Note that both FDR and JFK failed their bar exams on the first try, yet went on to become very

TyroneIrish 25780 posts Joined: Oct 8, 2020

Posted 12:05 pm on Sep 18, 2024

successful and revered Presidents, so you're right that passing the bar exam on the first attempt isn't the 'be all and end all'...nonetheless, the consensus opinion of those in the legal field is that CA's exam is the toughest in the nation.

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Note that both FDR and JFK failed their bar exams on the first try, yet went on to become very TyroneIrish 12:05pm · 9/18/24
- JFK wasn’t a lawyer. He never took a bar exam.NT Frank L 4:59pm · 9/18/24
  - Thanks...I missed the "Jr."...but FDR is not a bad reference for conveying the message that a Link TyroneIrish 7:08pm · 9/18/24
    - Agree, in fact I posted that below. When she took that test, it was hard. But the crazy low pass Frank L 7:53pm · 9/18/24
    - The attachment is correct. JFK Jr did flunk the bar in the 80’s. But not JFK the president.NT Frank L 7:19pm · 9/18/24
- That is not the consensus. But knowing nothing never stopped you beforeNT irish93 12:28pm · 9/18/24
  - Show us a report, commentary or any publication that ranks another state's bar exam TyroneIrish 1:41pm · 9/18/24
    - Talk to your family attorney. The CA bar is not the most difficult. The pass rate is low because one irish93 3:42pm · 9/18/24
      - The bottom line is that Kamala Harris passed the CA bar exam on her 2nd try, 6 mos later and has Link TyroneIrish 7:00pm · 9/18/24
        
        Plenty of people from decent law schools fail that bar once. It’s one of the harder ones, or at Frank L 7:22pm · 9/18/24
      - Or you can go to an unaccredited school.NT Frank L 5:00pm · 9/18/24

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