So apparently your grade on the bar exam does matter (to some)
I realize that by posting this, readers who don't know me will now know where I went to law school. But I can't resist.
Apparently PEPPERDINE alum Land Murphy got the highest score on the Texas Bar exam. Land was the legend of the law school when I was a 1L and he was a 3L. I think he ended up getting one of the higest GPAs in its history, or something (but that distinction might go to some other smart guy who went to Pepperdine -- it's hard to keep straight all the rumors that float around that place). I don't know.
He seems to be equally prolific at taking bar exams as law school exams.
What I think is funny/interestng about this story is that he was a bit concerned about some of the essay questions and THOUGHT HE MIGHT END UP FAILING. This just shows what a self-esteem-killer the legal education and qualification process can be. Even if you have genius-level grades and kick everyone else's butt, self-doubt is never very far away. I'm glad he told that story actually, because it shows SELF-DOUBT HAPPENS....even to the best of us.
I don't mean to make light of Land's accomplishment. I know from 2 weeks of doing Bar-Bri that the bar exam is really really really really hard. It will be the most difficult thing I will ever undertake. So to get the highest score in the state is an amazing accomplishment.
Of course I will never get a good enough score to have a story published about me and it on the law school website ("Well, not with that attitude you won't..." would be SP's response to that remark). But that might be a good thing -- too much pressure. The older I get, the more I realize that MORE pressure is really the last thing I need -- I impose plenty of it on myself without any outside help.
Apparently PEPPERDINE alum Land Murphy got the highest score on the Texas Bar exam. Land was the legend of the law school when I was a 1L and he was a 3L. I think he ended up getting one of the higest GPAs in its history, or something (but that distinction might go to some other smart guy who went to Pepperdine -- it's hard to keep straight all the rumors that float around that place). I don't know.
He seems to be equally prolific at taking bar exams as law school exams.
What I think is funny/interestng about this story is that he was a bit concerned about some of the essay questions and THOUGHT HE MIGHT END UP FAILING. This just shows what a self-esteem-killer the legal education and qualification process can be. Even if you have genius-level grades and kick everyone else's butt, self-doubt is never very far away. I'm glad he told that story actually, because it shows SELF-DOUBT HAPPENS....even to the best of us.
I don't mean to make light of Land's accomplishment. I know from 2 weeks of doing Bar-Bri that the bar exam is really really really really hard. It will be the most difficult thing I will ever undertake. So to get the highest score in the state is an amazing accomplishment.
Of course I will never get a good enough score to have a story published about me and it on the law school website ("Well, not with that attitude you won't..." would be SP's response to that remark). But that might be a good thing -- too much pressure. The older I get, the more I realize that MORE pressure is really the last thing I need -- I impose plenty of it on myself without any outside help.
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