We will spend time in class to review the Trade Secret MPT problem you recently completed.

After you have completed the Trade Secret MPT Practice Problem, I will distribute a model student answer for us to discuss together as a class. This is a great opportunity to see how other people tackled the same assignment and take away some tips you can use in your future work, as well as reviewing the key concepts of trade secret law.

Apart from that, there will be no new reading assigned for this day.

Congrats on finishing the Trade Secrets practice MPT!

Here are two very strong student answers to the Fancy Rats trade secret practice problem. They are from a prior year and the prompt has been slightly revised since then, so you may notice some differences, like that they addressed more than two potential secrets.

The first is 2 pages long.

The second is 4 pages long.

In class, I will ask each student to share:

1) A stylistic point that you appreciated about a student example, which you would like to incorporate into your own work in the future; and

2) A substantive question you still want answered or clarified about this practice problem, trade secret law generally, or the MPT portion of the bar exam.

Note that on the actual bar exam, MPT essays are always graded on a scale of 0-6. The criteria for each of these scores is definied below.

An MPT score in the 4-6 range (such as these memos achieved) will give you wiggle room to forget some stuff covered on the multiple-choice portion of the bar exam and still pass with flying colors.

On the bar exam, each Multistate Performance Test essay is graded on a scale from 1-6. Passing generally requires scores of 3 or up.

A 6 answer is a very good answer. A 6 answer indicates that the applicant has a thorough comprehension of the task, the relevant factual and legal materials, and uses them to write a legally supported, well-written responsive product in the time allotted.

A 5 answer is an above average answer. A 5 answer demonstrates that the applicant has a fairly complete understanding of the task, understands most of the relevant materials, and uses them to write a legally supported, reasonably well-written, mostly responsive product in the time allotted.

A 4 answer is an average answer. A 4 answer indicates that an applicant has a fair understanding of the task and understands enough of the relevant materials to incorporate them into a satisfactory, though not completely responsive, product in the time allotted.

A 3 answer is a somewhat below average answer. A 3 answer is inadequate. It shows that the applicant has a limited understanding of the facts, issues, and applicable principles of law and is not able to write a satisfactorily responsive product in the time allotted.

A 2 answer is a below average answer. A 2 answer is significantly flawed and shows that the applicant has only a basic understanding of the task. It shows the applicant failed to grasp most of the relevant facts and law and thus has not produced a useful product in the time allotted.

A 1 answer is a well below average answer. It indicates a failure to understand the task. A 1 answer shows virtually no ability to identify the relevant facts or law in the time allotted.

A 0 answer is appropriate when an applicant does not write an answer at all. It is also appropriate if an answer is completely unresponsive to the question.

Trade Secrets MPT Fancy Rat Model Memo 2020.docx