The Bar, Day Two

Today was the MEE and the MPT. The morning held in store for me 6 essays. 30 minutes each. This is not easy to do when you can't seem to remember anything. So here's what I did: I read each question and prompt. Then I re-read them and jotted down a couple notes for the questions for which I had the vaguest clue. I was expected some evidence or criminal or pure property questions. None of those. So next I got up, went to the ladies' for a good think, then I got to work. It was down to the wire. When the Bar Guard called 10 minutes, I was in the middle of my last question. At least I finished, but not with enough time to check my work. I hope what I wrote made sense (oh, and was right).

Here's the topics:

Debtor/Creditor - should have gone to that class more often, and while there, should've paid some attention.
1st Amendment - crap! Why couldn't it have been equal protection or due process? I rock at those. But at least I saw that the 1st Amendment doesn't have a whole lot to say about privacy rights.
Civil Procedure - again?!? I just did a whole day of civ pro! MORE subject matter jurisdiction? Are these people sadists?
Property - but only in the sense that it was landlord/tenant. Again, thank you Core, for making me write about that topic. And good on me for even caring about it when I took property! The only reason I cared was because I was a tenant, but still...
Two, count 'em, 2 Business Association: one was about partnership, and I wished it were about agency. Oh, wait! The second question was on agency.

Then came lunch, where I hung out outside and eavesdropped as people disected the questions. I loved the confirmation that I got some of the questions right.

Onward...the MPT. I'd never taken that one before, but I figured it would be my favorite. (I know, a bar favorite? I am sick.) It wasn't too, too bad. I just didn't have enough time. One was about child custody and the other was about fraud arising from a shady car repair place. Overall, not too bad. I wish my vocabulary for words like "statement" were better, but I muddled through.

Tomorrow is the beast, the MBE. It counts for 50% of my grade. So please, please pull for me! I really never want to do this again.

I'm not sure if I'll get to update you tomorrow, because right after I'm done, I'm headed home and I probably won't get there until 8:30 or 9, after which time I will be drinking copiously and talking to the boy. It's been a long few days without him - almost a week! I'm sure there's much to say.

But I will catch you up on the final day. And since I made phone plans, chances are they'll fall through, and I'll write again anyway.

Thanks for all your support, everyone!