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Delving into the open comments surrounding the ongoing bar exam kerfuffle is not for the faint of heart. One might expect scratching the surface would produce some brief glimpses into the terror of the legal profession’s great abyss and, as it turns out, that’s exactly what we’ve got.
This one came to my attention through @LOLOverruled’s Twitter account and it’s pure distilled bar exam fan fiction. This from Nevada, where the attempt to keep the bar exam going despite a global pandemic ran afoul of ILG’s broken testing platform. Given the now failed online effort, there’s a new round of open comment on what the state should do going forward.
This is an excellent opening. All of these things are true and if you expect this to turn into a plea for diploma privilege, then you’re in for a real surprise!
So, yes, we went from dubious efficacy and discriminatory to “stop whining about it” in a matter of paragraphs.
The reason why applicants feel that the ILG breakdown should mark the end of the exam is best summed up by Homer Simpson:
The online test idea was a game effort and it didn’t work. We’re now looking at a ramshackle testing procedure for no other reason than the state’s unwillingness to let go of tradition. The takeaway from the ILG debacle should be “maybe this is a sign.” After all, as the introduction to this comment points out, there’s not much going for the bar exam in the best of conditions.
Homer isn’t always a good life coach, but when you’re banging your head against the wall trying to get a test together so badly that you’re grasping at straws to just get something out there, then maybe the lesson in that case really is “never try.”