California Bar Releases February 2012 Results

Why is Less More Expensive?

Please help me figure this one out:

If you’re a general applicant taking all three days of the California Bar Exam you pay $614.00.

If you’re an “Attorney Applicant” your test is two days long…you don’t take the MBE…but you pay $892.00, and statistically you’ll be part of a group with a lower pass rate . . . → Read More: Why is Less More Expensive?

2012 February Bar in California: Less Frequent than Leap Years

It’s a weird one. It’s far less frequent than leap years.

It’s the February administration of the California General Bar Exam in a leap year, on a leap day, and spanning two months: February 28, 29 and March 1, 2012.

May all of these strange confluences come together in your favor!

Good luck…

-Jonathan

Rose DeWitt Not Only Goes Down on the Titanic…

“In the Matter of Rose DeWitt” examines Ms. Rose DeWitt’s contention that she denied due process when the New York State Board of Law Examiners nullified her July 2009 exam based on allegations that she cheated.

The Examiners’ allegations stemmed from Ms. Dewitt’s repeated craning of her neck to study the answers of her neighbor. . . . → Read More: Rose DeWitt Not Only Goes Down on the Titanic…

Quality Cal Bar July 11 Exam Sample Answers

As the proprietor of this Pass The Bar Exam blog, I spend a bit of time twice each year reviewing the mass of sample answers posted by various reputable bar tutors. Of course, the purpose of posting sample answers is to drive bar candidates to purchase the guidance of the tutor/author, and that’s certainly not . . . → Read More: Quality Cal Bar July 11 Exam Sample Answers

For the California Applicants…

It’s just two weeks (nearly to the hour) when you’ll learn whether you passed the July exam. While I wish all of you the best of luck, the odds say that only about half of all of you will pass. Whether you pass, or have to take the test again, remember that the only way . . . → Read More: For the California Applicants…

The Dog Days of Summer … through November

Well, the exam is over…finally…

Hopefully your bar dreams are starting to fade.

You’ve done a good job tearing yourself apart about how dumb you were in answering this question, or that question, or this MBE, or that performance exam.

Get over it. You’ve got until early-November to calm down before you start to ramp . . . → Read More: The Dog Days of Summer … through November

California Bar Exam Results in Just One More Week

It’s that time again… It’s been nearly 3 months since California Bar candidates took the February exam. The ‘bar dreams’ haunting so many each night have for the most part faded away to more pleasant nocturnal creations.

But alas, now for many the dreams have been replaced with the waiting. For some, the last week . . . → Read More: California Bar Exam Results in Just One More Week

Friday the 13th

Is it just me, or would you also be worried to see the following statement from the State Bar of California:

Results from the February 2011 California Bar Examination will be mailed to applicants on Friday, May 13, 201

Really? Really!

California Bar Exam Results Released (July 2010 Exam)

San Francisco, Nov. 19, 2010, 6:00 p.m. – The State Bar of California’s Committee of Bar Examiners reported today that 54.8 percent of the applicants passed the July 2010 General Bar Examination (GBX). If the 4,690 people who passed the July 2010 exam satisfy other requirements for admission, they will become members of the State . . . → Read More: California Bar Exam Results Released (July 2010 Exam)

For those of you who did not pass the Bar Exam…yet

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill

“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone . . . → Read More: For those of you who did not pass the Bar Exam…yet