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[edit] Also, law students are famous for bitching at any opportunity

POV much? "considered by" is a scourge of Wikipedia, right up there with "best known for" in letting authors slide in their opinions on a topic.

"Bar review is considered by many to be one of the most stressful and unpleasant experiences which a law student faces before becoming a lawyer."


[edit] Louisiana

I took Wikipedia's encouragement to be bold and split out the material on the Louisiana Bar Exam. The coverage within this article was excessive, but it was excellent material on a notable subject. I plan to write what I hope will be an even better article on Virginia's exam as soon as I have more fully recovered from taking Virginia's exam. When written, I will give it the same separate article treatment. Erechtheus 01:08, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brazil

(I'm sorry about my English, so i'm not going to put this on the article. I ask someone to put in there.)

In Brazil, there is a bar examination, that occur in each State in March, August and December. These examinations are organized by Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, the Brazilian Bar association. The mediocre results led the Brazilian population to question the quality of Law in colleges, because the best results usually tend to concentrate in a few universities, although the most of colleges are severely non-represented[1]. (unsigned comment by 201.67.22.182 at 18:21, 8 February 2007

Hello! I'll take a whack at it, and thanks for the information! Please consider getting a logon & user page, so you can get full credit for your contributions, networking et cetera! rewinn 03:55, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Patent Bar"

Many people call the examination to practice before the USPTO the "patent bar." This is inaccurate as the exam is not even a bar at all (nonlawyers may take and pass the exam). Thus, I removed the notion that "the patent bar is the only bar not administered by a state" in this article because I believe that such a reference would propagate the fallacy. Also, I think that the paragraph it is still factually incorrect because D.C. administers its own bar as well and is not a state. Also, there are some "commonwealths" that administer their bar exams and are not states. Basically there are several errors in that two-line paragraph; enough that I don't have the energy to fix them now.--Lawst Student 06:48, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Controversy

A summary of the pro and con arguments should be included rather than requiring the user to read external links. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Anders94 (talk • contribs) 13:11, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Test parts

Is the bar exam an all or nothing exam or can you pass part of it initially and then the rest at a later date? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.143.26.71 (talk) 04:05, 25 October 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Etymology

I've removed the following unreferenced paragraph added by User:Hghghghg22 from the article:

The expression 'call to the bar' is said to have originated from a conversation between two benchers in the smoking room of Inner Temple. Members of the Inn sometimes cite 'the conversation' to pupils admitted to Inner Temple upon their admission to the Inn. The details of the conversation are said to have been lost. Like Mornington Crescent 'the conversation' is a red herring and has no formal content, and often leads to apocryphal embellishments at the teller's discretion.

Is this real? Or nonsense? -- The Anome (talk) 11:27, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

It's real, a mate of mine is a member of the Inn, I've put back a shorter version Borishell (talk) 17:58, 19 April 2008 (UTC)