Congratulations Whitney!

[Kori Ellis]

Some of you know Whitney (kris' girlfriend) from the GTG's. She graduated law school from St. Mary's yesterday, so I just wanted to make her a Congratulations thread. (She reads here a lot, but doesn't post that much.)

Congratulations Whitney!

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[Fillmoe]

damn kris is lucky...... hes gonna be BALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIN!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!



congrats by the way

[RashoFan]

Way to o GIRL!!!! Congratulations on such a great accomplishment!!!!!

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Congrats, Whitney...now about these warrants...

[ChumpDumper]

At first I didn't know what whitey had done to deserve this....

[ShoogarBear]

At first, I thought maybe the divorce from Bobby Brown was finalized.

Congrats! Now are you going to work for The People or The Man?

[CharlieMac]

That dude in American Psycho was pretty into Whitney Houston.

Congrats on passing though. Work for the people!

[spurschick]

Congrats Whitney! That's an awesome achievement.

[JoeChalupa]

Congratulations!!

[CubanMustGo]

Awesome, WTG!

[Shelly]

Congratulations! Best of luck to you!

[angel_luv]

Congrats Whtney! That is awesome! :)

[batman2883]

congrats

[Flea]

Congrats!!!!!

[Slomo]

Congrats! :tu

Does she still kicks everybody's butts at poker?

[Little Black Jersey]

Thanks for the tread Kori! Thank you everyone for all of your congratulations!



Congrats! Now are you going to work for The People or The Man?

I'm not really sure what type of law I will be practicing yet. I know a few things that I don't want to do, but there are a lot of different things that I think I would enjoy doing so right now I am leaving my options open for the most part while I see what kind of jobs are out there.

[Little Black Jersey]

Congrats! :tu

Does she still kicks everybody's butts at poker?

Haha thanks. I haven't played poker very much lately, but the last time I did I was pretty rusty.

[kris]

Congratulations LBJ.

[Shelly]

When do you take the bar?

[T Park]

Congrats Whitney.

For those of us that know you, this isn't suprising :)

[KEDA]

:tu

[FromWayDowntown]

Welcome to the club, whitney.

Good luck on the Bar!

[Little Black Jersey]

Thanks again for all of the congratulations, kind words, and best wishes for my upcoming bar exam.


When do you take the bar?

I will be taking the bar exam July 24-26, 2007, and I will probably have the results some time in November. That's when last years July test takers got their results anyways.

[FromWayDowntown]

Thanks again for all of the congratulations, kind words, and best wishes for my upcoming bar exam.

I will be taking the bar exam July 24-26, 2007, and I will probably have the results some time in November. That's when last years July test takers got their results anyways.

Bar exam results are almost always released on the first Friday in November. It's a long, long wait, but the celebration afterwards is worthwhile.

Just remember -- 75% of all bar exam takers pass the test on the first try.

Unsolicited advice: take BarBri (or at least some review course), go to class every day, stay on top of the daily work that they give you, and take a night off on the 23rd of July to relax. The Bar is more a question of endurance than of knowledge, I think. It's all about whether you can stay focused for two 6 hour tests and 1 three hour test over those three days; if you can, you'll do fine.

[Little Black Jersey]

Bar exam results are almost always released on the first Friday in November. It's a long, long wait, but the celebration afterwards is worthwhile.

Just remember -- 75% of all bar exam takers pass the test on the first try.
Unsolicited advice: take BarBri (or at least some review course), go to class every day, stay on top of the daily work that they give you, and take a night off on the 23rd of July to relax. The Bar is more a question of endurance than of knowledge, I think. It's all about whether you can stay focused for two 6 hour tests and 1 three hour test over those three days; if you can, you'll do fine.

Thanks for the advice and encouragement! I start BarBri today and will attend an Essay Advantage Workshop and the 3-day PMBR closer to time for the bar exam. I will keep your advice in mind as I prepare and when I go take the bar exam in July. Thanks again! It is so nice to get tips for the bar exam and encouragement from someone who has successfully gone through this process before me!

[Mr. Peabody]

I will be taking the bar exam July 24-26, 2007, and I will probably have the results some time in November. That's when last years July test takers got their results anyways.

Even more unsolicited advice -- Take at least one of the PMBR courses (the short course is just as good as the long course) and work on as many multistate practice questions as you can bear. PMBR gives you two books, a red book and a blue book. Try and do all of the questions in the red book, if you can (there are at least a thousand, so do 40-50 everyday). When people fail the bar, it is usually because of the multistate, but if you work on enough practice questions, you'll be fine.

Also, go back and look at the procedure and evidence questions from the previous three or four years. I would say that 80% to 90% of these questions on your exam will be recycled from previous exams. When I say recycled, I mean that they will literally be word-for-word. You can do yourself a huge favor by looking at the prior exams.

Don't believe them when they tell you that you won't have an oil and gas or tax question on the written portion of the exam. One of the two will be there and if you aren't prepared, you will get burned.

Don't pay attention to what others are doing or how they are doing in their studies. There is a lot of puffing prior to the exam and you will worry yourself sick if you dwell on the fact that you got 48% on a practice exam and your friend got 63%.

Finally, pace yourself in your studying. Take at least one day a week off, if not two, and go to the movies or just relax. If you push yourself too hard, you will burn out before the exam.

Good luck to you.

[Bigzax]

miss whitney. i've seen you at the gtg's. i don't know if i've ever said hi. but you know what? fucking congrats. that's a helluva degree. :tu

[FromWayDowntown]

Don't pay attention to what others are doing or how they are doing in their studies. There is a lot of puffing prior to the exam and you will worry yourself sick if you dwell on the fact that you got 48% on a practice exam and your friend got 63%.

Finally, pace yourself in your studying. Take at least one day a week off, if not two, and go to the movies or just relax. If you push yourself too hard, you will burn out before the exam.

Good luck to you.

Mr. Peabody is right about everything in that post, but I highlight these two things based on my own experiences. I struggled mightily with multistate questions, particularly in the days leading up to the bar exam, and really fought some demons as friends would come down to my study carrel and brag about having gotten 80% of the torts questions right, or something like that. I finally decided that I didn't need to concern myself with how others were doing -- that I needed to just learn the material and worry about getting enough right to pass the exam. Curiously, once I did that, my practice scores went up, I learned the material, and did well enough on the multistate to cruise to a passing score.

Also, I think studying for the Bar is like a job, but even a job gives you some time off during the week. You haev the better part of two months to prepare. That's more than enough time to review the material and get concepts straight in your head -- you should aim to be efficient in your studying, but not exhausting. The best thing that I did the summer before the Bar exam was to take the 4th of July weekend off. I had rented a house with some friends and we threw a wild 4th of July party and just relaxed on the 5th. It seemed to refresh me and give me the second wind to get through to the exam date. It might not have been a cure for all, but it certainly worked for me. Harder to do that with the 4th falling in the middle of the week this year, but don't be shy about taking time off and reserving some time for you to do things that you enjoy.

Above all else, though, Peabody is right -- good luck!

[Jimcs50]

Good, we need another lawyer in the United States.

:)


j/k congrats.

:elephant

[Little Black Jersey]

Thanks to all who have congratulated me after I last posted in this thread! I will take the PMBR too as you recomended Mr. Peabody. You have offered great advice that I will try to follow. I appreciate the way you and FromWayDowntown have taken the time to share what your experiences have taught you, and I know the advice you have given will help me as I prepare for the bar exam.

[ShoogarBear]

Good, we need another lawyer in the United States.
This from a guy who has never been able to pass a bar in his life.

[Kori Ellis]

BUMP!!

I wanted to bump this because Whitney passed the bar!!!

:elephant :clap :elephant

Congrats, Whitney!

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Congrats, Whitney.

You are now free to go defend Richard Lee. :lol

[angel_luv]

Congrats Whitney! :)

[PM5K]

Kris has a super hot sister...

[KEDA]

If I ever need a lawyer, Whitney is going to be my #1 choice!

[FromWayDowntown]

Congratulations again, Whitney -- and welcome to the club!

[AmericanPsycho]

That dude in American Psycho was pretty into Whitney Houston.

Congrats on passing though. Work for the people!

Kudos!! Well done.

[SpursWoman]

Very awesome ... congratulations! :elephant

[spurschick]

Congratulations Whitney!

[PakiDan]

congrat's Kris!!!!

[Slomo]

Congratulations Whitney!!!

There's an amusing lawyer story I've heard recently.

What do you call 1000 lawyers at the bottom of the sea?
:tongue




Please don't sue me!

[Little Black Jersey]

Thanks everyone! I was very excited to get the good news! :)

[Little Black Jersey]

Congratulations Whitney!!!

There's an amusing lawyer story I've heard recently.

What do you call 1000 lawyers at the bottom of the sea?
:tongue




Please don't sue me!
:nope I guess I could let it slide just this once. ;)

[Taco]

Hoooo RAY!!!!!!!!


Congrats!!!

Us here Spurstalk Posters could use a good lawyer!!!!!

[Kori Ellis]

congrat's Kris!!!!

:lol

[Shelly]

Congratulations!!!

[duncan228]

I don't know Whitney, but having watched my sister-in-law go through law school and pass the bar I wanted to add my congrats.
An intensely difficult course of study with a mother of a test to cap it off.

My best to you and your future career. :toast