A Further Update on Aquagirl: Is She Still Afloat?
In response to our last post about Aquagirl -- the Clearly Goatlips Cleary Gottlieb summer associate who stripped down to her underwear and dove into the Hudson River, at a summer associate event -- one of you wrote:
Aquagirl was in my bar review class, for the Virginia bar exam. But she is NOT on the list of those who passed the July 2006 VA bar exam. Did she not take the exam? Or did she fail?There is also the issue of character and fitness. Does jumping in a river render you unfit to practice in the Commonwealth? I trust that Above the Law will find out for us all.
We're inclined to answer this reader's query with a "no." If a single instance of poor, alcohol-clouded judgment were enough to preclude bar admission, then nobody would be left in practice. So please, Virginia bar examiners -- give Aquagirl a break.
(Yes, we're biased -- we are big fans of Aquagirl, whom we have declared "magnificent." And we want to see her succeed in the legal profession, which needs more colorful personalities.)
Update: We're not alone in wishing Aquagirl well. One of you writes: "She's actually a really sweet girl, so I hope it's just that they held her app for C&F (and thus still has a chance of being admitted), and not that she didn't pass the exam."
If you can enlighten us about the fate of our favorite summer associate ever -- she's tied for first with this young lady -- please drop us a line.
Earlier: An Update on Aquagirl: Things Are Going Swimmingly
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The awesome part is those are both UVA students. With a little luck we'll sweep the top three next summer.
Maybe she has a future in maritime law
C&F issues wouldn't affect her presence on the list of people who passed the bar exam. i.e., one can pass the exam and not be admitted to the bar for other reasons.
Good point. The character and fitness part would come later.
But if Aquagirl didn't pass, it would be surprising. She was an editor of the Virginia Law Review, and she got summer associateships at both Cleary Gottlieb and Arnold & Porter. Obviously she's very smart.
(Maybe she changed her name in the interim? Got married?)
Perhaps she didn't take the MPRE. She's clerking for a 10th Circuit judge out in Denver. And no, she hasn't gotten married or changed her name.
Plenty of smart people don't pass the draconian VA Bar Exam, what with its ancient procedural rules and 20-plus substantive topics of law mired in the 17th century.
No, I'm not bitter at all.