So people have this irrational notion that because I passed the California Bar, I'm somehow smart. There's a fallacy with that thinking. Namely-it just isn't true. No, I didn't spend countless hours studying. No, I don't know law, and if you get stopped by the police and thrown in jail, I will be just as lost as you. But I will tell you what I did, and whether it helped me pass the Bar or not, its up to you to decide. Here we go, in no particular order:
(1) prayed (to a few higher beings-I was trying to cover my bases)
(2) drank Pedialyte each morning of the Bar (for the electrolytes, not the runs)
(3) watched Wheel of Fortune each night of the Bar
(4) watched Clifford the Big Red Dog each morning of the Bar
I would love to say that I studied my ass off and was well prepared. But that would be flat out lying. Passing the bar is purely luck. It depends heavily on what food you ate the night before, what god you prayed to, what subject you studied last, whether or not your brain decides to function...I can go on ad nauseam. If there was a Real Property essay on there, would I have passed? No. Same goes for Civil Procedure (I still don't know what that is), Evidence, and Remedies. Its actually quite amazing California decided to pass me. I barely wrote a thing.
So all in all, there is no secret to passing the Bar. Its as simple and complicated as that.
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Hey, Counselor: I respectfully disagree. There is a secret to passing the Bar. It is, quite simply, a test about how to pass a test. It has nothing to do with being a good lawyer or smart or ethical or anything else . . . it's just about how to play the game (that's why you need Bar Bri or Barpassers or whatever). You just do everything they tell you the way they tell you when they tell you. Then you walk out of there and forget all of it. And get down to the business of being a lawyer.
I rest my case. :-)
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