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Working Mother Passes The Bar Exam On Her 12th Try

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You can’t give up. So I have to practice what I preach. Perseverance. You don’t give up. You keep trying.

— Evelyn Uba, in comments given while she was dancing and jumping for joy after she found out that she’d finally passed the California bar exam. Uba took the exam 12 times in total over the course of 10 years after graduating from law school in 2011. The working mother of four children studied for the test after returning home each night. Click here to see her moment of true happiness and joy.


Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.