Since then I’ve begun the painful and humiliating process of bar exam preparation. I’m enrolled in a commercial bar review course and it’s about as painful as I imagine the trip to the dentist I’ve been avoiding will be. Actually the review course is probably worse. They pack us in like sardines to the review course and force us to listen to hours and hours of lectures on the subjects covered by the state bar examiners. It’s actually a pretty slick system but my bad attitude keeps me from really appreciating it. Well… my bad attitude and my inveterate slackerishness.
Meanwhile, the job hunt continues. I’m really not all that crazy to be a practicing lawyer. I’ve mostly enjoyed the work experiences I’ve had, especially with Lisa’s firm I can’t say I’ve been inspired. When I look back over my life, I find that the time I spent working in Washington was some of the most inspiring. My fabulous, anthrax filled days working as an intern were some of the few times I really felt like I was part of something larger than myself and that I was working for something good. I had to leave DC because I was interning there in between my junior and senior years of college. Now that I’ve finished college and (amazingly) law school, I can’t help but wonder if it’s time to try again. I am a little bit torn at this point because I’m in a position now where I could take a really excellent job here in Salt Lake and enter the practice of law, or I could chance it all and move to DC and hope I find something really love.
So for now I’m just concentrating on taking the bar exam. Although I keep hoping that some fabulous job in DC opens up that I’m forced to take immediately and therefore must regrettably refrain from taking the bar. Since that’s not likely to happen right away I guess I’m in for the long haul here. Speaking of which, it’s probably time I turn off my DVD review of the Simpsons (season 5) and get back to Conflicts of Law…
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The good humor man can only be pushed so far
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