Success on the bar exam does seem to me to have some direct correspondence to success in the practice of law, although far more diverse skills are needed beyond merely that. I suppose one failure can be excused, but I have known several attorneys who failed the bar exam seven or eight times before passing. All of them were ultimately poor lawyers, although they all shared the same odd gift for strenuous self-promotion.
My first thought was, “What arrogance, to 1) think she’s too famous to mix with the hoi polloi, and 2) to think she’s smart enough to read for the law without significant apprenticeship hours.”
And I agree - those who fail the bar more than once tend not to be sufficiently disciplined to spend the time required to really internalize the concepts.
I celebrated my 40th year of practice in November - glad I only had to take a bar exam once, it was the most stressful thing, over the longest period of time, that I’ve ever experienced. I walked out sure of the answers to 2 out of the 200 questions on the multi-state portion and ended up scoring well. Found that out 3 months later when the results came out.
Colonel, USAF JAGC (Ret)