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Writing Lab

Turn legal knowledge into points on the page.

Train every current UBE writing format with original tasks, element-level rubrics, complete model responses, and targeted rewrites. This lab covers NextGen short and medium constructed responses, legacy MEE essays, and MPT performance tasks in one workspace, so you are not switching tools depending on which format your jurisdiction actually tests. Every task carries an element-level rubric and a complete model response, so a rewrite targets the specific missing element rather than a vague sense that the answer needed to be better. Draft directly in the workspace or open the prompt library first to browse tasks by format and subject before committing to a timed attempt.

Response formats

Train the exact task the exam assigns.

The candidate’s track determines which formats appear. Every format has its own timing, planning method, scoring priorities, and repair sequence.

01 · ~6 minutes

NextGen short response

State a precise answer and the decisive reason without spending words on background.

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02 · ~12 minutes

NextGen medium response

Organize a compact rule–fact–conclusion analysis around the scoring guide.

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03 · ~60 minutes

Legal-research task

Use a file and library to evaluate authority, answer research questions, and draft a supported response.

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04 · ~60 minutes

Performance task

Complete a realistic beginning-lawyer assignment using only provided sources.

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Point-producing method

Plan by rubric, write by priority.

The writing method separates five trainable moves so feedback identifies a repair the candidate can actually perform.

1

Task control

Identify audience, objective, format, tone, source limits, and deliverable.

2

Issue map

Translate the file into a prioritized list of issues and elements.

3

Rule precision

State the governing standard at the depth the task requires.

4

Fact analysis

Connect each material fact to the rule, including uncertainty and counteranalysis.

5

Completion

Conclude, recommend, organize, and deliver every requested component.

Every format at a glance
FormatTimeGoal
NextGen short response~6 minutesState a precise answer and the decisive reason without spending words on background.
NextGen medium response~12 minutesOrganize a compact rule–fact–conclusion analysis around the scoring guide.
Legal-research task~60 minutesUse a file and library to evaluate authority, answer research questions, and draft a supported response.
Performance task~60 minutesComplete a realistic beginning-lawyer assignment using only provided sources.
Legacy MEE essay30 minutesSpot, state, apply, and conclude across a dense fact pattern.
Legacy MPT90 minutesRead, plan, synthesize, and produce the requested work product.

Interactive workspace

Write, score, compare, repair.

Choose an original prompt, draft under time, score each criterion, then reveal a complete model response with examiner notes and rewrite the weakest section.

Contracts15 minutes
NEXTGEN MEDIUM RESPONSE · 15 MINUTES

Consequential damages and cover

TASKDraft a concise objective analysis explaining whether the buyer may recover $40,000 in lost resale profit. Address foreseeability, reasonable certainty, and mitigation.

FACT FILE

F1The contract required 400 custom components by May 1.

F2On April 10 the buyer identified its resale customer, price, deadline, and projected $40,000 margin.

F3The manufacturer delivered May 16 after an avoidable scheduling error.

F4The buyer reasonably bought substitutes at a $12,000 premium.

CONTROLLING LAW OR SCOPE

Consequential damages are recoverable when foreseeable at formation, proven with reasonable certainty, and not reasonably avoidable. Reasonable cover is recoverable as expectation loss.

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Original prompt library

Train every major writing and performance format.

Filter original tasks across short and medium NextGen responses, legal research, counseling, negotiation, performance tasks, legacy MEE essays, and legacy MPT assignments.

0115 min
NextGen medium response · Contracts

Consequential damages and cover

Draft a concise objective analysis explaining whether the buyer may recover $40,000 in lost resale profit. Address foreseeability, reasonable certainty, and mitigation.

5-point rubric + model →
027 min
NextGen short response · Civil Procedure

Specific jurisdiction over an online seller

In no more than 180 words, explain the strongest basis for personal jurisdiction and the retailer’s best response.

5-point rubric + model →
0314 min
NextGen medium response · Evidence

Authenticating the project email

Analyze whether the project manager’s email can be authenticated and admitted against the company.

5-point rubric + model →
048 min
NextGen short response · Torts

Investigating the falling sign

Identify the three highest-value factual investigations before advising the injured pedestrian.

5-point rubric + model →
0516 min
NextGen medium response · Business Associations

Counseling a founder about authority

Draft an email advising the founder whether the company is likely bound and what immediate steps reduce future risk.

5-point rubric + model →
0616 min
NextGen medium response · Criminal Law & Procedure

Roadside questioning and phone search

Analyze which statements and phone evidence are most vulnerable to suppression.

5-point rubric + model →
0730 min
Legacy MEE essay · Contracts

Modification, repudiation, and damages

Analyze the parties’ rights after a contractor demands more money, stops work, and the owner hires a substitute.

5-point rubric + model →
0830 min
Legacy MEE essay · Evidence

Medical record, bystander statement, and impeachment

Analyze each challenged item of evidence in the negligence trial.

5-point rubric + model →
0930 min
Legacy MEE essay · Real Property

Unrecorded deed and visible possession

Determine priority among the original grantee, later buyer, and mortgage lender under a race-notice statute.

5-point rubric + model →
1030 min
Legacy MEE essay · Constitutional Law

Demonstration permits and viewpoint

Analyze the constitutionality of the city’s permit denials and enforcement rule.

5-point rubric + model →
1130 min
Legacy MEE essay · Civil Procedure

Removal, supplemental jurisdiction, and remand

Analyze removal and federal jurisdiction over the claims.

5-point rubric + model →
1230 min
Legacy MEE essay · Torts

Negligence, rescue, and eggshell injury

Analyze liability to the pedestrian and rescuer.

5-point rubric + model →
1390 min
Legacy MPT · Closed-universe skills

Objective memorandum on noncompete enforcement

Draft the discussion section of an objective memorandum evaluating whether a court will enforce the client’s noncompete.

6-point rubric + model →
1490 min
Legacy MPT · Closed-universe skills

Persuasive brief on emergency injunction

Draft the argument section supporting a temporary injunction against disclosure of trade-secret files.

6-point rubric + model →
1560 min
NextGen legal-research task · Legal Research

Researching a consumer-protection claim

Evaluate supplied authorities, answer three research questions, and draft a medium response recommending whether to add the claim.

5-point rubric + model →
1614 min
NextGen medium response · Negotiation

Settlement range and nonmonetary terms

Recommend an opening proposal, walk-away point, and two nonmonetary terms for a settlement call.

5-point rubric + model →
178 min
NextGen short response · Client Relationships

Explaining a missed filing risk

Draft a client-facing message explaining the missed internal deadline, immediate protective steps, uncertainty, and next communication.

5-point rubric + model →
1860 min
NextGen performance task · Family Law with provided resources

Parenting-plan advisory letter

Draft an advisory letter evaluating a proposed relocation and recommending evidence the client should collect.

6-point rubric + model →
1960 min
NextGen performance task · Trusts & Estates with provided resources

Trustee distribution recommendation

Draft a memorandum advising whether the trustee may fund the beneficiary’s professional program and how to document the decision.

6-point rubric + model →
2030 min
Legacy MEE essay · Civil Procedure

Removal by a forum defendant and late notice

Analyze whether the case was properly removed and what the plaintiff should do.

5-point rubric + model →
2130 min
Legacy MEE essay · Civil Procedure

Service on an individual and a corporation

Analyze whether each defendant was properly served and the effect of the delay.

5-point rubric + model →
2230 min
Legacy MEE essay · Civil Procedure

Motion to dismiss and summary judgment

Analyze how the court should rule on the defendant’s two motions.

5-point rubric + model →
2330 min
Legacy MEE essay · Civil Procedure

Nonparty subpoena, corporate deposition, and lost email

Analyze the discovery disputes and the available sanctions.

5-point rubric + model →
2430 min
Legacy MEE essay · Constitutional Law

A single-director agency

Analyze the constitutionality of the removal restriction and the director’s challenge.

5-point rubric + model →
2530 min
Legacy MEE essay · Constitutional Law

Prayer, a benefit denial, and a neutral law

Analyze the two claims under the Religion Clauses.

5-point rubric + model →
2630 min
Legacy MEE essay · Constitutional Law

Conditions on funds, commandeering, and immunity

Analyze the state’s three challenges to the federal statute.

5-point rubric + model →
2730 min
Legacy MEE essay · Constitutional Law

Public employee, student, and permit challenges

Analyze the three First Amendment claims.

5-point rubric + model →
2830 min
Legacy MEE essay · Contracts

Promise of a job, reliance, and a subcontractor’s bid

Analyze the claims against the employer and the subcontractor.

5-point rubric + model →
2930 min
Legacy MEE essay · Contracts

UCC excuse, allocation, and liquidated damages

Analyze the seller’s excuse defense and the buyer’s damages clause claim.

5-point rubric + model →
3030 min
Legacy MEE essay · Contracts

Minor, undue influence, and mistake

Analyze each party’s right to avoid its contract.

5-point rubric + model →
3130 min
Legacy MEE essay · Contracts

Delegation, assignment, and third parties

Analyze the rights of the buyer against the supplier, the assignee, and the injured guest.

5-point rubric + model →
3230 min
Legacy MEE essay · Criminal Law & Procedure

Unlawful stop, a warrant, and knock-and-announce

Analyze what evidence should be suppressed.

5-point rubric + model →
3330 min
Legacy MEE essay · Criminal Law & Procedure

Invocation, waiver, and an undercover inmate

Analyze the admissibility of the three statements.

5-point rubric + model →
3430 min
Legacy MEE essay · Criminal Law & Procedure

North Carolina homicide grading and defensive force

Analyze the defendants’ likely convictions and defenses under North Carolina law.

5-point rubric + model →
3530 min
Legacy MEE essay · Criminal Law & Procedure

Counsel, ineffective assistance, and identification

Analyze the defendant’s Sixth Amendment and due process claims.

5-point rubric + model →
3630 min
Legacy MEE essay · Evidence

Confrontation Clause and lab reports

Analyze the admissibility of each item.

5-point rubric + model →
3730 min
Legacy MEE essay · Evidence

Expert reliability and judicial notice

Analyze whether the court should admit the expert and how to treat the noticed fact.

5-point rubric + model →
3830 min
Legacy MEE essay · Evidence

Public records, insurance, and a juror’s account

Analyze the challenged evidence.

5-point rubric + model →
3930 min
Legacy MEE essay · Real Property

Assignment, habitability, and constructive eviction

Analyze the landlord’s and tenants’ rights.

5-point rubric + model →
4030 min
Legacy MEE essay · Real Property

Implied easements, estoppel, and prescription

Analyze each claimant’s right to use the way.

5-point rubric + model →
4130 min
Legacy MEE essay · Real Property

Foreclosure, deficiency, and registration in North Carolina

Analyze the lender’s and the borrower’s rights.

5-point rubric + model →
4230 min
Legacy MEE essay · Real Property

Joint tenants, rent, and partition

Analyze the cotenants’ rights.

5-point rubric + model →
4330 min
Legacy MEE essay · Torts

Bystander and zone-of-danger emotional distress

Analyze each plaintiff’s claim for emotional distress.

5-point rubric + model →
4430 min
Legacy MEE essay · Torts

Duty to aid, voluntary rescue, and fraud

Analyze the liability of the friend, the rescuer, and the seller.

5-point rubric + model →
4530 min
Legacy MEE essay · Business Associations

Purported partner and partner liability

Analyze the liability of Dana, the new partner, and the partnership.

5-point rubric + model →
4630 min
Legacy MEE essay · Business Associations

LLC governance, authority, and liability

Analyze the members’ rights and liabilities.

5-point rubric + model →
4730 min
Legacy MEE essay · Business Associations

Promoter liability and defective incorporation

Analyze the promoter’s and the shareholder’s liability.

5-point rubric + model →
4830 min
Legacy MEE essay · Business Associations

Board action, bylaws, and voting arrangements

Analyze the validity of the corporate actions.

5-point rubric + model →
4912 min
NextGen legal-research task · Civil Procedure

Choosing sources and search terms

Identify the research questions to answer and two search strategies likely to find the controlling authority.

5-point rubric + model →
509 min
NextGen short response · Contracts

Terms to advance a settlement

Identify two benefits or drawbacks of the proposal and one term that could advance the negotiation.

5-point rubric + model →
5114 min
NextGen medium response · Real Property

Advising a tenant in a letter

Draft a letter to the tenant explaining whether the landlord may lock her out and what she should do.

5-point rubric + model →
529 min
NextGen short response · Evidence

Choosing the affiant and facts

Identify the best affiant and the facts that support each element to be proved.

5-point rubric + model →
5314 min
NextGen medium response · Civil Procedure

Drafting a document request

Draft two document requests and note one objection the opponent may raise.

5-point rubric + model →
5414 min
NextGen medium response · Criminal Law & Procedure

Facts to investigate and strongest issues

Identify the strongest suppression issue and three facts to investigate before advising the client.

5-point rubric + model →
559 min
NextGen short response · Business Associations

Client goals that conflict

Explain why a legal rule may make one of the client’s goals attainable and another not.

5-point rubric + model →
5630 min
NextGen performance task · Family Law

Which state hears the custody case

Using the provided materials, advise the client which court has jurisdiction to decide custody and what to file first.

5-point rubric + model →
5714 min
NextGen medium response · Family Law

Marital property and alimony advice

Draft a short memo advising the client how a North Carolina court will treat the house and alimony.

5-point rubric + model →
5830 min
Legacy MEE essay · Torts

Negligence per se, res ipsa loquitur, and contributory fault

Analyze the claims of the pedestrian and the store patron and the defenses available.

5-point rubric + model →
5930 min
Legacy MEE essay · Torts

Product defects, warnings, and remote sellers

Analyze the buyer's claims against the manufacturer and the retailer.

5-point rubric + model →
6030 min
Legacy MEE essay · Torts

Defamation of a public official and a private person

Analyze the claims of the mayor and the restaurant owner against the newspaper.

5-point rubric + model →
6130 min
Legacy MEE essay · Family Law

Custody jurisdiction after a move

Analyze which state has jurisdiction over custody and what each court may do.

5-point rubric + model →
6230 min
Legacy MEE essay · Family Law

Classifying and dividing property and awarding alimony

Analyze how a North Carolina court should classify and divide the property and whether alimony is available.

5-point rubric + model →
6330 min
Legacy MEE essay · Family Law

Modifying custody and child support

Analyze the father's requests to modify custody and to reduce child support.

5-point rubric + model →
6430 min
Legacy MEE essay · Criminal Law & Procedure

Felony murder, accomplices, and defenses

Analyze the criminal liability of each defendant.

5-point rubric + model →
6530 min
Legacy MEE essay · Criminal Law & Procedure

Search, seizure, and statements

Analyze what evidence should be suppressed.

5-point rubric + model →
6630 min
Legacy MEE essay · Evidence

Hearsay, exceptions, and the Confrontation Clause

Analyze the admissibility of each item in the neighbor's murder trial.

5-point rubric + model →
6730 min
Legacy MEE essay · Evidence

Impeachment, character, and privilege

Analyze the challenged evidence in the fraud trial.

5-point rubric + model →
6830 min
Legacy MEE essay · Business Associations

Apparent authority, promoters, and duty of loyalty

Analyze the liability of the parties.

5-point rubric + model →
6930 min
Legacy MEE essay · Business Associations

Partnership liability and LLC management

Analyze the rights and liabilities of the partners and the LLC members.

5-point rubric + model →
7030 min
Legacy MEE essay · Constitutional Law

Speech, forums, and public employees

Analyze the constitutional claims.

5-point rubric + model →
7130 min
Legacy MEE essay · Constitutional Law

Equal protection, due process, and takings

Analyze the challenges to the state actions.

5-point rubric + model →
7230 min
Legacy MEE essay · Contracts

Battle of the forms, conditions, and remedies

Analyze the rights of the buyer and the seller.

5-point rubric + model →
7330 min
Legacy MEE essay · Contracts

Statute of frauds, parol evidence, and third-party rights

Analyze the enforceability of the agreements.

5-point rubric + model →
7430 min
Legacy MEE essay · Real Property

Easements, covenants, and recording

Analyze the parties' rights in the land.

5-point rubric + model →
7530 min
Legacy MEE essay · Civil Procedure

Personal jurisdiction, venue, and preclusion

Analyze the defendants' motions.

5-point rubric + model →

Feedback layers

Immediate feedback and human judgment serve different roles.