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| On Wednesday, August 24th the BBA's New Lawyers
Section will be holding a happy
hour for recent law school grads who have completed the
bar exam. The event's theme got BBA Week wondering what our
members did when they found out they passed the bar, so we
asked:
"How did you celebrate
when you completed (or found out you passed) the bar
exam?"
If you would like to respond to a future Voices of
the Bar, make sure you send a headshot, and
contact Eric Fullerton at efullerton@bostonbar.org. |
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Paul C. Connors - Hinckley, Allen & Snyder
LLP
"I flew out to Portland, Oregon to meet up
with a friend from college. We celebrated my completion
of the bar exams, and his triumphant return to the east coast,
with a three-week, cross-country drive featuring fun stops in
ten cities for mini reunions with old friends. It was a
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Audrey Jane Murga - Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
& Flom LLP
"Following the bar exam, I had
dinner (and tequila) with two girlfriends who had also just
completed the exam, along with the men in our lives who so
wonderfully put up with our neurotic stress all summer.
I spent the next few days preparing for my wedding. My
honeymoon in Maui was all the more relaxing because the bar
exam was over!"
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Shannon Jamieson – New Leaf
Legal
"There are certain things I've always wanted
to say in life. One thing is 'Let's make it a true daily
double, Alex!' (which I haven't gotten to say yet), but the
other I DID get to say after I took the bar. I was
walking out of the Bar Exam and someone asked me 'What you you
going to do now?' and I replied with all the enthusiasm I
could muster, 'I'm going to Disney World!!'
And go to Disney World I did. For an entire week, I
got to forget all about studying, job hunting, and
responsibility and simply bask in the pure magical joy that
comes with being at the Happiest Place on Earth." |
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Adam Hopkins – Donovan Hatem
"Honestly,
I do not remember. The letter came in the mail the week my son
was born. I guess my wife and I were so wrapped up in
celebrating becoming new parents we forgot to celebrate
passing the bar!"
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Elena Tsizer - Law Office of Elena
Tsizer
"Amazingly, completing the bar exam did not
bring as much of a relief as I expected; I just remember
having a lot of time on my hands and thinking whether I passed
or not, so I invented a home renovation project that took most
of the month following the bar exam. Passing, on the
other hand, was a blast! The long months of waiting, knowing
that my colleague working with me passed while my notice did
not come yet, having my husband open the envelope and read the
letter line by line to me when I was at work – all of it
resulted in a great celebration with family and friends that
was turned into a delayed Halloween party."
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Ben Montgomery – Partners Healthcare
"I
found out I passed the Massachusetts bar while I was in
Manhattan. My dad called and told me 'the envelope' had
arrived. I was so elated that I did allow myself to
relish the moment for five entire minutes...before re-burying
myself in a cramped conference room for a doc review
project."
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Christina T. Vidoli - Margolis & Bloom,
LLP
"After completing day 2 of the Bar Exam, that
night I flew to Italy and began my vacation in San Gimignano -
a small village where my family is from. Having wanted
to visit for many years, the minute my plane landed, I didn't
give the Bar another
thought!"
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