re: Are doctors and lawyers who don&#39;t pass boards and the bar

Posted by Wooly

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Posted on 8/30/16 at 12:56 pm to Elleshoe

I've always heard

"What do you call someone who passed the bar after 4 attempts? A lawyer."

So it probably doesn't matter.

Posted by Creamer

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Posted on 8/30/16 at 1:00 pm to Elleshoe

Where do you think politicians and professors come from?

Posted by Carson123987

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Posted on 8/30/16 at 1:00 pm to gadknot

u got unbanned baw?

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Posted by Breesus

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Posted on 8/30/16 at 1:02 pm to Carson123987

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Carson123987

Welcome back, mother fricker

Posted by gadknot

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Posted on 8/30/16 at 1:03 pm to Carson123987

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u got unbanned baw?

no I'm banned

Posted by shutterspeed

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Posted on 8/30/16 at 1:04 pm to gadknot

This thread has strangely become a de facto OT reunion thread.

Posted by tigerpimpbot

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Posted on 8/30/16 at 1:13 pm to Elleshoe

I've heard of a few lawyers that can't pass the bar ending up at insurance defense firms as paralegals. I can't imagine a more miserable existence than having a law degree but having to eat shite from 1st year associates, partners and the insurance adjusters that send cases to the firm.

Posted by Grandioso

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Posted on 8/30/16 at 1:14 pm to Elleshoe

No. Didn't the dean of Stanford law school fail the California bar?

From my attorney friend's opinions, it's a stupid, pointless test that isn't very representative to the practice of law.

This post was edited on 8/30/16 at 1:15 pm

Posted by TIGRLEE

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Posted on 8/30/16 at 1:39 pm to Elleshoe

My wife and her law school pals all laugh at people who couldn't pass the bar first time or went to su law school instead of LSU or Tulane.

Posted by TheOcean

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Posted on 8/30/16 at 2:08 pm to Grandioso

It's a way to keep lawyer #s down. A third of my class failed the bar--granted the exam was probably the toughest the state has ever given.

I wouldn't say it's stupid or pointless. Many of the people who failed shouldn't practice law to begin with. If you can't pass a test after 7+ year of college/law school and 3+ months of studying (with tutoring from the school/bar prep courses), then you should find another profession. And I have a ton of respect for people who take it a second time and pass.

This post was edited on 8/30/16 at 2:09 pm

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Posted by Elleshoe

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Posted on 8/30/16 at 2:59 pm to TIGRLEE

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My wife

she still slaving away for the DA for less than 100k?

Posted by Red Stick Tigress

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Posted on 8/30/16 at 10:24 pm to Elleshoe

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hell naw. past first try.

But you can't spell passed.

Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 8/30/16 at 10:26 pm to Elleshoe

quote:
Elleshoe

Posted by JohnnyKilroy

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Posted on 8/30/16 at 10:43 pm to TheOcean

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If you can't pass a test after 7+ year of college/law school and 3+ months of studying (with tutoring from the school/bar prep courses), then you should find another profession

Lol

Posted by JohnnyKilroy

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Posted on 8/30/16 at 10:46 pm to Elleshoe

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on the first try stigmatized within their profession or by the public in your mind?

How would anyone the public know a lawyer didn't pass in their first try? And other than perhaps the firm they were working for at the time of the failure, how would anyone in the profession know?