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Bar Examination Memories

Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:42 am
Posted by JudgeHolden
Gila River
Member since Jan 2008
18566 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:42 am
Several decades ago today I took my first bar examination.

Good luck to all those taking it today.

All I remember is that it was grueling. We took it somewhere out on Airline Highway.
This post was edited on 7/22/19 at 9:43 am
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
93541 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:42 am to
quote:

Several decades ago today I took my first bar examination.

what year did you graduate law school? LSU?
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
61317 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:43 am to
I don’t remember taking the Bar exam
Posted by Ingeniero
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2013
23579 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:45 am to
I took the PE. Not sure how it compares to the bar, but I'd have hated to have a multi day exam like you poor bastards.
Posted by JudgeHolden
Gila River
Member since Jan 2008
18566 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:45 am to
LSU.

It was so long ago that the only law we had was the Ten Commandments. Moses was my professor.
Posted by Eric Stratton
Faber College
Member since Mar 2015
2056 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:45 am to
I knew there had to be a reason my stomach was in knots this morning. Possibly the worst week of my life, but only had to take it once.

We took it in the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner, which is conveniently across the street from the casino.

Good luck to all you young OTer's taking it.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
93541 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:47 am to
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It was so long ago that the only law we had was the Ten Commandments. Moses was my professor.


it wasn't St. Pascal?
Posted by JudgeHolden
Gila River
Member since Jan 2008
18566 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:47 am to
quote:

only had to take it once.


Me too. Then I also took it in another state.
Posted by HoganGidley
Member since Jul 2019
61 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:48 am to
Downtown Baton Rouge at the old civic center for me
Posted by ragincajun77
Member since Jul 2019
911 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:48 am to
Ugh, I took mine in Gonzales. Had a 3 month old baby in the hotel room with me. Quite possibly the worst week of my life.

Good luck everyone and it's still not to late to run like hell from this profession.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
106042 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:49 am to
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It was so long ago that the only law we had was the Ten Commandments. Moses was my professor.


You must have a lot of billboards by now.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
93541 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:49 am to
quote:

You must have a lot of billboards by now.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
481186 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:49 am to
quote:

We took it in the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner, which is conveniently across the street from the casino.

i did as well and when i was done i stopped at my friend's in BR and ended up having a 3-4 day bender of online poker after i slept 16 hours
Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
27902 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:50 am to
I didn't realize the LA one started today.

Taking the MA one next week....it's been a rough summer.
Posted by eScott
Member since Oct 2008
11376 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:52 am to
When you over bill your clients, once to put a stamp on the envelope and mail it, it becomes a felony.
Posted by GentleJackJones
Member since Mar 2019
5249 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:58 am to
quote:

I didn't realize the LA one started today.

Taking the MA one next week....it's been a rough summer.


Is Massachusetts a UBE jurisdiction? I absolutely despised the MPTs.
Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
27902 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:59 am to
It is. I'll be doing practice MPTs all week.
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
87732 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:00 am to
I didn't feel that stressed/tired after day 1, but I was passed out cold in a car within 10 minutes of getting picked up from the test site. Very weird, I've never had that happen before or since.

Day 2 I was just ready to finish. The MBE was less stressful than state-specific but man it was way more grueling than I thought it would be. Knowing you're a few hours away from a wild night out certainly factors in.
Posted by Eric Stratton
Faber College
Member since Mar 2015
2056 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:02 am to
You are a braver man than I. Only way I take another state's bar exam is if I get my Louisiana license revoked or I am banned from the state by JBE.
Posted by GentleJackJones
Member since Mar 2019
5249 posts
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:03 am to
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It is. I'll be doing practice MPTs all week


That sucks. The task isn't necessarily hard or overly difficult; however, thoroughly reading and completing the task in the allotted time (90 minutes, right?) is a bitch. It's so ridiculous that you aren't afforded more time for it.
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