Objective memorandum
- To / From / Date / Re
- Question presented if requested
- Brief answer if requested
- Discussion organized by issues
- Rule synthesis, application both ways, prediction
MPT course
This MPT course covers the full method, from the first read through timed practice and review. Extract the assignment, synthesize a closed universe of law, organize a file, and produce the requested professional document in 90 minutes. Write audience, role, objective, product, tone, and every requested issue at the top of notes. Ignoring the task memo's audience or requested product. Start with the most authoritative or synthesizing source. Summarizing each case separately instead of synthesizing a rule. Copy required format and prohibited sections. To / From / Date / Re Extract rules, factors, burdens, tests, holdings, and decisive facts. Reading the file first and drowning in facts without a legal framework.
2 itemsTasks
90 minutes eachTime
20%UBE weight
Supplied File + LibraryLaw
Control the task memo
- Write audience, role, objective, product, tone, and every requested issue at the top of notes.
- Copy required format and prohibited sections.
- Create a skeletal document before reading deeply.
Read the library strategically
- Start with the most authoritative or synthesizing source.
- Extract rules, factors, burdens, tests, holdings, and decisive facts.
- Update and reconcile authorities using hierarchy and chronology.
- Place each rule directly under the outline section where it will be used.
Mine the file
- Read with the legal framework already built.
- Sort each material fact under an element or task.
- Flag conflicts, missing facts, credibility, documents, and record references.
Write the assigned product
- Use objective or persuasive tone as directed.
- Lead sections with point headings or conclusions.
- Synthesize law before serial case comparison.
- Use both favorable and unfavorable facts with honest analogies and distinctions.
Finish under a clock
- Use roughly 45 minutes to read and organize and 45 to write, adjusting for task complexity.
- Begin writing even if research feels incomplete.
- Reserve final minutes for omitted issues, format, names, and conclusions.
Working templates
Persuasive argument
- Conclusion-driven point headings
- Governing standard and burden
- Strongest record facts
- Analogies to favorable authority
- Distinguish adverse authority
- Requested relief
Client letter
- Purpose and short answer
- Plain-language legal standard
- Options, risks, and practical consequences
- Recommendation
- Concrete next steps
Common mistakes
01Ignoring the task memo's audience or requested product.
02Summarizing each case separately instead of synthesizing a rule.
03Reading the file first and drowning in facts without a legal framework.
04Importing outside doctrine into a closed universe.
05Leaving analysis unfinished because notes became too detailed.
Training progression
| Phase | Work | Advancement standard |
|---|---|---|
| Task control | 10 task-memo parsing drills | All constraints captured in 2 minutes |
| Synthesis | Two-case and statute-case rule exercises | One coherent rule paragraph |
| File mapping | Fact-to-element tables | Material facts and conflicts captured |
| Timed | 90-minute complete tasks | Correct product completed |
| Sets | Two consecutive MPTs | No second-task collapse |
What the MPT is, in numbers
The MPT gives you two 90-minute tasks, each with a File of facts and documents and a Library of legal authorities, and asks you to produce a work product such as a memo, a brief or a letter. On the legacy UBE the MPT counts for 20 percent of the score, and the MEE counts for 30 percent. Beginning with the July 2026 exam, Family Law and Trusts and Estates are tested regularly through the MPT rather than the MEE, through February 2028.
The skill being tested is closed-universe work: use only the File and Library, follow the task memo's instructions on format, and finish inside 90 minutes. Practice with released tasks, time yourself, and check your product against the point sheet, not against how it felt.