It’s not all that unusual for a first timer to fail to pass the bar exam. It would have been more impressive if she studied more for it, and came back to passed it. She didn’t.
That is interesting to me. Most folks would want to be licensed there.
I would submit that from the Rose Law firm job forward, she was pretty much gifted with everything in life. She merely had to demand it and it was hers.
I'm sure you're correct, but my point is that ‘pedigree’ is really highly, highly overrated, yet it is one of the entry cards into political success and influence - and gets way too much undue credit. I looked at some statistics, and first-time takers of the bar in DC pass their first exam at a 60-70% rate, and that apparently includes everyone from every school - ABA certified or not.
So why has Hillary been consistently characterized as a ‘genius’ by the pundits, despite the fact that many who graduated from ‘average’ law schools obviously outperformed her? Doesn't make her ‘less’ of a person, or incapable, or a ‘bad’ attorney etc., but it is totally incongruous with the stature she's enjoyed as a ‘brilliant’ person - and clearly doesn't fit well with her ‘look how much I sacrificed for Bill’ b.s.