Via WSJ Law Blog comes word that a documentary film is in the works which follows six people sitting for the California Bar Exam.
California is generally regarded as having the toughest bar exam in the land. Among those who have failed are two governors (Jerry Brown and Pete Wilson), the Mayor of Los Angeles (Antonio R. Villaraigosa), and the Dean of the Stanford Law School ( Kathleen Sullivan).
One of the "stars" of the film is Donald Baumeister, who has taken and failed the California bar no less than 41 times and is shown in the movie gearing up for attempt number42. Apparently, this time around, he actually plans to study for it.
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A while ago California Bar Journal -- a periodical sent to all members of the bar -- did a profile on a guy that passed the bar on, I think, his 50th try.
The following month they published letters to the editor; mostly positive. One member of the bar lamented, "give me a break, even my ATM kicks me out after three tries."
P.S. Welcome back judge! You've been sorely missed.
Thanks for posting news and commentary about our film in the past. "A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar..." will be available on DVD exclusively on Amazon.com this Friday the 21st of September, 2007. Also, we will be reviewed on Ebert and Roeper this weekend and will be their Video Pick of the Week. We've won some new awards over the summer like The Toofy Film Fest's *GOLDEN TOOF AWARD- BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE*.
Again, thanks for all the kudos -- we read your blog a bunch -- and if you didn't mention us before, thanks for considering it!
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