Need to pass a bar exam?

Well, if you actually failed, and really wanted to pass instead, I'd say your best bet is to be the daughter of a South Carolina Judge, a law clerk for a Judge (makes you wonder about the hiring process for clerks, huh?), or otherwise be related to someone in South Carolina politics.  Then, I'm pretty sure you'd get your failing grade changed to passing by the Supreme Court.

I'm not licensed in South Carolina, so I don't know anything about the Courts or the judicial process there.  This smells really, really bad for the South Carolina Supreme Court to me.  This is the kind of conduct that brings a very bad negative impression of lawyers to foster bad stereotypes.  It's also the kind of thing that really pisses me off in general.

The bar exam is hard as hell for a reason.  It makes sure that the people that pass the thing are at least minimally competent.  For those who busted ass to prepare and passed, it's a big time slap in the face to just change a "fail" to a "pass" because of that person's parentage.

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[lex icon]

You know what has two thumbs and doesn't need to pass a bar?
[Points thumbs back to self]
This guy.

You know who else? Mike Tran. It's a done deal for the Irish Bruin, who got the good news from the California bar moments ago.

[Sorry to derail slightly]

[Josh]

This is the kind of conduct that brings a very bad negative impression of lawyers to foster bad stereotypes

Nah, I think some lawyers bring that impression on themselves in many other ways.

[Jay Johnson]

Oh, I'd certainly admit that there's plenty of other bad stuff that lawyers do that is a detriment to the profession as a whole. This is just a glaring, really obvious example of it.

[Doug Mataconis]

The bar exam is hard as hell for a reason. It makes sure that the people that pass the thing are at least minimally competent.

You'd think that wouldn't you ?

After 14 years of practicing law, I've learned it ain't necessarily so.

This is the kind of conduct that brings a very bad negative impression of lawyers to foster bad stereotypes.

You mean it's one of those things done by the 95% of lawyers that make the rest look bad? :-)