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Bar Exam Advice

By Grace

So, the bar exam is coming up. I know this because people keep on googling "Bar Exam Advice" I also know it because a couple of my favorite bloggers, Daisy and Anonymous Hottie, are getting ready to take it.

I have no advice. I have absolutely NO clue how I passed the bar. The whole thing freaked me out so badly, that a few weeks before the exam, I asked my friend to hit me with his car. Not so badly that I'd die, but just badly enough that I wouldn't have to take the fucking test. Being a good friend, he did not hit me with his car. (If you're reading this J.M., thanks!) So this is what this post is about.

This post is advice on how to deal with someone you care about who is taking the bar. Not about how to pass the bar. Because, again, I have no fucking clue. So, I am re-posting something I posted last year about this time. But I also really want other people who have recently taken the bar to give advice on things that maybe you shouldn't say or do to someone for the next month if they are taking the bar.

Wayward Esq, NambyPamby, Harmless Error, Fannie, all the rest of you... speak up.

So without further adieu, How to Speak to Someone Studying For The Bar: A Practical Guide

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Grace: I am totally going to fail the bar.

Impermissible Answer: Of course you will, with that attitude.

Permissible Answer: You're a rockstar! You are the smartest person on the planet. You're going to kill the bar.

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Grace: I think I smell.

Impermissible Answer: Hmm..Is that you? I wasn't sure.

Permissible Answer: Yeah you smell- like a bucket of fresh cut petunias, Baby.

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Grace: I'm hungry

Impermissible Answer: Go eat something!

Permissible Answer: Here's a plate of nachos. Let me know when the cheese gets hard or the chips get soggy and I'll take them away and bring you a filet.

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Grace: Is it too early to start drinking?Impermissible Answer: Have you done nine hours of studying yet today?Permissible Answer: Glug glug glug (sound of wine being poured into coffee mug)

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Grace: I wonder what's on TV.

Impermissible Answer: Probably not America's Next Top Secured Transaction, Loser.

Permissible Answer: I think America's Got Talent starts tonight.

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Grace: I totally don't understand Secured Transactions.

Impermissible Answer: I TOLD you to take more UCC courses! (Dean of the law school spewed out this little gem when I ran into her at lunch)

Permissible Answer: You are going to be totally fine! I will totally help you figure this out.

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Grace: I'm still hungry.

Impermissible Answer: You just ate!

Permissible Answer: I've brought you a selection. A. White Castle, B. Taco Bell, C. Sushi, D. A cobb salad, and E. All of the above.

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Grace: (total silence)

Impermissible Answer: How's the studying?Permissible Answer: (total silence)

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Full post as published by Law with Grace on June 24, 2008 (boomark / email).