Per Topic Mnemonics Flashcards
Criminal Law
“Remember if you get ICED for a crime, you have Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and other criminal procedure liberties.”
- Elements: Mens Rea, Actus Reus, Concurrence & Causation
- Inchoate Crimes & Accomplice Liability
- Crimes Against Persons
- Crimes Against Property
- Defenses
- Fourth, Fifth & Sixth Amendments
- Other Criminal Procedure
Contracts
“Defense For Pittsbugh Players: Don’t Blitz on Third Down”
- Preliminary Issues
- Formation
- Defenses
- Parol Evidence & Interpretation
- Discharge
- Breach/Remedies
- Third Party Rights & Obligations
Constitutional Law
“State the 3 branches, Feds Due First”
- Judicial Power
- Legislative Power
- Executive Power
- Federalism & Insterstate Commerce
- State Action Requirement
- Due Process & Equal Protection
- First Amendment
Evidence
“Remember to PReP at the start of discussing each type of evidence, and then to watch for the CHIPPs, and you will tackle any evidence essay!”
- Prop 8
- Relevance: Legal, Logical, & Judical Notice
- Public Policy Exceptions
- Personal Knowledge, Testimonial, & Documentary Evidence
- Testimonial Privileges
- Character Evidence & Impeachment
- Hearsay
Property
“For Real Property, it’s ONLY ConConZon”
- Ownership
- Natural Rights
- Landlord & Tenant
- Your Rights in Another’s Land
- Conveyance
- Contracts for Security Interests (Mortgages)
- Zoning & Constitutional Protection
Torts
“PINS DEEP”
- Products Liability
- Intentional Torts
- Negligence
- Strict Liability
- Defamation
- Extras
- Privacy & Nuisance
Remedies
“The Remedies DR has 1 equitable medicine for Torts, 3 for Contracts, and 2 for Property”
- Legal Remedies - Damages & Restitution
- Equitable Remedies for Torts - Injunctions
- Equitable Remedies for Contracts - Recission, Reformation, & Specific Performance
- Land Sale Contracts
- Personal Property Ks, Construction Ks & Personal Service Ks
- Torts Committed Against Real & Personal Property
Professional Responsibility
“For Professional Responsibilities, remembery your duty of the 5 C’s to your Client, plus Other Duties and Regulatory Controls”
- Conflicts of Interest
- Duty to Preserve Confidentiality of Information
- Duty to Communicate
- Duty of Competence
- Cash (Property)
- Fees & Other Duties
- Regulatory Controls & Unauthorized Practice
Civil Procedure
“It’s a Personal Subject: Video Jockeys Play The Field”
- Personal Jurisdiction
- Subject Matter Jurisdiction
- Venue & Choice of Law
- Joinder of Claims/Parties
- Pretrial & Discovery
- Trial
- Final Judgment, Appellate Review & Effect on Future Cases
Community Property
“Community Property is SAD and Difficult to Manage”
- Community Property?
- Presumptions
- Source
- Actions - By Agreement & By Conduct
- Difficult to Classify Assets
- Divorce & Death
- Management & Control
Agency & Partnerships
FAR For Partners To Drive
- Formation
- Authority: Actual, Apparent & Ratification
- Rights & Liabilities
- Fiduciary Duties
- Property
- Termination of Agency Relationship
- Dissociation & Dissolution of Partnerships
Corporations
After Forming a corporation, ODDS are there will be Stock Issues, Promotions, and a Merger
- Formation
- Stock Issues & Securities Regulation
- Shareholders
- Directors
- Officers
- Promoters
- Changes in Corporate Structure (Mergers)
Trusts
Eat The Bird and The Frog Legs Too
- Elements of Trusts
- Types of Trusts & Their Legal Requirements
- Beneficiaries’ Interests
- Trustee’s Powers
- Fiduciary Duties of Trustee
- Liability of Trustee
- Termination & Modification
Wills
With Roses In Cofins, Corpses RIP
- Requirements & Components of Wills
- Intestsate Succession
- Contests to Wills
- Contracts
- Revocation
- Interpretation & Conflict of Laws
- Probate & Administration of Estate
