Another Open Letter

An Open Letter To Anonymous Law Student From The Bar Exam


Dear Anonymous Law Student,


I am in receipt of your letter. I would like to congratulate you on finishing law school. The hand full of three hour exams that you were forced to take every 5 months were probably very challenging. It must have really helped that you had 4 months every semester to prepare for those contests of endurance.

Pay attention, I am no simple three hour exam. Nor will you have 4 months to leisurely prepare for me. I came into existence long before you were even a simple protein. Countless hordes of people have been turned away from their chosen profession because they could not withstand my terrible fury. I am Alpha and I am Omega, the beginning, and for many, the end.

Do you really think choosing to fight me in an easier State will help you? Have you considered that your failure will only sting more in a place that you were "guaranteed" to defeat me?

Enjoy spending $2000 on Barbri. Enjoy working day and night for 6 weeks to prepare for our time together. Enjoy it, because you'll be doing it again....and again....and again....until you are penniless, your friends and family have lost their faith in you, and you are weak with exhaustion, shame, and humiliation.

But hey, don't worry about it too much. You can tell yourself that the J.D. is a great degree. You're sure someone will hire you for something. You can just tell people that you realized that law wasn't for you. That you preferred a different kind of life. That you're the lucky one and all your old peers are the ones suffering. Yeah, you tell yourself that.

Eat Dirt,

The Bar Exam