Maybe. That is not uncommon, actually. She might have taken time off to have a baby, go be admitted in some other states, gone on a long vacation after law school. Sometimes the intensity of going to law school makes it necessary to simmer down before trying the exam, which is a non-trivial exercise.TxRVer wrote:Does that mean it took her two years to pass the bar exam?WildBill wrote:She graduated law school December 2003 and was admitted to the bar in May 2005.JALLEN wrote:I wonder how long she has been a lawyer?
No stigma attaches to not making it on the first try, though. The pass rate on the CA Bar is often less than 50%. The three of us who studied together all through law school all passed on the first try, a statistical miracle.
The margin between the highest grade in the state and flunking is not that great.
When I was waiting for exam results, a long, long time ago, there was a story in the papers, just before results were to be released, about a man who had taken the CA Bar exam twice a year for some 20 odd years, never passed. It became his hobby, I guess. Talk about making you wake up screaming in the middle of the night, though.
One of my law school classmates took more than 12 years to pass the CA Bar, with a long gap to deal with the devil of alcoholism. He took it twice a year for several years, became a drunk, wandered around for a long time, sobered up, got himself together and finally passed. I wouldn't wish that on anyone, even a Kennedy. Harry just died last year.