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)
A bit O/T, but I passed the CPA without taking a Becker review course. I bought a huge prep book from Wylie, and spent hours after work studying and working the review problems. Becker is now advertising their programs, ranging from over $2000 to $6000. Needless to say, I was shocked.
I passed the bar on the first try in 1978. Taking the exam was stressful, to say the least, and I really had no idea whether I passed or not at the time. In my state, if you passed the good news was sent in a normal business envelope. However, if you failed, you were sent an application to take the exam again, which came in a 9x12 envelope. For weeks after the exam, I approached the mailbox in fearful dread of seeing any large envelope.