Podcast Episode 216: Quick Tips — What to Say to Someone Who Has Failed the Bar Exam

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, as part of our “Quick Tips” series, we’re talking about what to say when you find out someone – your friend, partner, family member, or colleague – failed the bar exam. We also share tips about assessing the situation if the person who failed is yourself.

In this episode we discuss:

• How the conversation about bar exam failure should start
• Comments that could be seen as insensitive in the situation
• Letting the person decide if they want to take the exam again, rather than pushing them to
• Things you could say that are helpful but not overbearing
• The two ways in which students who failed the bar usually react
• How to assess the situation rationally if the person who failed the exam is yourself

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Resources:

• Private Bar Exam Tutoring
• I Failed: Bar Exam Toolbox resources to help you prepare for re-taking the bar

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