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I'm about to receive an offer to lateral to another firm in another state. Overall, I really like what the firm is promising me, but there's one thing that I'm concerned about: the bar.

The State doesn't allow admission on motion, so I'd have to take the bar again. Not only that, there's a heavy state-law component that supposedly really focuses on the differences for that state. I failed the bar the first time (by 1 point), and it's been 5 years since I took it the second time. I'm really worried that I might not pass, and be totally fucked.

How worried should I be? Should I just not bother?

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What really attracts me to this, is that the firm is looking to build a team around me. Instead of just replacing the one attorney who's leaving, they're now going to pour more resources into my practice area and hire a young associate to do my grunt-work and for me to train (and whose license I can, ahem, borrow, until I get admitted

You could just say Florida.

I took the Florida bar after I was admitted to another state, and it wasn’t as bad as people made it out to be. Plus, if you do really well on the MBE, that can carry a bad Florida section score.

The essays are easy, and the Florida multiple choice questions usually come down to 1 of 2 answers.

My only concern for you would be if you studied everyday for like 10 hours the first time and failed the UBE or something. It’s difficult to study for a bar and work (I only had 3 weeks to really study for the Florida Bar).

Edit: I guess it could be California or Louisiana as well. Same concerns above apply.

Yeah Florida.

First time round, I only seriously studied for about two weeks. Half-assed for about a month. Second time round I studied for about a month.

The good news is that I rocked the MBE; its the essays I suck at. Soon as I saw the Florida part is 50% multiple choice, I felt a lot better.

I’ll also have close to 4 months to study part-time, which should be doable.

Poster above.

You should be fine if you’re good with multiple choice. Most people I know who fail the Florida bar are bad at multiple choice.