Patterico's Pontifications

11/18/2005

VICTORY IS MINE

Filed under: General — Angry Clam @ 6:12 pm



[Posted by The Angry Clam]

The applicant’s name appears on the pass list.

— The Angry Clam

UPDATE FROM PATTERICO: If The Angry Clam is now a lawyer, victory is ours, not just his.

It is now legal to say “f**k” in a legal brief.

Congrats, Clam.

27 Responses to “VICTORY IS MINE”

  1. Make that 2 points for Casa de Hilton.

    Matto Ichiban (ab0734)

  2. Just got off the phone with JG- clean sweep for Casa de Hilton.

    Now to call JR…

    Angry Clam (a7c6b1)

  3. Clam:

    If you’ve passed, does that mean you have to start your own blog?

    Dana R. Pico (a071ac)

  4. […] The Angry Clam passed the bar. […]

    damnum absque injuria » God Help Us (38c04c)

  5. This applicant’s name appears on the pass list!

    CONGRATS! TOO

    Joel B. (568776)

  6. Ditto on the “Victory is Mine” and the congratulations.

    Christopher Cross (ba1314)

  7. Hey now Patterico, no appropriating any part of the Clam’s victory now. 😉

    Joel B. (568776)

  8. The world hates you now. Welcome.

    Spoons (68d828)

  9. Well Congratuf**kin’lations Clam!

    Tillman (1cf529)

  10. Good work, counselor!

    See if you can get Patterico to give you a raise now. Guest bloggers with an esq. after their name get top dollar.

    See Dubya (d2a16e)

  11. I’m tripling his salary. But he’s going to have to increase his output.

    Patterico (4e4b70)

  12. 0 x 0 = 0.

    Angry Clam (a7c6b1)

  13. Also, 0 x 3 = 0, law-boy.

    Patterico (4e4b70)

  14. Me reed good.

    Angry Clam (a7c6b1)

  15. Now that you’ve passed, oughtn’t you to become the Mellow Mollusk?

    Dana R. Pico (3e4784)

  16. Just curious – what’s the hardest part about passing the bar as far as the material? For example, remembering all the court cases and their dates or what? And why is it called a “bar,” anyway?

    Tillman (1cf529)

  17. I think that the most difficult part is trying to study the gigantic number of different topics that could be on the actual exam, and then being able to catch questions that, while primarily on one field, also include a sub-section from another category.

    You don’t need to know cases for it, really, except insofar as they’ve become highly identifiable rules, like the Lemon test, or the difference between Van Camp and Pereir (or however it is spelled) in Community Property, etc.

    It’s called a “bar” because, in England (and older style courthouses in the U.S.) there’s a small wall that separates the spectators’ seating from the counsel tables, bench, etc. That wall is called “the bar” and becoming a barrister/attorney involves being “called to the bar” and permitted entry.

    Angry Clam (a7c6b1)

  18. I appreciate the explanation Clam.

    Since you’ve just passed the bar and one of my favorite logical Catch 22’s involves a new lawyer, I’ll take the time to explain a story. (Maybe you’ve heard it; but in case you haven’t, here it is.)

    According to an ancient Greek legend, Protagoras taught a man named Eulathus how to win cases before a jury. For his teaching fee, Protagoras agreed to wait until Eulathus won his first court case. The trouble is, after taking his course, Eulathus decided that he didn’t want to practice law. So Protagoras took Eulathus to court to sue for his fee. Protagoras argued his case in the following way:

    If Eulathus wins this case, then he must pay me (by earlier agreement).
    If Eulathus loses this case, then he must pay me (by court order).
    Eulathus must either win or lose this case.
    Therefore, Eulathus must pay me.

    But Eulathus had been a good student, so he wasn’t too alarmed and argued thusly:

    If I win this case, then I need not pay Protagoras (by court order).
    If I lose this case, then I need not pay Protagoras (by earlier agreement).
    I must either win or lose this case.
    Therefore, I need not pay Protagoras.

    There is no record as to how the court decided.

    Tillman (1cf529)

  19. The hardest part about the California
    bar exam is paying a paralegal the
    $10,000 to take it for you.

    Justice Frankfurter (2dcd84)

  20. Perhaps the Clam will take a pay cut. Zero diveded by zero equals one. And, that’s progress, of a sort.

    Black Jack (ee9fe2)

  21. To Chris and the Clam, congratulations!

    The Pathetic Earthling (08c01e)

  22. Sorry, Black Jack. Zero divided by zero is NOT one. It is indeterminate. Anyway, congratulations, Clam.

    vercingetorix (bc6c4e)

  23. Awright, Clam and Chris. You’ve demonstrated that you are at least minimually competent to practice law in the State of California. You didn’t actually study for it, did you?

    Kidding, of course. Congratulations.

    TNugent (6128b4)

  24. Now go take your month-long vacation. You’ll never get another chance.

    Geek, Esq. (411e6e)

  25. Hurrah for the mollusk! Go Bears Go!

    Hugo (3b4292)

  26. Tillman:

    The hardest part about the bar is usually parking.

    It’s a test of competency. And if you’ve met enough lawyers, you know it’s not a perfect test.

    –JRM

    JRM (de6363)


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