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94 Univ. Colorado L. Rev. F. 1 (2023)

handle is hein.journals/uvsyocd94 and id is 1 raw text is: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW REVIEW Forum 2023 CIVIL PROCEDURE AND THE NEW BAR EXAM JEFFREY A. PARNESS* INTRODUCTION.............................................................................1 I.INCOMPLETE WRITTEN FRCP AND FEDERAL STATUTES...... 3 II. KEY DIFFERENCES IN CIVIL PROCEDURE LAWS ACROSS THE U NITED STATES ........................................................ 5 III.CIVIL PROCEDURE IN INTEGRATED EXAM QUESTIONS............8 CONCLUSION ................................................................................9 INTRODUCTION In 2022 the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) issued its Content Scope Outlines for public comment,1 soliciting input on significant oversights.2 The outlines were designed to inform the public of the scope of the topics to be assessed in the eight Foundational Concepts and Principles (FCP) and the scope of the lawyering tasks to be assessed in the seven Foundational Skills (FS) on the next generation of the bar exam.3 One of the eight FCP was Civil Procedure, including * Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University College of Law. BA, Colby College; JD, The University of Chicago. Some of these thoughts were sent in April 2022 to the National Conference of Bar Examiners in response to its solicitation of comments. .NAT'L CONFERENCE OF BAR EXAMINERS, NEXT GEN BAR EXAM CONTENT SCOPE OUTLINES (2022) [hereinafter 2022 NCBE CSO], nextgenbarexam.ncbex.org/csopc-register. 2. Id. at 1. 3. Id. The FCP appear in id., at 7-38, and the FS appear in id., at 4-6. See infra, notes 10 and 11.