D.C. bar exam is one of the easiest. It was even easier back then.
The pass rate for graduates of the Ivies is pretty near 100% (many of the first-time failures are from unaccredited or less than stellar law schools where they'll admit anybody who can pay the tuition).
Now, it may not mean that she's *stupid*. She may not have studied, didn't take it seriously, or like Arlo Guthrie got good and drunk the night before so she would look and feel her best . . .
. . . which goes to her judgment, not her brainpower.
Failing the DC bar exam, by far not one of the more difficult, following a Yale Law School education really does say something. Not stupid per se, but certainly not anywhere as smart as portrayed.
It would be interesting if anyone else from Yale failed the DC exam that took it that year. I bet not.
You clearly don’t have a clue about what you are talking about... the pass rate for the DC bar in Jan 2016 was 44% of those who took it
http://www.barexamstats.com/february-2016-d-c-bar-exam-results/
Different months may have different trends, but the early 100% pass rate for the DC bar is laughably inaccurate and something you just decided to make up in your head instead of just doing the most basic investigations.
The January pass rate hasn’t been over 50% in the last 5 years. So stop with the hyperbole nonsense.
This sort of thing is a red meat thing for the soldiers, but its not really something that’s a huge issue.