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

By: Jonathan H.

Jonathan H. — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:48:07 +0000

I recently took the CA Bar exam this past year. Coming from Whittier college (usually considered to be a “lower tier” school), I along with my fellow classmates enrolled in Barbri’s program. I DO NOT SUGGEST THIS PROGRAM FOR ANYONE. The course material is super dry and is extremely costly. I personally suggest using supplements online that are a much cheaper way to go. The majority that have good reviews work really well. I used these outlines called “Breeden’s Attack Sheets” which worked pretty well for me….

Hope this helps.

By: JDJ

JDJ — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:28:38 +0000

For all those saying it’s the non-aba bar examiners which decreases the bar exam pass rate in California.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Bar_of_California#cite_note-39

“Summary statistics compiled by the National Conference of Bar Examiners show that when considering only graduates of ABA-accredited schools, the average pass rate for the years 2003-2006 was 54.5% — 8.9% lower than the pass rate for Florida — the next lowest “large population” jurisdiction.”

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.