the wait is over....
and i passed.
yes, i am a big winner in the VA bar exam lottery.
but the day has only made me realize what a crapshoot it is. my mom, who i had told not to do the whole "of course you'll pass" thing sent me an email saying that now it's easy to say they knew i would pass b/c now they know i passed. i wrote back with a bit of an angry diatribe.
because not everyone passed. two of the six people who just started at my firm didn't. which is about the average, since 71.9% passed, meaning that nearly one in three don't. and i am not looking at it as failing. it's not passing.
the one guy at my firm who didn't has already established himself as a superstar. he got put on this thing that was just blowing up in like our second week and he's done an amazing job with filing things and writing motions and doing the kind of legal research that turns up one case from the 1960s that somebody at another firm didn't find and told their client (now our client) it was ok to do, when this case says it's not ok to do. i mean, this guy has been awesome. which is in keeping with what you would expect. he is exactly the last person you would think wouldn't pass.
of course, as sick as it is, i think it's best it was him. he's established himself as someone who does great work and can be relied on in tight situations. if it was me, they'd realize that not only had i f#@!'ed up that memo, but i also hadn't passed the bar, and it would not be looking good for me. plus, he dealt with it so well. the first thing he did was walk into the office managing partner's office. i mean, that takes balls, but it was straightforward and, i think, a great approach that says a lot about him.
the other person is a guy who's not checking the bar results. like the guy who still doesn't know what his law school grades were. a few weeks ago, before the checking had even begun in earnest, he made it clear that he wanted to be left out of the loop and he wasn't going to check. so we left him out of the loop and have refrained from fretting about it in his presence. of course, we all checked for his name today. and it wasn't there. so now i don't even know if he knows! not that it's any of my business.
but anyways. so i have now picked a new profession.
i want to be one of those people who just keeps taking bar exams! like kent sinclair! or that bar-bri guy!
yes, i am serious. i didn't mind studying for it, and i didn't mind taking it. hell, i kinda liked those things. i know, you have all thought i was sick all along. and i think i had even, by the end, reached a real sense of peace with failing, so that even waiting for the results wasn't killing me like i thought it would. anyways, i would keep doing it. i mean, imagine how much less it would suck if it didn't matter if you passed or failed. if it was just a ceaseless effort to take it, just for shits and giggles, and just to see if you passed. oh, it sounds delightful!
of course, my studying for another bar exam might not be a joke. it might be a very exciting and very imminent reality! since it looks like i might be seriously considering a move to NYC in the near future. the thing that's the sickest about that is that i'm pretty sure i would enjoy studying for the bar more than actually living in NYC. (well, with the exception of the boy. the things we do for love, right? i am just not a fan of NYC. maybe some day when i am feeling like being bitter i will go into a whole explanation of that.)
but for now, i am just going to say congrats to those of you who passed! and that i really am sorry to those of you who got screwed in the VA bar lottery. (tho also a bit jealous, especially if you get a month of paid leave to study for it.)
yes, i am a big winner in the VA bar exam lottery.
but the day has only made me realize what a crapshoot it is. my mom, who i had told not to do the whole "of course you'll pass" thing sent me an email saying that now it's easy to say they knew i would pass b/c now they know i passed. i wrote back with a bit of an angry diatribe.
because not everyone passed. two of the six people who just started at my firm didn't. which is about the average, since 71.9% passed, meaning that nearly one in three don't. and i am not looking at it as failing. it's not passing.
the one guy at my firm who didn't has already established himself as a superstar. he got put on this thing that was just blowing up in like our second week and he's done an amazing job with filing things and writing motions and doing the kind of legal research that turns up one case from the 1960s that somebody at another firm didn't find and told their client (now our client) it was ok to do, when this case says it's not ok to do. i mean, this guy has been awesome. which is in keeping with what you would expect. he is exactly the last person you would think wouldn't pass.
of course, as sick as it is, i think it's best it was him. he's established himself as someone who does great work and can be relied on in tight situations. if it was me, they'd realize that not only had i f#@!'ed up that memo, but i also hadn't passed the bar, and it would not be looking good for me. plus, he dealt with it so well. the first thing he did was walk into the office managing partner's office. i mean, that takes balls, but it was straightforward and, i think, a great approach that says a lot about him.
the other person is a guy who's not checking the bar results. like the guy who still doesn't know what his law school grades were. a few weeks ago, before the checking had even begun in earnest, he made it clear that he wanted to be left out of the loop and he wasn't going to check. so we left him out of the loop and have refrained from fretting about it in his presence. of course, we all checked for his name today. and it wasn't there. so now i don't even know if he knows! not that it's any of my business.
but anyways. so i have now picked a new profession.
i want to be one of those people who just keeps taking bar exams! like kent sinclair! or that bar-bri guy!
yes, i am serious. i didn't mind studying for it, and i didn't mind taking it. hell, i kinda liked those things. i know, you have all thought i was sick all along. and i think i had even, by the end, reached a real sense of peace with failing, so that even waiting for the results wasn't killing me like i thought it would. anyways, i would keep doing it. i mean, imagine how much less it would suck if it didn't matter if you passed or failed. if it was just a ceaseless effort to take it, just for shits and giggles, and just to see if you passed. oh, it sounds delightful!
of course, my studying for another bar exam might not be a joke. it might be a very exciting and very imminent reality! since it looks like i might be seriously considering a move to NYC in the near future. the thing that's the sickest about that is that i'm pretty sure i would enjoy studying for the bar more than actually living in NYC. (well, with the exception of the boy. the things we do for love, right? i am just not a fan of NYC. maybe some day when i am feeling like being bitter i will go into a whole explanation of that.)
but for now, i am just going to say congrats to those of you who passed! and that i really am sorry to those of you who got screwed in the VA bar lottery. (tho also a bit jealous, especially if you get a month of paid leave to study for it.)
posted by laura at 10:32 PM
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I may take the NY bar next summer! Because if I have to take Jersey, I might as well get another admission out of taking the MBE again. So we could take it together! It would be much fun!
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