Done and Done

The exam was everything i thought it would be. The esssays went well and the mbe had its ups and downs. Overall the mbe was about what I expected. Congrats to all that made it through the last 3+ years. Enjoy the time off until the results. Im off to europe until mid september. Leave some love if you like.

Bon Chance

Good luck tomorrow everybody. Lets make the last three point five years of hell worth it.

frikinscrewde

A swedish word, adjective and noun, most commonly used when famous furniture maker IKEA and the National Conference of Bar Examiners collude to have a grand opening of an IKEA store at 6am- right across the street from where the bar exam is being administered.

Rhetoric

Is it even possible to want to practice law after studying for the bar?

PMBarbri

There seems to be a big dichotomy between Barbri and PMBR. Barbri takes the easy route and tells you that if you just "stick with it" you will pass. PMBR, on the other hand, tells you that if you dont do 1500 multiple choice problems before the bar exam, you're probably gonna fail. This makes for some very uneven moods. Some days I feel great about the exam, others i feel like i know nothing. Hopefully, in one week from Wednesday I will have done all the studying I need to do for the rest of my life.

There isnt anything interesting about studying for the bar. Its like studying for 14 final exams all at once, only the exams arent spaced out and an even bigger part of your life depends on your performance.

I've been putting the pressure to good use and its been paying off. I still have a long way to go and hope that my studies keep progressing over the next few weeks.

ooh the irony

"I better learn to IRAC or I'll be going to Iraq." -Classmate that will be facing active duty in the Army if he doesnt pass the bar.

Yes, I am extremely caffeinated.

The bar exam is in exactly one month from today. My mental toughness has been fluctuating dramatically lately. Some days I feel completely burnt out, others I readily see how far i've come with the studying and I feel energized. On the days I feel refreshed, nothing will get in my way from owning this test. There's a ton riding on it and im using that as fuel. The people getting negative about it, and there are a ton, wont have a place in my life during the month of July.

I came to law school with an opportunity to make my life better, and I already see the compliments it has paid me. Time to finish the task. Keep your heads up. The prize is is sight.

Creepy

I just got this program that tracks who looks at your myspace profile. All I can say is wow.

Explain it to a 5 year old

In law school they always said you had to explain your answers as if you were talking to a 5 year old. Thats fine and dandy except the Bar examiners apparently dumb the level down even further. They want you to explain yourself as if you are talking to a barely conscious somewhat literate baby. These essays suck.

Le piggeez and ze truffles

Apparently, imputing unchastity to a woman is slander per se. I would like to be the first one to point out that imputing unchastity to a man is also offensive. Even more so when there isnt another guy to give you a high five after someone calls you a slut. Oink.

An exercise in futility

I find it funny that Barbri employs some of these professors to lecture us. Ostensibly, these teachers are here because they are the best at what they do and Barbri is paying them top notch money to give up their summer vacations (or whatever it is those soulsucking professors do in the off months) and lecture our pathetic asses. So far, the professors have been excellent, that is until today. The professor literally read the entire outline to the class. Slowly. What would have taken me an hour on my own actually took 2.34 when I, and most of the class, decided to walk out. Take that Barbri. I cant wait to get my weekly evaluation. I've been looking for an excuse to break out my new red pen.

How pathetic the life of a bar prepper is.

If I wanted a joke I'd follow you into the john and watch you take a leak.

Im scared. Not scared because I cant do it, but scared because there is so much to be done. July is going to be busy. Probably the busiest month of my life, and that is a lot considering I worked 30 hours a week while taking a full load of classes and writing a 30 page graduation paper. Im just saying. Busy.

i only did one question and i got it wrong

Averaging about 36% correct on Torts introductory problems. So tell me who's having the worse day- me or Paris?

Louisville slugger to both head lights

When inquiring into the authenticity of a girl's amazing blue eyes, the prudent man should wisely note that asking her if "they're real" will only offend her and the doctor that implanted her fake breasts.

you better axe somebody

armadillos from texas listen to rap while eating tacos. That will be $2k please.

randomonium

The dust has settled and I have nothing to say. Sure, I have a ton I want to say, but prudence tells me this is not the forum. Bar study sucks but there really is no other option. I want to pass and several people's livelihoods depend on me passing. People at school are already turning into dipshits, or must have seen my "I love dipshits so please talk to me" t-shirt. What have you been studying? How many practice questions did you do last night? Inevitably, any amount of avoidance techniques are usually followed up by the dipshits sharing how many questions they did. I find it best to ignore them entirely or lie egregiously about how many problems you worked on. For example, when asked this morning I responded with 300. Its a nice round number. I did 300 fucking problems dude. That usually shuts them up. Becuase no one wants to share that they did 80, which incidentally, is pretty fucking impressive beacuse the questions are so numbing.

I actually sat in Starbucks and stared at one question for 11 minutes. Eleven. Half an Entourage episode. For one question. And in case you were wondering, i got it wrong. July 29.

Barbri Streisand

Apparently Barbri's Essay Workshop isnt an "Essay Workshop".

Best analogy for law school and legal practice i've heard so far.

Law school is a pie eating contest and the grand prize is more pie.

Vrai

Life is beautiful. I have to go listen to boring speakers talk about how this new batch of lawyers is going to do good for society. graduation speeches suck. no matter how compelling the speaker is, inevitably they will make the fatal speech mistake. They will over-compliment the graduates. Tell them they all will have jobs at fancy firms with fancy billing requirements. This is the point where our BS meters hit the red zone and apathy becomes the drug of choice among the students. Pan into the sea of graduates, most looking like haggard, on the clearance rack, older versions of themselves. Wiser? Maybe. But you didnt need the last few years to teach you that all you needed to start a greath path for yourself was some persistence. So many have given up, destined to become grinders chipping away at their soul everday. The pieces broken off never grow back. Time renders everything moot at some point but it would be nice to do this thing the right way the first time. A way to make each and every day the best in can be, in ways that will impact the things that matter; the people around you. Get off your ass and make life great.