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Which State Is Limiting How Many Times You Can Pee During The Bar Exam?

No one wants to see a bar examinee piss himself during the test -- except for the National Conference of Bar Examiners, that is.

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Recent law school graduates have a lot to worry about when it comes to the bar exam. Their livelihoods are literally at stake, and they’re nervous as hell. After three years of law school, they’ve been cramming legal knowledge into their brains for weeks on end, and they’re hoping and praying that they’ll be able to pass this test so they can begin their futures as lawyers.

These anxiety-ridden, would-be lawyers are overflowing with apprehension as the days slowly tick down to the February 2015 bar exam. Unfortunately, one state’s Board of Law Examiners just gave these nervous wrecks one more thing to worry about. Which state is trying to regulate bar examinees’ bathroom breaks during test sessions?

The state in question is West Virginia, and one of its Deputy Bar Admissions Administrators sent out a notice yesterday morning that had one of our tipsters outraged: “West Virginia is limiting the number of times bar examinees are allowed to pee during the exam. I’d love to know how this is going to be enforced.” Here’s the notice:

The West Virginia Board of Law Examiners has instituted a change in policy regarding bathroom/water breaks during the bar exam. In accordance with the test security recommendations of the National Conference of Bar Examiners, applicants will be permitted to leave the exam room for no more than one bathroom/water break per three-hour testing session (i.e., one break in the morning and one in the afternoon). Pursuant to longstanding policy, no additional test time will be granted for time spent on break. If you have a medical condition which would interfere with your ability to comply with this policy, contact our office by 5:00 PM EST Thursday, February 19, 2015 at (304) 558-7815.

We echo our source’s thoughts in that we’d love to know how proctors for the exam are going to enforce this new rule. If you’ve already gone to the bathroom, will you be forcibly barred from making another trip? If you’re a nervous pee-er, now might be a good time to buy yourself some adult diapers. No one wants to see a bar examinee piss himself during the test — except for the National Conference of Bar Examiners, that is.

This may be the first administration of the exam where those who fail might appeal due to the fact that their bodily functions were falsely imprisoned. Now, we know what you must be thinking: if a woman can hold in a baby while taking the test, average test-takers should be able to go three hours without having to use the toilet on numerous occasions. Sometimes, that’s… just not possible. You all know exactly what we mean.

Sorry, West Virginia, but when February test-takers say they sh*t the bed on the exam, they may not be hyperbolizing thanks to your new bathroom-break policy.

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Is your state planning to implement this new rule for either the February 2015 or July 2015 bar exam? You better start practicing holding it in. You’ve been warned.

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