NYLE Study Guide 2026
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📋 NYLE Exam Format at a Glance
📚 NYLE Topics to Study (90)
✍️ Sample NYLE Questions & Answers
1. Under New York law, which of the following best describes 'loss of consortium'?
Loss of consortium is a derivative claim by a spouse for deprivation of companionship, services, and society caused by the tortfeasor's negligent injury to the other spouse.
2. Under New York SCPA 1001, who has priority to serve as administrator of an intestate estate?
SCPA 1001 establishes a priority list for appointment as administrator: surviving spouse, children, grandchildren, father/mother, siblings, and other eligible persons.
3. Under the doctrine of frustration of purpose, a contract may be discharged when:
Frustration of purpose (Restatement §265) excuses performance when an unforeseen event substantially destroys the value of the contract to the non-breaching party.
4. Under New York's Limited Liability Company Law, absent any provision to the contrary in the operating agreement, how are profits and losses allocated among LLC members by default?
NY LLC Law § 503 provides that, in the absence of a governing provision in the operating agreement, profits and losses are shared in proportion to the agreed value of each member's contribution to the LLC. This default rule ties economic benefit to economic investment rather than awarding equal shares.
5. A New York attorney's client is also a close personal friend. The client asks the attorney to prepare a will that leaves a substantial bequest to the attorney. Under NY RPC 1.8(c), this is:
NY RPC 1.8(c) bars a lawyer from soliciting a gift from a client, and from preparing an instrument giving the lawyer or a person related to the lawyer a substantial gift, unless the lawyer or other recipient is related to the client (spouse, child, grandchild, parent, grandparent, other relative, or an individual with a close familial relationship). A friend is not a relative, so the attorney may not draft the will; the client should use a different, independent lawyer.
6. Under New York's intestacy statute (EPTL § 4-1.1), if a decedent is survived by a spouse and two children, what does the surviving spouse receive?
Under EPTL 4-1.1(a)(1), when the decedent leaves a spouse and children, the surviving spouse receives $50,000 plus one-half of the residue; the children share the other half.
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