Essay Checklist

• D/CLT (Duty to the Client)
• D/3rd (Duty to Third Parties)
• D/CT (Duty to the Court)
• D/P (Duty to the Profession)

• F (Formation)
• P Pty (Partnership Property)
• RDP (Rights and Duties of Partners)
• L/3rd (Liabilities owed to Third Parties)
• D&D (Dissociation & Dissolution)
• LP (Limited Partnership)
• LLP (Limited Liability Partnership)

• Ag (Agency)
• Au (Authority)
• K3rd (K Liability to Third Parties)
• T3rd (Tort Liability to Third Parties)

• PJ (Personal Jurisdiction)
• SMJ (Subject Matter Jurisdiction)
• V (Venue)
• Erie (Erie Doctrine)
• Pre (Pre-Trial Pleadings and Issues)
• J (Joinder of Claims and Parties)
• D (Discovery)
• Trial (Trial Issues)
• Post (Post Trial Issues/Appeals)
• RJ & CE (Res Judicata & Collateral Estoppel)

• SC (Source & Characterization of Assets)
• A (Actions)
• LP (Laws & Presumptions)
• C3rd (Creditor and Third Party Rights)
• D (Distribution)

California is a community property state. In California, there is a community property presumption. All assets acquired during the marriage are presumptively community property. There are some areas of separate property: property acquired before marriage, through gift, will or inheritance, property acquired through separate funds and rents, and issues and profits from separate property.

• J/P (Justiciability Doctrines/Preliminary Issues)
• EP (Executive Power)
• LP (Legislative Power/Federalism)
• SA (State Action)
• PDP (Procedural Due Process)
• SDP (Substantive Due Process)
• EPC (Equal Protection Clause)
• 1st (First Amendment Issues)

• AL (Applicable Law)
• KF (K Formation)
• T (Terms)
• 3rd (Third Party Rights)
• AR (Anticipatory Repudiation)
• P (Performance)
• Br (Breach)
• D/R (Damages/Remedies)

• CF (Corporation Formation)
• CP (Capitalization)
• O&D (Officer & Director Duties)
• SR (Shareholders)
• SF (Securities Fraud)
• FCC (Fundamental Corporate Changes)

• GP (General Principles)
• AL (Accomplice Liability)
• IC (Inchoate Offenses)
• C/P (Crimes Against Persons)
• C/PP (Crimes Against Property & Public)
• D (Defenses)

• F (Form)
• P (Purpose)
• 1. Logical
• 2. Legal
• 3. Character
• 4. Impeachment
• Ps (Presentation)
• 1. w/Person
• 2. w/Document
• 3. w/Judicial Notice
• H (Hearsay)
• Pv (Privilege)

• E/L (Estates in Land)
• AP (Adverse Possession)
• L/T (Landlord/Tenant)
• EPL (Easements/Profits/Licenses)
• COVS/ES (Covenants/Equitable Servitudes)
• CVYS (Conveyance)
• SI (Security Interests in Land)
• FI (Fixtures)
• NR (Natural Rights)
• Z (Zoning)

• T$ (Torts Damages)
• TLR (Torts Legal Restitution)
• TER (Torts Equitable Restitution)
• Inj (Injunction)
• K$ (K Damages)
• KR (K Restitution)
• SP (Specific Performance)
• Rsc (Recission)
• Ref (Reformation)

• VL (Vicarious Liability)
• D (Defamation)
• P (Privacy)
• N (Negligence)
• PL (Products Liability)
• SL (Strict Liability)
• IT (Intentional Torts)
• MT (Misc. Torts)

• TF (Trust Formation)
• TT (Types of Trusts)
• TP&D (Trustee Powers & Duties)
• M&T (Modification & Termination)

• WF (Wills Formation)
• C (Components of a Will)
• R (Revocation)
• ID (Issues of Devise)
• IS (Intestate Succession)