The World Cup

How am I supposed to be able to focus on my bar studies with the world's greatest sporting event going on?

Oh, that's right, I'm an American.

So True

So July 8th Is the Drop Dead Date?

You are SUPPOSED TO SUCK at both MC and Essays at this point. Yes, suck is right on schedule. If you suck a month from now, then there's a problem. Please please stop beating yourself. Go out and buy another one of those divine cupcakes.

I'm actually hoping there's a little bit more time than that to finally get it. I'm hoping it's like first semester of 1L when most people seemed to get it right before exams began. And of course, I also hope everyone continues to improve as they progress through their bar studies.

It Is Like 1L All Over Again (But Way Less Fun)

I'm in agreement with the following:

My brain seems again to be regressing to the first year of law school days when everything - especially unshoveled sidewalks outside of Starbucks - was a negligence suit waiting to happen and I yelled at TV lawyers for getting things wrong. I'm not really watching TV and I'm not going to Starbucks, but the law taking over common sense and normal human interaction is happening again. Someone makes a declaratory or conclusory statement and my automatic response is, "Do you have any evidence to back that up?" Trading food supplies with my roommate and the subject of value comes up, I point out the peppercorn theory of consideration, and she responds that she liked me better before I decided to go to law school. Fun stuff.

I guess the tendency to see the world as one huge hypo is bound to happen when the study of law consumes your life.

It's no picnic.*

*My entry for understatement of the year.

Uh "Nivvy Poo" Is Right

Brandy is a schmuck. I find myself feeling way behind too as I'm sure most others do, but then I have something to drink and I'm over it. Feel free to try.

I <3 Summer Weather

Inspired by this and the following IM conversation:

OE: ha, not at all...it was just an observation now that summer is here and I seem to see a lot more outdoors excursions.
Bruin7089: i see
Bruin7089: it's inspiring me to make my own poll
OE: Aha! About what, pray tell??
Bruin7089: short shorts or mini-skirt hmmmmm?
OE: Oooh...good question.
OE: It depends.
OE: Short-shorts for the cute, girl next door type, mini-skirt for the kinda slutty, kinda easy type.
OE: If I had to pick one, I'd prefer the mini-skirt.
OE: If only for the upskirt potential.
Bruin7089: me too
Bruin7089: i was thinking along the lines of easier access
Bruin7089: but whatever

Not really bar related except that both of us are taking the bar and apparently have more pressing things on our minds than studying for the bar. Anyway, feel free to leave an explanation of your vote.

Con Law MBEs

So in my last three sessions of doing 30 MBEs on Con Law I have gotten 76% right, then 48%, and finally 60%. What does this mean? Who the fuck knows. I'm just hoping of not getting into a pattern of one step forward and two steps back. I'm also hoping that I didn't just waste my best performance on practice.

So What's Your Incentive For Passing The Bar?

Are you ready to introduce yourself to people, "Hi, my name is Smith. I'm an attorney here in California." Are you ready for that? What does it mean to you to have this license?

I ask because for some people, the dream of becoming a lawyer is powerful incentive, the goal will propel you to success. For others, this may ironically be a stumbling block. Why? Because some people either aren't ready to or do not want to work as lawyers. Subconsciously, there may be demands to live up to other's expectations, or you may just know lots of lawyers who hate their jobs. If a part of you even resonates slightly to this hesitation, please do not let it stand in your way.

A couple of truths to remember: 1) Passing the Bar and getting licensed will give you credibility, no matter what you decide to do professionally down the road. 2) Passing the bar does not require you to do any one job. Having the license will open many doors ---some predictable, and some you might never have envisioned. There are infinite ways in which the skills you have developed can be transferred into an equally infinite number of interests ---professional and personal.

I would not say that being able to practice law is my biggest incentive to study for and pass the bar. Right now it is more a fear of not knowing what to I will do if I should fail the bar that is motivating me to put in the time and effort.

Anyway, I am curious as to hear what is driving others to pursue success on the bar exam, especially from those who do not want to be lawyers.

For Those Who Don't Know

Studying for the bar exam is like this, it's like the one studying for the bar is a goat and the bar exam is like some crazed man coming at you with an umbrella. It's exactly like that.

There Are Only So Many Ways

To say that studying for the bar exam sucks that is. Which is reason enough for the light posting around here. I'm also self-studying so there really isn't much material in the way of dumb conversations I can quote.

But I'll try to post on a daily basis. Like I'll try to at least do 50 MBEs, 3 essays, and go over 2 outlines each day for the next 7 1/2 weeks.