This week, across the nation, thousands of people will sit for the dreaded Bar Exam in on of the 50 states, D.C. or Puerto Rico. The California Bar is one of the toughest in the country with three days of grueling questions (multiple choice, essay, and practical) designed to make you feel like you didn't learn a think in law school and/or during the all-too-expense, but essential, Bar prep class that you have just spent every waking moment (and then some) of your summer completing.
I still have post-traumatic stress disorder related to my own Bar exam experience. I'm eternally grateful that I passed the first time around! The Bar exam is something I never intend to take again--EVER!!! If I'm ever forced to leave the State of California, it will have to be to a state that will allow me to waive in, I'll need to pick a different profession, or I just won't work. ;)
My brother Jared takes the Bar this week in California. He's smart, has prepared well, and has all of those feelings of inadequate preparation that I remember all too well despite the fact that I took the exam 5 years ago! Good luck Jared! I know you will be blessed to remember the things you have studied (and even some of the ones you didn't/don't think you did). Remember to take a deep breath and give it everything you've got...and, if your first essay question is something you have no idea how to answer (perhaps remedies in trust like my first essay question), take a trip to bathroom, clear your head, and come back and write...it will be there!
Love you!
2 comments:
Thanks Jen. Sure hope you're right, because right now I don't feel like there's much in my head at all.
Good luck Jared - we are cheering for you!!!! (I am ... supposed to ... take the CA bar next summer and am already shaking in my boots. Literally. If it wasn't summer.)
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