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take both CA and MA bar exams in July?

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:12 pm
by Anonymous User
how difficult would this be?

Re: take both CA and MA bar exams in July?

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:42 pm
by conn09
Impossible seeing as California is a 3 day bar.

Re: take both CA and MA bar exams in July?

Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 12:21 am
by Anonymous User
conn09 wrote:Impossible seeing as California is a 3 day bar.
got it. probably should have googled before posting

Re: take both CA and MA bar exams in July?

Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:04 am
by Anonymous User
I had the same idea because of my employment situation. But yep, from what I understand (I'd be happy to be corrected him I'm wrong), you pretty much can't take any other Bar if you're doing CA.

Re: take both CA and MA bar exams in July?

Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:17 am
by Anonymous User
But the bar exam is offered twice a yr so you could sit the other state's bar exam in Feb

Re: take both CA and MA bar exams in July?

Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:14 am
by nevdash
It's really fucked that MA won't let you waive in either. "Oh, you passed the most difficult bar in the country and you're trying to practice in the state with the easiest bar in the country? Sorry, bro."

Re: take both CA and MA bar exams in July?

Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:32 am
by A. Nony Mouse
nevdash wrote:It's really fucked that MA won't let you waive in either. "Oh, you passed the most difficult bar in the country and you're trying to practice in the state with the easiest bar in the country? Sorry, bro."
You can waive in after you've practiced somewhere else for 5 years. Very few states let you actually waive in based on your score, without the practice requirement, so Massachusetts is totally normal in this.

Re: take both CA and MA bar exams in July?

Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:28 pm
by nevdash
A. Nony Mouse wrote:
nevdash wrote:It's really fucked that MA won't let you waive in either. "Oh, you passed the most difficult bar in the country and you're trying to practice in the state with the easiest bar in the country? Sorry, bro."
You can waive in after you've practiced somewhere else for 5 years. Very few states let you actually waive in based on your score, without the practice requirement, so Massachusetts is totally normal in this.
Oh, shit. I assumed that the other states that allowed waiver didn't impose a time spent practicing requirement. Well, then those states are fucked up, too. :(