As our grading for the year winds down (I hope), here's my nomination for the funniest exam blooper of the season. I'm halfway through grading my PR exams, and so far, I've seen two instances of "ad hoc vice" admissions. Like the "mean test" (my nomination from my last set of Basic Bankruptcy exams), "ad hoc vice" may be a more apt name than "pro hac vice." BTW, by doing a Google search of "ad hoc vice," the second entry is the Wikipedia entry for "pro hac vice." Wow.
Anyone else have any gems?
(Posted by Nancy Rapoport)
Could "mean test" perhaps have been a wry editorial comment?
Posted by: Eric Fink | December 23, 2009 at 11:26 AM
My favorite so far is an answer all about whether a "perspective client" has a right to confidentiality under Model Rule 1.18.
Posted by: Alberto Bernabe | December 23, 2009 at 12:40 PM
"Mean test" certainly could have been an editorial comment, both in terms of my exam AND in terms of Congress's bankruptcy amendments!
Posted by: NRapoport | December 23, 2009 at 01:17 PM
My favorite is that emancipation occurs when someone attains the age of adultery...
Posted by: Giuliana Robertson | December 24, 2009 at 08:45 AM
"I know that A should get hosed here, but I don't know exactly why. Presumably, B's lawyer will tell him why."
Posted by: David Friedman | December 28, 2009 at 09:59 PM
I have read several answers to torts questions making reference to the "approximate cause" of the injury.
Posted by: AB | December 31, 2009 at 12:04 AM