Posted on 10/01/2010 10:40:08 PM PDT by Qbert
Did he eventually pass?
How bout Michelle?
“It took Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, five attempts to pass the Alaska Bar Exam, a piece of her biography that has gone unreported until now, when she faces a long-shot write-in bid for another term in her Senate seat.”
What else did she dabble in, in her past? Lisa Maroon.
“I know his wife (and Hillary Clinton, Gov. Moonbeam Jerry Brown, and a whole bunch of other so-called ‘brilliant’ Libs) bombed.”
If you can’t do anything, become a liberal politician. I hear they’ll run *anyone.* Pathetic.
Come on now, first things first...LOL. We know next to nothing about bummer. According to the ministry of propaganda, they've done their job. SICKENING.
1 Certified copy of original birth certificate
2 Columbia University transcripts
3 Columbia thesis paper
4 Campaign donor analysis requested by 7 major watchdog groups
5 Harvard University transcripts
6 Illinois State Senate records
7 Illinois State Senate schedule
8 Law practice client list and billing records/summary
9 Locations and names of all half-siblings and step-mother
10 Medical records (only the one page summary released so far)
11 Occidental College Transcripts
12 Parent’s marriage Certificate
13 Record of baptism
14 Selective Service registration records
(Did Obama Actually Register for Selective Service?
This supposed revelation of 0’s SS records has been debunked here and here.)
15 Schedules for trips outside of the United States before 2007
16 Passport records for all passports
17 Scholarly articles
18 SAT and LSAT test scores
19 Access to his grandmother in Kenya
20 List of all campaign workers that are lobbyists
21 Punahou grade school records
22 Noelani Kindergarten records are oddly missing from the the State of Hawaii Department of Education.
23 Page 11 of Stanley Ann Dunham’s divorce decree.
24 Why isn't Barack Obama still a member of the Illinois bar and where are all of the relevant documents?
25 Why isn't Michelle Obama still a member of the Illinois bar, after only about four years of practice, and where are all of the relevant documents?
“THEN they show up to “prove” that they are even-handed.”
Pathetic LIARS.
What may have held her back is that the rest of the exam at that time was probably essays and those tend to be very focussed on local state law. So if she went to law school in Oregon but was trying to pass the Alaska bar, she was at something of a disadvantage.
But . . . FOUR times? That's not a problem with not knowing the law, unless she has a really bad memory. That's a problem with being unable to see the big picture, pick out themes for analysis, and lay it out coherently on paper for the examiners. Combination of reading for content, organization, analytical skill, and persuasive writing ability.
Those skills have more to do with native intelligence than law. You can hone them (I hope she had the sense to take a bar review course somewhere in that sequence) but not acquire them.
Having to take the bar 4 times tells me that she doesn't have the smarts or at best is marginal. That's heading into legendary territory, like some of the folks that hang around the State Law Library who have taken the bar for years (15, 20 times) and never pass . . . .
I guess it is safe to say that she is not the one who took the bar exam for Obama ;-)
I had to try a case in federal court in Louisiana -- as the young associate on the case MY job was to learn all the Code Napoleon as it pertained to easements (although as I recall they were termed "servitudes" in the Code).
It was actually a ton of fun -- of course by then I had clerked for a federal judge and had been practicing for 2-3 years so I was up to speed and used to the "quick study" method. We won the case on summary judgment and the judge commended our "in depth knowledge of Louisiana real property law" which made me very happy (and didn't hurt my annual review either).
I took a bar review course too. One of the side benefits was that it significantly improved my grades my last semester of law school (in those days we could take the bar any time we thought we were ready, even if we hadn't finished law school yet. My dad took it his FIRST semester, just to see what was up. He flunked. He didn't care. He passed it his third year, but that was back in 1949!)
CPA B U M P
At least they know a debit from a credit, which is more than 90% of our House & Senate members can claim ;-)
Most lawyers would probably not be opposed to me speaking for them and venturing to say they would agree.
I wouldn't agree.
I don't know anyone who quit if they failed on one or more tries. It would be ridiculous to do so after investing three years in law school.
It wasn't a horrible experience. Like everyone else I took a BRI prep course and the inconvenience of attending the course was more a hassle then the exam. For me the exam was four sessions over two days and I was convinced I would pass after the third session. I did. In New York.
“At least they know a debit from a credit, which is more than 90% of our House & Senate members can claim ;-)”
—And how. Remember this one?:
“Now They Tell Us: CBO Double Counted Medicare Savings”
http://spectator.org/blog/2009/12/23/now-they-tell-us-cbo-double-co
I agree.
I know that of my classmates, and others I know who failed, their failure only confirmed their previous reputation. Recognized bright people didn't fail. Even if you allow that anyone can have a bad day for a variety of reasons, failing more then once is very telling.
Cheers!
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Another unknown piece of data about Obama. Has he ever taken the Bar exam? If he did, did he pass it? Did he have to take it multiple times. Was he just given a "pass" the first time? Will we ever know? One has to assume he wasn't a brilliant student. How did he get into Harvard Law school just based on merit? Well, he didn't, that's pretty obvious. I hope nationwide researchers are still digging on Obama. So much we don't know about. . .
“Why is this a mark against someone? I took the law school admissions test three times. Haven’t gotten to the bar yet, but gee whiz, why is some journalism major picking on someone who pursued (and obtained!) a higher degree because the final confirmation process took longer? Does anyone have any idea how easy journalism school.”
—I don’t know Ms. Bolstad. Who knows, maybe she has a law degree, as well. I know a fair number of law grads who hated practicing law once they got out- and now they’re much happier doing other, often lower-paid, jobs. And since when is reporting facts ‘picking on somebody’? Isn’t that a reporter’s job?
Had Murkowski exited the stage graciously after she lost the primary and endorsed her opponent, none of this would be an issue. No need to go after somebody when he or she is down- but to continue on in this power mad, obsessed quest, shamelessly smearing her opponent...
We are up to our ears in horrible legislation, and things need to be turned around quickly: The question becomes, do you want the whip-smart (honored war Vet, to boot) Conservative candidate who will get it right the first time, or his opponent who will likely struggle?
(best of luck on the bar next time, btw- and I mean that sincerely)
“Why is this a mark against someone? I took the law school admissions test three times. Haven’t gotten to the bar yet, but gee whiz, why is some journalism major picking on someone who pursued (and obtained!) a higher degree because the final confirmation process took longer?”
Failing the bar exam FOUR times is a real red flag. Some states will not even permit you to take the bar exam that many times. Bar exams are challenging but heir are preparation courses for them even after law school. Failing it FOUR times is a real Red Flag, especially when your daddy is a U.S. Senator in a “good old boys” state.
Bar exams are challenging but not impossible. The great majority pass the bar on the first try. I know only a few lawyers who failed to pass it on the first try. I know no one who failed it as many as three times. Lisa Murkowski, who is otherwise a forgettable hack politician, possesses at least that distinction. She flunked the bar exam more times than any other Senator in the history of hte United States.
Mark Levin has called Joe Biden the dumbest person in the history of the Senate. I finally found something I disagree with him on.
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