crimes
- Purpose beyond the act
- Merger doctrine
- Attempt merges into completed crime
MBE Property & Torts
- Rule against perpetuities
- 21 years after life
- Adverse possession
- Open, notorious, hostile, continuous
- Negligence elements
- Duty, breach, causation, damages
- Strict liability
- Abnormally dangerous activities rule
- Recording acts
- Notice, race, or race-notice
- Assumption of risk
- Voluntary, known danger accepted
Exam Day Structure
Day 1: essays and FL MC, Day 2: MBE
AM: 3 essaysPM: 100 FL MCDay 2: 200 MBE
Celotex vs Holl v. Talcott
Celotex, 2021-present
- Federal Rule 56 standard
- Movant shows no dispute
- Nonmovant must respond
Holl v. Talcott, pre-2021
- Movant disproves a negative
- Conclusively negate the claim
Current vs historical FL rule
Which Law Controls
- FL law differs from general law→Apply Florida law
- Question specifies federal law only→Apply federal or general law
- No FL-specific rule exists→Apply general or majority law
- MBE question on Day 2→Apply general or majority law
FL Civil Procedure Rules
- Rule 1.510
- Celotex summary judgment standard
- Answer period
- 20 days after service
- Interrogatory limit
- 30 questions including subparts
- Civil jury size
- 6 jurors in FL
- Long-arm statute
- 48.193 nonresident jurisdiction
- Sovereign immunity cap
- 768.28 damages limits
Summary Judgment Standard
- FL case after May 2021→Celotex standard under Rule 1.510
- FL case before May 2021→Holl v. Talcott standard, historical(Now defunct)
- Genuine issue of material fact→Deny the summary judgment motion
- No genuine factual dispute exists→Grant summary judgment motion
FL Judicial Administration
- Time computation rule
- Calendar days, Rule 2.514
- Circuit court
- Felonies, family, probate
- County court
- Misdemeanors and small claims
- District courts of appeal
- 6 DCAs statewide
- Mandatory mediation
- Common in family cases
FL Constitutional Law
- Art. I, Section 23
- Explicit right of privacy
- Art. X, Section 4
- Homestead exemption protection
- Search & seizure clause
- Conforms to 4th Amendment
- Art. V, Section 15
- Supreme Court regulates bar
- Single subject rule
- One subject per amendment
- Separation of powers
- Three branches, Article II
FL Criminal Law & Procedure
- Stand Your Ground
- 776.012, no duty retreat
- Castle Doctrine
- 776.013 home presumption
- Immunity burden
- State disproves, clear evidence
- Speedy trial rule
- 175 days for felonies
- Habitual offender statute
- 775.084 sentence enhancement
- Criminal jury size
- 6 non-capital, 12 capital
Key Reform Dates
2019 Daubert, 2021 Celotex, 2023 torts and alimony
2019: Daubert adopted2021: Celotex adopted2023: torts and alimony
Daubert vs Frye Standard
Daubert, since 2019
- Reliability factors test
- Judge acts as gatekeeper
Frye, pre-2019
- General acceptance test
- Novel science only
Reliability vs acceptance test
Hearsay Exception Picker
- Statement made during startling event→Excited utterance exception applies
- Statement describing event happening now→Present sense impression exception
- Opposing party's own out-of-court statement→Party admission exception applies
- Regularly kept business record offered→Business records exception applies
- Expert testimony reliability is challenged→Apply the Daubert standard
FL Evidence Code Ch. 90
- Present sense impression
- During event or after
- Excited utterance
- Made under startling stress
- Party admission
- 90.803(18) hearsay exception
- Business records
- 90.803(6) regular practice
- Daubert standard
- Expert reliability since 2019
- Character evidence
- 90.404, limited exceptions
FL Party Admission vs FRE
Florida, 90.803(18)
- Treated as hearsay exception
- Requires exception analysis
Federal, FRE 801(d)(2)
- Defined as non-hearsay
- No exception needed
Exception in FL only
Modified vs Pure Comparative Fault
Modified, 2023-present
- 51%+ fault bars recovery
- Enacted by HB 837
Pure, pre-2023
- Any fault percent recovers
- Damages only reduced
Bar exists vs no bar
FL Torts & Negligence
- Modified comparative fault
- 768.81, effective 2023
- 51% bar rule
- Over half fault bars
- Wrongful death act
- 768.21 recoverable damages
- Med mal presuit notice
- 90 days before filing
- Dangerous instrumentality doctrine
- Vehicle owner vicarious liability
UCC Article 3 vs Article 9
Article 3, Ch. 673
- Negotiable instruments
- Holder in due course
Article 9, Ch. 679
- Secured transactions
- Perfection and priority
Instruments vs collateral
UCC Article 3 vs 9 Picker
- Dispute involves a note or check→Apply UCC Article 3
- Dispute involves collateral or liens→Apply UCC Article 9
- Need holder-in-due-course status analyzed→Apply Article 3 rules
- Need to perfect a security lien→File a financing statement
FL Contracts & UCC 3/9
- UCC Article 3
- Ch. 673 negotiable instruments
- UCC Article 9
- Ch. 679 secured transactions
- Holder in due course
- Value, good faith, no notice
- Perfection methods
- Filing, possession, or control
- Statute of frauds
- 725.01 writing required
Homestead Has Two Meanings
Homestead means a tax break and devise protection
Tax: reduces assessed valueDevise: protects spouse or childTwo separate FL rules
Homestead Tax vs Devise Rules
Tax exemption
- Reduces assessed value
- Filed with property appraiser
Devise restriction
- Limits who inherits home
- Protects spouse or minor
Different Article X protections
FL Real Property & Homestead
- Homestead size limit
- Half acre city, 160 rural
- Devise restriction
- Cannot devise from spouse
- Spousal election
- Life estate or half interest
- Election deadline
- 6 months after death
- Recording act type
- Notice statute, Chapter 695
2023 Reform Year
2023: alimony reform and comparative negligence changed
SB 1416: alimonyHB 837: negligenceBoth effective 2023
Durational vs Permanent Alimony
Durational, current law
- Capped by marriage length
- Available since 2023
Permanent, pre-2023
- Eliminated by SB 1416
- No longer available
Only durational exists now
Alimony Type Picker
- Marriage lasted under 3 years→No durational alimony available
- Short marriage under 10 years→Durational alimony, max 50%
- Moderate marriage of 10-20 years→Durational alimony, max 60%
- Long marriage over 20 years→Durational alimony, max 75%
- Need short bridging support only→Bridge-the-gap alimony, max 2yrs
FL Family Law
- Equitable distribution
- 61.075 marital assets
- Durational alimony cap
- 50, 60, or 75%
- Permanent alimony
- Eliminated by 2023 reform
- Rehabilitative alimony
- Capped at 5 years
- Alimony amount cap
- 35% of income gap
- Parental responsibility
- Best interests of child
FL Wills & Estates
- Will execution rule
- 732.502, two witnesses
- No holographic wills
- Unwitnessed wills are invalid
- Elective share
- 30% of elective estate
- Elective share deadline
- Earlier of 6mo or 2yr
- Intestate spouse share
- 732.102, depends on descendants
- Florida Trust Code
- Chapter 736 governs trusts
FL Business Entities
- LLC formation
- Chapter 605, Division of Corporations
- Corporation formation
- Chapter 607, articles filed
- Manager vs member managed
- LLC governance choice
- Piercing the corporate veil
- Fraud or alter ego
- General partnership
- Chapter 620, joint control
FL Professional Responsibility
- Rule 4-1.7
- Concurrent conflicts of interest
- Informed consent
- Confirmed in writing required
- Trust accounting
- Rule 5-1.1, client funds
- Confidentiality rule
- Broader than attorney-client privilege
- Advertising rules
- Rule 4-7 series governs
- Reporting misconduct
- Rule 4-8.3 duty applies
Common Traps
Old case names are not current law
Holl v. Talcott is defunct ≠ Celotex governs since 2021
Permanent alimony is not available
Eliminated by 2023 reform ≠ Only durational or bridge-the-gap remain
Pure negligence is not current FL rule
51%+ fault bars recovery ≠ Changed by HB 837
Frye is not the evidence standard
Daubert controls since 2019 ≠ Applies to expert testimony
FL party admission is not non-hearsay
Florida treats it as exception ≠ Federal treats it as non-hearsay
Homestead tax break is not devise rule
Tax exemption is separate ≠ Devise restricts inheritance only
MBE score is not a separate pass line
No minimum MBE score ≠ Only combined score matters
Last Minute
- 1.Combined score 136 of 200 needed
- 2.Part A and B each 50%
- 3.No minimum MBE score required
- 4.Celotex controls FL summary judgment
- 5.51%+ fault bars tort recovery
- 6.Permanent alimony no longer exists
- 7.Daubert governs expert testimony now
- 8.Party admissions are FL hearsay
- 9.Homestead has two separate rules
- 10.Unlimited retakes, reapply and repay
- 11.MPRE score of 80+ required
- 12.FL law controls if different
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