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Question 1

Vermont administers the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE). Which combination of components and weights correctly describes the Vermont bar exam?

MBE weighted 40%, written components weighted 60%, with a combined passing score of 145 MBE (200 questions) weighted 50%, MEE (6 essays) weighted 30%, and MPT (2 tasks) weighted 20%, with a passing score of 270 MBE weighted 50%, a single state essay weighted 50%, with a passing score of 266 MBE weighted 60%, MEE weighted 25%, and MPT weighted 15%, with a passing score of 280

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MBE (200 questions) weighted 50%, MEE (6 essays) weighted 30%, and MPT (2 tasks) weighted 20%, with a passing score of 270

Question 2

A pedestrian is struck by a negligent driver in Burlington, Vermont. A jury finds the pedestrian 50% at fault and the driver 50% at fault, with total damages of $100,000. Under Vermont's comparative negligence statute, 12 V.S.A. § 1036, how much may the pedestrian recover?

$$0, because the pedestrian was equally at fault $$0, because Vermont follows the traditional contributory negligence bar $$100,000, because Vermont follows pure comparative negligence $$50,000, because the pedestrian's negligence was not greater than the defendant's and damages are reduced proportionally

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$$50,000, because the pedestrian's negligence was not greater than the defendant's and damages are reduced proportionally

Question 3

An owner of forested acreage in Vermont enrolls the land in the Use Value Appraisal ('Current Use') program under 32 V.S.A. Chapter 124, then later builds a residential subdivision on part of the parcel. What is the principal tax consequence of developing the enrolled land?

The owner owes a land use change tax equal to 10% of the fair market value of the developed portion The owner forfeits title to the developed portion to the State of Vermont The owner must pay back all prior years of property tax savings with interest There is no consequence because enrollment is purely voluntary and revocable at will

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The owner owes a land use change tax equal to 10% of the fair market value of the developed portion

Question 4

Plaintiff sues Defendant in a Vermont Superior Court diversity-style dispute and serves 45 written interrogatories. The Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure differ from the Federal Rules in this area. What is the likely defect?

Vermont prohibits written interrogatories entirely; only depositions are permitted Vermont's V.R.C.P. 33 limits a party to 30 interrogatories, including subparts, absent leave of court or stipulation Vermont requires all interrogatories to be answered within 10 days, not 30 There is no defect because Vermont imposes no numerical limit on interrogatories

Correct Answer:

Vermont's V.R.C.P. 33 limits a party to 30 interrogatories, including subparts, absent leave of court or stipulation

Question 5

A couple seeks a no-fault divorce in Vermont. Under 15 V.S.A. § 551(7), what must they establish to obtain the divorce on no-fault grounds?

That they have lived separate and apart for at least six consecutive months and resumption of the marital relationship is not reasonably probable That one spouse committed adultery or intolerable severity That they have been separated for at least two full years That both spouses sign a mutual-consent waiver before a notary

Correct Answer:

That they have lived separate and apart for at least six consecutive months and resumption of the marital relationship is not reasonably probable

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