Good Luck on the Bar Exam! (2016 Edition)

During the past week, I noticed that this 2014 post I wrote on bar exam dress codes was getting suspiciously high traffic. I then realized that this is the eve of the Summer 2016 bar exam, and decided to reprise my good luck post from last year. Additionally, those taking the bar exam this week should take comfort in the fact that while there are many, often obscure, rules governing the test, strict dress codes often are not one of them.

Unless, of course, you are taking the bar exam in Virginia. Good luck with that.

And good luck to everybody taking the bar exam this summer! Exams begins tomorrow, and recent law school graduates across the country are likely having trouble sleeping right now. To those graduates, this advice: make sure to eat, watch at least one episode of some show during the evening, keep writing, and DON'T TALK ABOUT THE EXAM with anybody else during the days of the test. Californians, this will be your second-to-last chance to take the three-day bar exam, so take extra pride in knowing that you are some of the last to endure that needless hardship.

Finally, for those who need the extra motivation: know that if you pass the bar exam, one day this could be you.