Exam Preparation Materials

I. General Approach to the Exam

First Amendment Rights Exam: General Approach to Essay Questions


II. Sample Exam Questions, Answers, and Grading Sheets

Bad Frog Sample Exam Question

Bad Frog Sample Exam Answer

Bad Frog Exam Question Grading Sheet

Sign Ordinance Sample Exam Question

Sign Ordinance Question Grading Sheet


III. Substantive Material Related to Specific Issues

Brandenburg Test and Brandenburg's Speech

Fighting Words and True Threats

Miller Test

Central Hudson Test

Symbolic Speech: Original Spence test and as Modified in Hurley

Symbolic Speech: O'Brien Test

Time, Place, and Manner Test

Overbreadth

Public Forum Doctrine

Public Forum Arguments for Each Side

Pickering Balancing Test

Public Concern Speech

Official Duty Speech