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Living in the path of totality, every day. @professorgriggs @mstdn .social Northwestern U; Notre Dame Law. Lover of ND 🏈.
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@CanPanicNow
Well if you're worried about debt collection harming your deeply held emotional belief you have standing to bring a claim in federal court. I don't make up the rules. Others do.
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I attended law school with one of the "pro-life" justices. Our school, that sponsored pro-life vigils, also had an actual rule of conduct that any unmarried student who became pregnant had to withdraw from classes. Pregnancy violated the Code of Conduct. Not making this up.🤷🏾♀️
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@Dr_B_Pearl
@jayctigerfan
If the author is a junior, cc their dean or dept. chair. I also do this after attending a presentation that is particularly excellent.
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Today, I made the controversial decision to teach my students, who are learning about injunctions, how to *actually seek* an injunction. Our casebook devoted one paragraph, of a 90-page chapter to the process. SMH.
#PracticeSkillsMatter
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The Bar Exam.
Okay name something that is for profit that shouldn’t be for profit. I’ll start: prisons.
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A law student at my school took the
#MPRE
yesterday and reported that she had to lift up her shirt and turn around to prove she didn't have cheat sheets strapped to her body. Sure, exam security is important but this is invasive and ridiculous! 1/4
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Dear state bar examiners, please announce the format of your February exam while the application period is still open. Applicants deserve to know what type of exam they are signing up for.
-An advocate
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2020 bar takers are not asking examiners to give away law licenses w/out merit. They're asking for emergency licensing measures. They're asking examiners to think outside the box. They're asking for humanity and a chance to earn a living. They are asking the examiners to listen.
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Today, I witnessed my teenager attempt suicide on the interstate. They survived, and I hope I do too. Parenting is the hardest job in the world, it comes with life tenure, but no on-the-job training. I hope we will all be okay soon.
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Reports of tech issues with ExamSoftware cannot be explained away as "minor" or dismissed as affecting "only a few examinees." Testers must be held to higher standards. Enough already!
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It's time to see things as they are. Multistate exams are commercial products, not tests of fitness, talent, or integrity. They are commercial products, bought and sold. When we protect the bar exam status quo, we are protecting a commercial interest, not the public.
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"An entire class of bar takers was held captive to conventional thinking at a time that called for compassion and innovation. Any failures on this bar exam are ours, not theirs." -An Epic Fail
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I just google searched "how to blue book cite the actual BlueBook" and I am certain that this will be my villain origin story if ever I make it out of this vortex.
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I just read that b—s— complaint against Northwestern. When I stop crying, I'll try to remind myself that meritless crap like this is the end product of weaponized entitlement.
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I, too, thought the semicolon was a defunct punctuation tool, until I gave a final exam with short answer questions that imposed a 5-sentence answer limit. Honey child, let me affirm that the semicolon lives and Gens Y and Z know how to use it!
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An uncomfortable prediction: A bunch of states that dug in their heels and insisted on an in-person exam will soon announce that they will move to an online exam in October to the dismay of students prepping for a July or Sept. exam.
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First post-tenure tweet to all new and future lawyers: Do not apologize for being antiracist and promoting inclusive policies. Resisting hatred and bigotry wherever it is found is noble and shouldn't be political. Use your voice for good. Always.
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Bar examiners: it should not have taken a social media storm and tons of petitions and protests (distracting examinees from bar study) to get you to move your exams online during a health pandemic!
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The
#MPRE
is a required component for licensure in most states. It is way past time for an exam that is not based on rote memorization and reused equator questions. Open book exams won't require applicants to be strip searched or violated.
#DoBetterBarExaminers
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Dear state supreme courts, if you are not paying attention to what is happening in Oregon, you really, really should. Bar examination need not be the *sole* pathway to the profession.
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I'm furious on behalf of any examinee that has/had to undergo this invasive and overreaching treatment. The dignity of an examinee is no less imp. than the security of an exam. If this account is accurate (and I believe it is)
@PearsonVUE
and possibly
@NCBEX
should apologize. 3/4
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She shared: "It was like getting booked into jail. They even inspected my glasses. Had me pat myself down. Checked my ears but not my mouth. And THEN never took my temperature for entrance like we'd been warned about through repeated emails." - 08/11/2020 MPRE Taker 2/4
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Happening Now: Oregon Supreme Court considers a supervised pathway to law licensure. Whatever the decision today, THIS is an example of a court truly engaged in self-regulation, w/out delegatory outsourcing. It's OUR profession. WE should dictate the requirements for entry.
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If practicing lawyers can't pass the bar exam, what does that say about it testing competency to practice law?
Steven Foster's remarkable study showing that licensed lawyers fail the MBE has been published: Check it out!
@OhioStateLJ
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In retrospect, I am really questioning my decision to not live and teach in a blue state.
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Who can name a law that lawyers need to know that is NOT tested by the "bar test?" I'll start:
1. E-filing
2. Taking/defending a deposition
3. Bankruptcy/Automatic stay
4. How to conduct a client intake interview
5. Settlement negotiation
6. Title searches
7. Public info requests
@IDayTripperI
@EvidenceProf
@ProfessorGriggs
@LizCGil
@crisistalker
@briangallini
Lots of people can drive a car, but doesn’t mean they know the driving laws.
They not talking about adding this to the bar test, which would be fine and would go further to your point, they’re talking about instead of the bar test.
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All this week, I will be sharing excerpts from my forthcoming article, An Epic Fail, dedicated to the class of 2020 bar takers.
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I have remained largely apolitical on this site, but let me tell you that I would open-mouth kiss Joe Biden r/n after confirming the report that my student loans are forgiven. Hallelujah!
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I knew that we cannot make scholars cite our published work. But, TIL that we also cannot stop them from using the very premise of our previously published work, and virtually every cited source from that work, without any attribution. Sigh.
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We should all care about what's happening with the bar exam.
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I couldn't be more excited to follow the lead of
@ProfAMLondon1
! Thank you
@AASELaw
.
Congratulations to Professor Marsha Griggs, the new President-elect of the Association of Academic Support Educators! She will serve a three-year term on the organization's executive board starting this summer. We're proud of you, Professor!
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It's my birthday week y'all, so I'll be sharing good news all week. First up: I received my formal invitation letter for my visitorship at
@UCalgaryLaw
! So excited to work with
@LawDeanHolloway
and to learn more about the pros and cons of the Articling system for atty licensure.
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If law schools used my homework for rank and prestige, then yes, I should be paid for homework too.
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Trigger warning for all black and brown recent law grads studying for the bar.
Stay off Twitter to avoid the blow to your confidence as some law profs mindlessly equate being "minority" with not passing the bar. Protect your peace. Trust me, you'll hate it here. I sure do.
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Developing a new course for 3Ls with plans to enter the academic job market. The course will focus on the tech skills of "reply all" and use of listserv response functions.
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A note like this keeps me going. I am always overjoyed to hear from bar passers! And I will continue to work to improve the licensure process.
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Pick one of those three dudes that couldn't get a job at Northwestern.
If Biden drops out, how should Dems choose a nominee? Wrong answers only.
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This should not be controversial. It is time for stakeholders in the legal profession to accept and legitimize additional paths to licensure.
The bar exam gives law grads a license after they take a multiple choice test.
Practice-based admission gives law grads a license after they successfully practice law under supervision.
Why is it controversial to want the legal licensing system to reflect how we practice?
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The Oregon Supreme Court just voted to pass Diploma privilege!
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Pro tip: As you circulate your drafts for feedback in the later stages, if you are not including your Legal Writing faculty colleagues, you are doing it wrong. Some of the BEST feedback I have ever received has come from LW profs. They really do the Lord's work.
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Next up in my celebratory March Madness, I want to share that last fall (Nov. 11 at 4:05 PM CT to be precise) my wonderful Washburn colleagues voted unanimously to award me tenure and promotion. Subject to confirmation of the BOR this month, I'm
@fullprofessorgriggs
now. 🙌🏾🍾 🙏🏾
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Today, a senior colleague whom I respect and admire a lot just thanked me for my teaching and student service and complimented my scholarship. And all I could do was fight back tears. Working with wonderful people is an understated benefit.🥹
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@losangelista
How do we address the presumption that scholars of color could not have gained admission to top ranked schools on our merits alone? Bigger question: why do we have to?
#PresumedIncompetent
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@OrinKerr
Our nation is in trouble. These indefensible views represent a substantial block of the voting public and elected leaders who know better are fanning flames of political unrest with Twitter soundbites.
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"There is no shame in taking [the bar exam] again if you have to. The only real shame is that our profession thinks this exam measures competence. It does not."
Words of support from
@AASELaw
President,
@ProfAMLondon1
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Dear law school deans,
The more you package your faculty promo material to resemble a poptart, the more eager I am to open it.
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Actual question from the first Kansas Bar Exam in 1903:
Define the following terms: (a) Constitution, (b) constitutional law, (c) constitutional government, (d) unconstitutional law.
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"ALL 2020 bar takers deserve a reasonably expeditious path to licensure." So proud to know
@DeanSalkin
who is speaking now on ABA proposed resolution 10G.
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First meal after a long day of moving. Cocktail not pictured.
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Six great years at
#WashburnLaw
. Made new friends, worked with wonderful students, learned the Kansas Counties. No regrets. Cue BoyzIIMen . . . 🎼🎙Hard to say goodbye, but I'll take with me the memories 🎶
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Overheard during bar exam scoring conference:
FL: I'm not sure about our scaling. These may be the most inaccurate or unreliable scores ever released.
KY: Hold my beer.
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Decided today that when I grow up I want to be an
#adminlaw
prof. Totally serious. I'm loving the scholarship I've read in this broad area. Also, I know nothing about admin law, but I am willing to learn.
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Wishing courage and strength to all my sisters who have to enter classrooms against the presumption of incompetence while others have the noxious luxury of demanding to be hired.
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Boarded a
@SouthwestAir
flight, I took the window seat. A woman just took the center seat next to me, strapped in, and opened a book to read. Sis, the aisle seat is open! The plane is not full. We need to invoke urinal rules on this flight!!
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Well okay then, time to update my article. I bet there is more to come.
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Resolved. My draft is available now, and I welcome feedback. Thanks
@ssrn
and
@WLULawReview
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I can hardly wait to share my article "Outsourcing Self-Regulation," but I must wait . . . for
@SSRN
review.
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Told ya' so. We really did we have the receipts. Eye-opening to peel back the curtain🔎 to take a close look at the revenue and profits in the bar exam industry.
#BuildingABetterLegalProfession
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Excited to see my latest article in print. Leaving room on the shelf next to it for all the great pieces from others that will published in the fall. Congrats friends on great spring-cycle placements!
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Inspired by
@bethwilensky
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@MinnesotaLawRev
Symposium. What would happen if we departed from the case method and cold calls and instead gave our students the rules and taught them how those rules apply in the real world?
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@DrPsyBuffy
This is my pledge to all my students—current and future: I will dismiss class if ever a taco truck appears on campus with free food. And because I believe in non-discriminatory policies, I will apply the same rule for ice cream trucks.
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Hot off the press
@HULawJournal
Volume 64, Issue 1. The true path to bar reform requires critical analysis of systemic shortcomings in licensing policy. Happy to do my part to contribute to the conversation with my article, An Epic Fail. We can and must improve the process.
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Seeking advice from prolific legal scholars w/multiple writing projects in the queue:
HOW do you do it? Seriously.
I'm researching a new project and making article edits. It's a struggle to switch gears between the two. I can't even touch my book chapter. Send help.
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Finally finished my article draft, and I can't decide whether to reward myself with all the tacos I can eat or by going to bed at 6pm.
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In < 10 days time, HUNDREDS of law schools went entirely online, trained faculty on the use of technology, and voted on pass\fail grading initiatives. There is no reason for the bar examiners to not be as creative and willing to implement emergency protocols. 1/2
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Grading with a growth mindset: 1) I am fully expecting to be dazzled by the well-supported analyses of my students; and 2) Any flaws or gaps in rule application will be signals to me to adjust my coverage and examples next go-'round. Law school doesn't have to hurt!
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Forthcoming no more.
Professor Marsha Griggs' article "Building a Better Bar Exam" has been published as the lead article for Volume 7, Issue 1 of the Texas A&M Law Review.
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This year, I gave my students group video presentation assignments. Grading their submissions is a pure joy. We don't have to teach law using the same dry methods that we were taught. If you give your students opportunities for creative expression, they will not disappoint.
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I am very excited about all that we will accomplish in the year ahead.
Please welcome
@ProfessorGriggs
, the new chair of the Section on Academic Support of The Association of American Law School. We are very proud of you.
#AALS2023
#conference
#BlackWomen
#professor
#lawyer
#leader
#author
#advocate
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Q: How can you tell the difference between an outgoing and in-coming Section Chair?
A: The outgoing Chair has the bigger smile!
#AALS2024
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Wait, really? A professional licensing exam (or part thereof) that could not be safely given in 2020 because of COVID has now been abolished. Due, in part, to advocacy, you say? 🤔 Hmm, I feel subtweeted.
USMLE STEP 2 CS IS CANCELLED FOREVER!!!!!
No more USMLE Step 2 CS!!!
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Is there anything lonelier than office hours when no one shows up?
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"The Board is confident that no further discussion of this topic will be necessary." Who's gonna tell them about
#lawtwitter
?
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My school instituted two wellness days this week. I used them to finish a book, read several interesting articles (not related to my research), and to eat my dream lunch of fish sticks and dark chocolate covered cranberries.
#IAmWell
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If your law school dean's signature is not on this open letter, please ask why.
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This is what attorney self-regulation should look like. Thank you Oregon for leading the way
Today, the Oregon Supreme Court, in a historic vote, unanimously approved the Supervised Practice Portfolio Examination (SPPE) - a new pathway to attorney licensure in Oregon. Read more here:
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Amplifying this energy today. And offering love and support and encouragement to all the "scrappy B-" out there, et al.
@marissaautry
I was single mom in law school & the scrappiest B- student you can imagine
Also I landed my dream job & I’m a v fucking good attorney, mostly b\c of things I learned that didn’t result in a grade. No shade to A students. it just wasn’t my path & I wouldn’t trade it for anything
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Theme for summer 2020.
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@jazzy_imani
Don't hold your tongue. Your first and most important training in advocacy is learning how and when to speak up for yourself. I've been where you are and your voice and counterpoint will be liberating for all who hear it.
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We lost a champion of justice and equality today. I am both sad and admittedly frightened for the future of our high court.
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Get yourself an associate dean who pre-records and sends imp. dates and announcements to save time at faculty meetings. 10/10 recommend.
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The joy of conferencing: seeing colleagues from around the country who are also dear friends.
#AASE2024
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Got some good early decision news today. I'm very proud of my Puddin'.
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Please God, save Twitter 🙏 because I cannot find anyone or anything on Mastodon.
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Nothing but facts in this thread. I address the role of bias and protectionism in bar admission policies in my forthcoming article "An Epic Fail."
Elimination of the bar privilege came as the first class of African-American law students graduated from the "separate but equal" law school at South Carolina State College:
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We cannot hold bar applicants to a higher standard than the examiners. We must have transparency in scaling methodology BEFORE, not after scores are released. Push back now.
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This is not an organic reform prop., but one that was promoted by steadfast advocacy, largely from
@DiplomaPriv4All
and subs. States MUST continue to make progressive and long overdue reforms to how we license attorneys. Full stop.
The
@StateBarCA
trustees just unanimously voted to waive the bar exam for those who scored 1390 or higher on the exam since July 2015, provided they perform a certain number of hours of legal work supervised by a licensed attorney. Now headed the
@CaSupremeCourt
for approval.
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🤳 Screenshotting this post for my college-aged children.
I got my first paycheck today 🥹 in my culture, first one always goes to the parents as a sign of gratitude and respect 🤍🤍
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May that miracle be diploma privilege.
May you experience a miracle that gives you a greater hope and reminds you that everything will be okay.
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May the justice system and the legal profession be better under your watch than ours.
2020
#barexam
takers - one day we’ll be decision makers. We have an obligation to make sure no one ever has to go through what we’re currently experiencing. Let’s all agree none of us will say “Well if I did it in a Pandemic...”. We can fix this.
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Professional Responsibility professors activate!
There are 7 people having a full on litigation strategy meeting at a table in this eatery. Full voices I've overheard all of it: the planned testimony, the potential win, the potential adverse rulings, the speculation on what the judge will do and how they will handle it. 🫠
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I'll be tweeting Best Practices through the last day of the February bar exam. Here's a personal fave:
"Under no circumstances should an applicant be at risk of exam failure or disqualification for using the restroom." Periodt.
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