Legal Source Hierarchy

Authority and precedent only — no classification codes. Each problem arrives as a short fact pattern and a single question about which source controls, which agency's regulations govern, or how far a decision binds. Nothing is revealed until you commit.

Select a study mode

• Hierarchy OnlyRanking conflicts between statute, court precedent, regulation, precedent decisions and Policy Manual guidance, plus how far each binds.
• Agency Source Only8 CFR and the Department of Homeland Security against 22 CFR and the Department of State, keyed to the step described.
• Published vs. Unpublished OnlyPublished precedent versus unpublished non-precedent BIA and AAO decisions, and exactly whom each one binds.
• Source DefinitionsStraight identification: what the Constitution, the INA, 8 U.S.C., 8 and 22 CFR, the Supreme Court, circuit courts, the BIA, the AAO, the Policy Manual and the FAM each are.
• Mixed Exam ModeEvery question type in this track, evenly distributed across the rule set.
• Timed ModeThe same mix with 40 seconds per problem.