Comments on: I Failed the Bar Exam: Am I Fired?

By: um no

um no — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:56:34 +0000

at no time in the history of the earth has the PA bar been harder than the NY bar. seriously.

By: Klobberhuas

Klobberhuas — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:08:15 +0000

Female lawyers worth sleeping with? Maybe if you look like Paul Giamatti.

To the OP, I failed the NY bar and I was screwed. I passed the PA bar, it was harder than the NY bar. Look on the bright side though – it’s normal to get laid off these days. You can go outside the Cali market and hock your big firm experience and say you were laid off for economic reasons.

By: NJ

NJ — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:44:25 +0000

You “almost literally threw up.” How does one do that?

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:06:17 +0000

I think “noway” is jealous that he did is not gettin any piece of this female legal action, but guess what–any female lawyer that would sleep with a partner in all likelihood isn’t worth sleeping with anyway, so don’t be jealous. There is far better female action outside of the profession, trust me.

By: noway

noway — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:16:26 +0000

“…since women don’t usually go around screwing men to keep their jobs.”

Lol. Tell that to all those stay-at-home moms and, come to think of it, even some of the female lawyers I worked with.

I knew at least three women at a firm who made partner while on their backs for equity partners, and I didn’t even give enough of a sh-t to actually pay attention–those instances were just so blatant you could not miss it. My guess is there are a *lot* more out there.

Women trade sex for goodies. That is just how it is.

By: Rufus

Rufus — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:41:55 +0000

I am the 40 year old beefcake from Gossip Girl. Lots of kids will be named Rufus in the next couple of years.

By: Alma Federer

Alma Federer — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:51:44 +0000

Rufus, what a dumb name that is. Usually a dog is named Rufus. Your answer is not helpful, since women don’t usually go around screwing men to keep their jobs.

By: LALaw

LALaw — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:48:52 +0000

The reason the CA bar has such a high fail rate is they allow people who didn’t graduate from accredited law schools to take it. The Louisiana Bar is actually the hardest–lower pass rate than NY usually, and it consists of 3 FULL days of essays on law that very few people learn in law school since it’s all Napoleonic Code based.

Oh, and yeah, you’re totally fired. Firms can’t afford to keep on glorified clerks when they’re supposed to be attorneys.

By: Rufus

Rufus — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:10:33 +0000

If youre a guy, your screwed. If youre a woman, getting screwed is the answer. If you hump a partner or 2, they’ll have to keep you on.

By: David

David — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:21:45 +0000

You have to pass the July California bar – meaning you need time to study, which can be hard while working. What about asking the firm for an unpaid leave of absence until July, then returning to work? Depending upon the personalities involved they may go for it, you get the time off you need to study; if not, it may give a good impression and lessen the chance of being fired. If they later decide to terminate you, you can negotiate severance then and will hopefully have passed the CA bar.

If you continue working and fail again, you will be fired, and will then be thinking “if only I’d taken more time off to study…”.