With the July 2002 California Bar Exam only a week away, Harold has decided to share his own bar exam horror story from when he took the exam for the first time back in February. While it may not seem nearly as wild or outlandish as others you might read about, it should serve as a reminder that those two laborious months of preparation can be ruined by a moment’s panic during the exam. And, like all of these stories, it does have a happy ending.

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Complete with Happy Ending

With the July 2002 California Bar Exam only a week away, I wanted to share my own bar exam nightmare with anyone overwhelmed with anxiety over having to go through three grueling days of testing. I wrote a good portion of this account back on Tuesday night, Februrary 26, 2002–after my first day of testing. It was my first time taking the California Bar Exam, and no amount of preparation could have prepared me for what happened. Here’s what I wrote, cleaned up for posterity… (more…)

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