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The bar exam is a part of the hiring process, its just that its outsourced to a licensing agency. In the software field, each company just does it themselves.
by hackinthebochs 13y ago
The bar exam is a part of the hiring process, its just that its outsourced to a licensing agency. In the software field, each company just does it themselves.
- rayiner 13y agoIt's really not. At least at large organizations, it is taken for granted that anyone you hire will pass the bar exam. It doesn't factor into the hiring decision at all.
- hackinthebochs 13y agoSo I could walk into a Law office and if I talk a good game I'll get hired without having passed the bar? If not, then it is a part of the hiring process, as it is a pre-interview filter.
- nitrogen 13y agoBy extending this logic, kindergarten is part of the hiring process. Better make sure you get into that top-notch preschool if you want to get a job at Google in 20 years!
- hackinthebochs 13y agoI don't think this follows. No one is going to check whether you passed preschool before interviewing for a job at a law firm. Presumably, someone in the process is going to check whether you passed the bar before you have a sit-down with the CEO. I'm guessing that for anyone who sets foot in an interview for a law firm, the interviewer expects he or she to have passed. This expectation comes from the fact that someone or something filters out the non-passers ahead of time. There is no expectation regarding kindergarten; they are completely indifferent towards it.
- rayiner 13y ago> I'm guessing that for anyone who sets foot in an interview for a law firm, the interviewer expects he or she to have passed. Most large firms draw their entry-level associates from their pool of summer interns, which they hire two years before they graduate law school and take the bar exam. They also usually give people a mulligan on failing the bar exam the first time, so people might work somewhere for 6+ months before passing the bar.
- geebee 13y agoAlso, you only have to take the bar once (assuming you remain in an area where your bar membership allows you to practice). You don't have to re-pass the bar exam every time you interview.
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- harryh 13y agoYes, if you are set to graduate from a top law firm and have a good GPA you'll get hired before you even take the bar.
- mattstreet 13y agoBut you will have to pass the bar to actually work for them.