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Did anyone in biglaw fail the bar exam?
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Date: November 24th, 2014 11:30 AM Author: magenta submissive brunch puppy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26785098) |
Date: November 24th, 2014 11:32 AM Author: Rambunctious Curious Mood Dilemma nobody actually fails the bar. its flame. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26785103) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 1:50 PM Author: Fragrant narrow-minded philosopher-king alpha lol. no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26785982) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 1:59 PM Author: Milky Private Investor Ceo I've seen it happen twice. Both times, the associate was given another chance and passed the second time around. I'm pretty sure the second dude got docked pretty hard (like 50% salary/no bonus until he passed). They also changed his job title to something like "legal clerk". (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26786063) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 2:04 PM Author: flatulent stead tattoo how embarrassing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26786103) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 2:29 PM Author: Milky Private Investor Ceo Absolutely. Very embarrassing. Both were really nice folks, just not as sharp as advertised in the case of the girl (AA female from T14 school) and lazy in the case of the guy (played a ton of golf and didn't study). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26786352) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 4:37 PM Author: vigorous site My firm doesn't dock pay. But it's really sink or swim. The kids who spend six months on training wheels just never catch up. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26787371) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 5:39 PM Author: Milky Private Investor Ceo The girl didn't get her pay docked - she was a "legit" hire and everyone really liked her. The guy (two years later) did not get hired through the OCI/summer associate program. His father's company was a major client in transactional, lit and IP. He was a nice enough dude but obviously did not belong in biglaw. He had mediocre grades from a middle of the road state school and had no work experience and nothing else impressive on his resume. I was told that his father made a pretty strong request/demand that the firm hire his son. Some partners were for it, some partners were against it. When he failed the bar, there was egg on several faces. The managing partner came down pretty hard on him- docked pay, etc. I don't think that's the normal practice, though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26787908) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2020 2:03 PM Author: sticky gold internal respiration party of the first part (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#40794833) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 2:36 PM Author: Odious Old Irish Cottage Yes, for sure, but happens more frequently with laterals. It's a good proxy for determining laziness, as that's the only excuse for reasonably smart people other than extraordinary circumstances.
I haven't seen pay get docked, but everyone got a second chance (and one person didn't pass the second time either and he got the boot the day of the results). |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 2:38 PM Author: Slap-happy Stag Film Jap if you study, you pass
i can see it being harder for bros several years out of lawl school, though - shit has nothing to do with real life work |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 5:41 PM Author: Pink kitchen haunted graveyard DAT 2 weeks of study is sufficient. Mafoofan failed the bar from biglaw, I know a kid who failed and got DINGED by his firm without a second shot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26787926) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 2:38 PM Author: Mahogany stage skinny woman Bro, the fucking law dean from Stanford failed the CA bar. Hillary failed as well. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26786453) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 4:34 PM Author: cracking unholy sweet tailpipe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26787342) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 2:41 PM Author: Bonkers emerald garrison nowag (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26786470) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 3:43 PM Author: soul-stirring adulterous boistinker national security agency Associate at my v10 failed twice. Fired. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26786951) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 4:33 PM Author: vigorous site Once in a while, you'll see people who fail the bar. They usually pass on the second chance, but they normally do not make it into their third year with the firm. The stigma is just too substantial. While the other kids are working, you're fucking studying for the bar. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26787331) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 4:33 PM Author: Mauve Affirmative Action know a chick who failed the third time just now :( (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26787340) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 4:35 PM Author: vigorous site Is she a black? How is she still with the firm!? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26787351) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 4:39 PM Author: Mauve Affirmative Action i was too lazy to read the title carefully. she is a shitlaw clerk making $18 an hour till she passes. Then up to $24 per hour. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26787381) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 4:41 PM Author: vigorous site That's odd. Shitlawyers need their bar card more than anyone else, I think. Big law attorneys never go to Court until they're pretty senior, and M&A dudes never need their bar card. Shitlawyers need dudes to go into Civil Court to defend their fucking docket of insurance defense cases. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26787393) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 4:47 PM Author: Mauve Affirmative Action she has no business being a lawyer, but her dad pulled some favors. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26787440) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 4:48 PM Author: vigorous site W.T.F. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26787447) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 5:45 PM Author: sick honey-headed fortuitous meteor antidepressant drug not biglaw but... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Lawyer_Walks_into_a_Bar (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26787969) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 5:49 PM Author: aggressive sanctuary marketing idea I didn't actually fail, but it was close. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26788015) |
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Date: November 24th, 2014 6:13 PM Author: Rusted Den In ca it's very common for some to fail. If biglaw firm has twenty plus first years there's always one to two who fail, and it's not jut blacks u dumb fucks, lots of ppl suck at tests like that or freak out On Test day or just don't study the right way (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#26788241) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2020 4:08 PM Author: Multi-colored idea he suggested you could have stopped at just don't study. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#40795210) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2020 2:04 PM Author: Galvanic house We had a yls grad who failed twice, fired the day results came out on the second one (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#40794841) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2020 2:06 PM Author: Flushed Station Half-breed didn't 'sugarywitch' (sp?) and ruskie fail the bar out of UChicago and Boalt respectively? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#40794847) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2020 2:11 PM Author: Insecure azure immigrant cruise ship three of my classmates failed twice and were asked to leave. guess race. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#40794862) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2020 2:16 PM Author: clear heaven mother Yes in California. In any other state it would be pathetic (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#40794873) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2020 3:30 PM Author: vibrant lilac fat ankles ratface 1 dude. Azn. Claimed he was just too lazy and didn't study enough.
Another dude worked in like a Midlaw/biglaw firm. He never failed bc he never took it. Claimed personal problems and stayed at the firm for over a yr. He was finally pushed out after he cancelled on what would have been this 3x. |
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Date: August 22nd, 2020 4:49 PM Author: Flushed Station Half-breed lmao this sounds like a potentially great story. was the dude just bonkers, or do you think there was some strategic subterfuge going on? like he knew he was probably F'd for C&F or secretly failed a class his last semester and didn't graduate or something? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#40795301) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2020 7:05 PM Author: vibrant lilac fat ankles ratface I think he was worried about failing. I went to school with him. I suspect he did poorly in school. He ended up at a midlaw like firm in NY out of OCI. So I think he kept on delaying the inevitable failure. I don't know if they lowered his pay or anything like that. I would think so. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2736828&forum_id=2#40795732) |