The
cost
of
living
isn’t
the
only
thing
up
this
year!
The
bar
exam
—
one
of
our
industry’s
time-honored
hazing
exercises,
is
the
main
hurdle
that
separates
people
who
merely
have
JDs
from
bona
fide
esquires.
And
this
year
the
average
score
of
July
test
takers
is
the
highest
it
has
been
in
a
while!
Reuters
has
coverage:
The
national
average
score
on
July’s
200-question
Multistate
Bar
Exam
was
the
highest
since
2013,
the
National
Conference
of
Bar
Examiners
said
Thursday,
excluding
results
from
2020
when
the
test
was
delayed
or
modified
due
to
the
COVID-19
pandemic.
Waiting
to
get
your
bar
score
back
sucks,
but
hopefully
knowing
that
people
did
well
on
average
can
salve
the
anxiety.
Early
congratulations
on
the
passing
grade!
And
if
you
didn’t
receive
one,
there’s
always
February.
While
it
isn’t
the
best
solution
to
minting
lawyers,
one
thing
you
can
count
on
the
bar
to
provide
is
consistency.
Unless
you
are
trying
to
practice
in
California.
Hard
to
expect
consistency
from
the
California
bar
when
they’re
still
trying
to
figure
out
which
test
to
give
or
how
to
balance
their
ledgers,
but
at
least
it
won’t
be
as
bad
as
the
hellscape
February
California
bar
takers
had
to
tread
through.
Hopefully.
US
National
Bar
Exam
Scores
Hit
12-Year
High
[Reuters]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.