Civil Procedure Issues

Since the subject area of Civil Procedure will be included for the first time in the July 2005 exam, there are no sample prior questions. To assist candidates in preparing for the exam, the Board prepared the following list of issues that may be addressed in the Civil Procedure subject area:

 

1.

            Jurisdiction

 

            Diversity

 

            Removal

 

            Subject Matter

 

            Federal Question

 

            11th Amendment Immunity

 

            Sovereign Immunity

 

            Charitable Immunity

 

            General Jurisdiction

 

            Personal Jurisdiction

 

            In Rem Jurisdiction

 

            Process

 

 

2. 

            Justiciability

 

            Standing

 

            Ripeness

 

            Mootness

 

            Abstention

 

            Political Questions

 

            Comity

 

 

3. 

            Venue

 

            Forum Non Conveniens

 

            Transfer

 

            Choice of Law

 

            Choice of Venue

 

            Choice of Jurisdiction

 

        

4. 

            Mandatory Joinder

 

            Mandatory Counterclaims

 

            Bifurcation

 

            Third-Party Practice

 

            Interpleader

 

            Cross-Claims

 

            Impleader

 

            Permissive Joinder—Multiple Parties

 

            Joinder of Claims

 

            Joinder of Parties

 

            Substitution of Parties

 

            Consolidation of Trials

 

            Separate Trials

 

            Severance of Claims

 

 

5. 

            Pleadings

 

            Specificity

 

            Defenses

 

            Motions

 

            Amendments

 

            Affidavit of Merit

 

            Frivolous pleadings

 

 

6.

            Class Actions

 

 

7.

            Intervention

 

            As of Right

 

            Permissive Intervention

 

 

8. 

            Declaratory Judgments and Injunctive Relief

 

 

9. 

            Discovery

 

 

10. 

            Summary Judgment

 

 

11. 

            Dismissals

 

            Voluntary

 

            Involuntary

 

            Failure to state a claim

 

            Judgment at close of plaintiff’s case

 

      

12. 

            Conflicts of Law

 

 

13.

            Trial

 

            Jury/non-jury

 

            Burden of production

 

            Burden of persuasion

 

 

14. 

            Post-Judgment

 

            Judgment NOV

 

            Remmittur

 

            Additur

 

            New Trial

 

            Finality

 

            Claim Preclusion

 

            Issue Preclusion

 

            Estoppel

 

            Res Judicata

 

            Repose

 

            Full faith and credit

 

 

15. 

            Appeals

 

            As of right

 

            Discretionary

 

            Scope of review