Editor’s Note: These answers to the essay questions on the July 2010 bar examination were drawn from passing candidates who earned very high scores on the essays selected. They have been transcribed as submitted by the candidate and may contain misspellings, grammatical errors, misstatements of law or fact and erroneous conclusions. They are not to be construed as model answers, nor are they in any respect the work of the Board of Bar Examiners.

QUESTION 1 — CONSTITUTIONAL

College Town, New Jersey is home to a university with 10,000 students, most of whom come from out of state and live during the school year in residential neighborhoods near campus. College Town residents complain frequently to the Town Council about loud parties, the number of cars parked on the streets, and trash strewn about their neighborhoods. Ninety percent of complaints come from residents on streets with rental properties housing solely male students. In an effort to alleviate these problems, the College Town Council has recently passed the following ordinances: