Comments on: What happened on the February 2009 Florida Bar?

By: failed once

failed once — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:44:40 +0000

what were essay topics on feb 08 and july 08, anybody know?

By: Reasonable answers

Reasonable answers — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:46:05 +0000

I totally disagree with the unfair comments above. Maybe the test was to test the ability and minds of the schools students. My school test us almost all week and of course we get tired but we keep going and the more advanced we get the more suffisticated we’ll become.

By: Not that Hard

Not that Hard — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:28:58 +0000

The reason the pass rates were low for UF in February is because we had our dumbest people taking it then.

By: Passed the FIRST TIME

Passed the FIRST TIME — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:44:12 +0000

can “now” practice law. . .

By: Passed the FIRST TIME

Passed the FIRST TIME — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:42:04 +0000

WOW!! So many excuses as to why UF, UM, and FSU did so poorly. I have heard them all-my grandma ate my bar prep materials, Michael Jackson taught Torts, too many part-time students ruined the scores,—COME ON!!! You come from great institutions and to make excuses for failure is beneath you. My favorite excuse is -Stetson teaches to the test and that’s why they did so well. OMG if teaching to the test means that someone who graduated from law school can know practice law–I am all for teaching to the test.

By: Summer Lovin'

Summer Lovin' — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:08:00 +0000

OK this is what happened:
Stetson has a large part time program AND MANY of the students start in the Spring…If you are graduating from UF, FSU, etc in Dec, chances are that you did not do well enough to graduate in time OR you rushed through and took Summer sessions- I gather both probably would not be helpful for the Bar…Aslo, it was a killer bar from what I’ve heard…I imagine UF and FSU will bounce back to Summer levels for this bar…

By: huh

huh — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:34:05 +0000

“cream of the crop”???

The real talent goes out-of-state.

UF’s admitted students are, on average, only a few LSAT points higher and a few tenths-of-a-point higher in undergrad GPA than the other top 3 schools in FL.

Florida doesn’t have a first-tier school, but UF still acts like they’re Ivy League compared to the rest of the state. That kind of attitude lends itself to complacency. This might be why they haven’t had the highest passage rate in quite a while.

By: UF Law Alum

UF Law Alum — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:29:53 +0000

UF starts with the cream of the crop at admissions… like getting nearly all of the best recruits in the draft… and then they finish eighth out of eleven.

Ouch.

By: Best Comment Ever

Best Comment Ever — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:05:04 +0000

Great stuff #29. 180, etc.

High Five.

By: motherlover

motherlover — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:08:26 +0000

hold up