Practice hypos
Practice hypos with model IRAC answers.
The scarce thing in 1L prep: fact patterns with worked model answers. Read each hypo, write your own IRAC answer first, then compare it to the model. Every hypo links into the IRAC Practice Gym so you can write it timed.
Torts
The unmarked grocery-store spill
A premises-liability negligence problem where breach and notice are the live issues.
The fireworks stand and the startled crowd
A proximate-cause problem in the spirit of Palsgraf — foreseeability and intervening acts.
The prank shove that went wrong
An intentional-torts problem on battery, intent, and transferred intent.
Contracts
The cancelled wedding-cake order
A formation and remedies problem under the common law of services.
The promised raise and the extra shift
A consideration problem testing the pre-existing duty rule and promissory estoppel.
The oral side deal and the signed contract
A parol evidence problem distinguishing prior oral terms from a written integration.
Civil Procedure
The out-of-state widget seller
A personal-jurisdiction problem on minimum contacts and purposeful availment.
The not-quite-diverse plaintiffs
A subject-matter jurisdiction problem on complete diversity and amount in controversy.
The state damages cap in federal court
An Erie problem on applying substantive state law in a diversity case.
Want feedback on your own answer?
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