Bar Exams
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Bar Exams, Weirdness
The Bar Exam: And You Thought Your State Was Tough
What’s the hardest bar exam in the United States? No, it’s not California. Sure, California is hard. The whole three-day thing is a bitch, and the passage rate is low. But Cali ain’t got nothing on Guam. Check it: a ZERO PERCENT pass rate. Don’t believe us? Just ask the three people who took it […] -
Bar Exams, Lolcats, Lunacy, Paulina Bandy
The Bar Exam: Open Thread for Advice and Anecdotes
Speaking for ourselves, we’d think that accepting advice on the bar exam from anonymous strangers over the internet is like getting on the express train to Bandyland. But some of you disagree. Here are two requests we’ve received recently: “I am currently one of the thousands of students frantically studying for the bar exam. One […] - Sponsored
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Bar Exams, Celebrities, Emily Pataki, Hillary Clinton, Kathleen Sullivan, Law School Deans, Paulina Bandy, Politics, White & Case
The Bar Exam: A List of Famous Failures
If you fail the bar exam, it's not the end of the world; just ask these six celebrities, whose lives and careers turned out fabulously!
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Bad Ideas, Bar Exams, BARBRI, Law Schools, Lunacy, Paulina Bandy, Rank Stupidity, Ridiculousness
The Bar Exam: If At First You Don't Succeed...
Try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, and try again. And maybe the 14th time will be the charm! For those of you freaking out over the bar exam next week, chillax. You will probably pass. If you don’t pass this time, surely you’ll pass the next time. Or the […] -
Bar Exams, Gay, Gay Marriage, Ridiculousness
Update: Fail the Bar, Blame the Gays, Solicit Donations for Lawsuit!
Last week we brought you news of Stephen Dunne, the would-be Massachusetts lawyer who’s suing the state Board of Bar Examiners, claiming that he failed the bar exam because one of the questions violated his First Amendment rights by requiring him to approve of gay marriage. As was noted here in Non Sequiturs yesterday, another […] -
Bar Exams, David Vitter, Perverts, Prostitution, Sex, Sex Scandals
Updates on Those Horny Boys from the Bayou
We’ve appended short updates to the original posts. But in case you didn’t see them, here are postscripts to the stories of two Louisiana lawyers with possibly problematic sexual appetites: Senator David Vitter, and recent UGA law grad Philip Pirie. With respect to Senator Vitter, a source notes: Check out this NOLA.com post. The owner […] -
Bar Exams, Gay, Gay Marriage, Lawsuit of the Day, Ridiculousness
Fail the Bar, Blame the Gays, Sue for Millions!
Memo to all the recent law school grads studying for the bar exam: July Fourth means it’s crunch time. If you need extra motivation, just think how excruciating it would be to fail. Especially by only 1.134 points! That’s what happened to Stephen Dunne, who narrowly failed the Massachusetts bar exam and is now suing […] -
Bar Exams, Reader Polls, Technology
The New York Bar Exam: A Laptopgate Update
Earlier this month, we posted about the laptop policy of the New York Bar Exam. A lot of you weren’t fans: But this story, like the Oona O’Connell saga, also has a happy ending. For those of you who care, details appear after the jump. - Sponsored
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Bar Exams, Reader Polls, Technology
The New York Bar Exam: Laptopgate!
We love controversies, real or imagined. And this one, based on the volume of email we’ve received about it, is definitely real. Many ATL readers are in the middle of studying for bar exams right now. And some of those preparing for the New York bar have something to complain about other than the soporific […] -
Bar Exams, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Skaddenfreude
Skaddenfreude: Bar Stipends vs. Salary Advances
An inquiry from a curious reader who will be starting at a Biglaw shop in New York in a few months: It seems my friends starting work for Latham & Watkins this fall have received stipends (i.e. signing bonuses) of more than $13,000! And I thought I had a good deal when my NY firm […] -
Antitrust, Bar Exams, BARBRI, Eliot Disner, Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs: McGuireWoods Fires Eliot Disner
As you may recall (from yesterday’s Morning Docket), Eliot Disner is the McGuireWoods partner who criticized the settlement negotiated by his firm in an antitrust class action against Bar/Bri, the giant bar exam prep company. Actually, make that “former McGuireWoods partner.” From today’s New York Law Journal: Mr. Disner, who was a partner in the […] -
Bad Ideas, Bar Exams, Drugs, Marijuana
How Not To Study for the Bar Exam
We do not recommend following the example of “Spazzed customer,” as related in this anecdote. (But his description of preparing for the bar exam — “I have to take a really big test, and then I can forget it all” — isn’t half-bad.) Where Lawyers Come From [Overheard in New York] -
Bar Exams, Biglaw, Emily Pataki, White & Case
Congratulations to Emily Pataki!
We realize we’re rather late in writing about this. But considering our extensive coverage of her past exploits, we really must share this information with you, however tardy. Here’s the big news: EMILY PATAKI HAS PASSED THE BAR EXAM!! Guess the second time’s a charm. Congratulations, Emily! P.S. If you’re wondering why we’re bothering to […]
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Bar Exams, Prisons, Rank Stupidity, Screw-Ups
Dateline Hickman: Bungling in the Bluegrass State
An inmate charged with beating an elderly man was mistakenly released from the Kentucky Correctional & Psychiatric Center in La Grange after a fake order was faxed to officials at the facility. The mistake went undetected for nearly two weeks. In hindsight, it might not have required bloodhound-like detective skills to smell something fishy about […] -
4th Circuit, Animal Law, Bar Exams, Immigration, Morning Docket, Nude Dancing, Sports
Morning Docket: 04.23.07
* Sports agent busted for smuggling Cuban baseball players. [ESPN] * Is your bar licence up to date? [Law.com] * So a lawyer, an “oilman,” and a donkey named Buddy walk into a courtroom… [MSNBC] * Ohio strippers have to learn new dance steps. [AP via Dispatch] * UNC’s soccer coach uses some really rough […]
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Bar Exams, Law Schools, Ridiculousness, Videos
More from the Virginia Law Libel Show: The BarBri Video
The dominant company in the bar exam test prep market, Bar/Bri, has been sued for alleged violations of federal antitrust laws. That class action lawsuit may be settling — and you might be a class member entitled to settlement proceeds. Click here for more info. Are Bar/Bri’s legal woes over? Not necessarily. Given how painful […] -
Bar Exams, Books, Celebrities, Deaths, Lesbians, Murder, Non-Sequiturs, Perverts, Sexual Harassment, Tax Law
Non-Sequiturs: 03.21.07
* May we recommend that the IRS get a myspace page? [TaxProf Blog] * Quirkiness belies dysfunction: Woody Harrelson’s father, convicted of murdering a federal judge, dies in prison. [AP via MSN] * You may think people who buy hardbacks on an Oprah endorsement deserve their fate as victims of the great James Frey Swindle, […] -
Abortion, Bankruptcy, Bar Exams, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 02.22.07
* Bad faith in a Chapter 7 filing forfeits the right to convert to Chapter 13. [U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)] * Statute of limitations for a Section 1983 action based on false arrest begins to run when claimant is detained pursuant to legal process. [U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)] * South Dakota abortion ban bill fails […]
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Antitrust, Bar Exams, BARBRI, Education / Schools, Money
Breaking: You Are Probably $125 Richer Right Now
This news isn’t as exciting as a holiday bonus or a pay raise. But it does mean that if you took the Bar/Bri bar review course between 1997 and 2006 — hey, that includes us! — you can buy a round of $12 martinis for you and a few friends. According to a tipster: According […] -
Anderson Kill, Bar Exams, Brian Valery, Crime, Paralegals
Impersonating a Document Drone Junior Associate: Not As Hard As You Might Think
Today’s New York Times has an interesting article on Brian Valery, the bestest paralegal ever. The article may actually say less about Valery and more about the general uselessness of junior associates. Consider this: Steven Maass, who hired Mr. Valery’s former law firm, Anderson Kill & Olick, after Mr. Maass’s electronic trading business was destroyed […]