the daily snivel

Well, I got my Professional Responsibility and Practice Management Examination score back today, and I'm happy to note that I passed with the above-noted score of 83%. All the exams are pass/fail, but the pass/fail point is relative to the performance of the group as a whole (that is, all the law students writing the exam for the Bar Admissions Course in Ottawa, London, Toronto, and Windsor), so if the group does better on average, the score required to pass is higher. If the group does worse on average, the score required to pass is lower. This time around, the passing score was a 50/83, or 60%.

I'm very pleased with my score -- it was a draining and time-consuming test. Thinking back to the exam, the only places I might have lost marks would be the tricky questions on trust accounts, and maybe some issues having to do with the Law Society by-laws. I'd hate to think I was, in fact, 17% Professionally Irresponsible on basic issues of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Then again, my condolences to those poor bastards who must have failed, too.

In any case, that's one professional licencing exam down, and (ugh) seven to go. The next one is (glurp) Real Estate on this coming Wednesday.