Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! This episode is part of our “Listen and Learn” series, where we review legal concepts and apply them to fact patterns. Today, we’re covering a commonly tested topic from Evidence, and that is hearsay.
In this episode we discuss:
- What are the rules of hearsay?
- Non-hearsay and exceptions to hearsay
- Analyzing two Evidence questions, from the July 2003 and February 2016 California bar exams
- How to qualify a statement as hearsay
- Tips for memorizing concepts you’re studying
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Resources:
- Tutoring for Law School Success
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2003
- California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, February 2016
- Podcast Episode 215: Listen and Learn – The Commerce Clause
- Podcast Episode 218: Listen and Learn – Supplemental Jurisdiction (Civ Pro)
- Podcast Episode 244: Listen and Learn – Negligence Per Se
- Podcast Episode 245: Listen and Learn – Promissory Estoppel
- Podcast Episode 248: Listen and Learn – Introduction to Homicide
- Podcast Episode 257: Listen and Learn – The “Reasonable Person” Standard
- Podcast Episode 259: Listen and Learn – Relevance in Evidence
- Evidence 101 – A Quick Look at Upperclassmen Courses
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