Saturday, February 28, 2009

2 more weeks of fun and....

...then off to work. You see, in mid-march I get boxes of exams to grade. Hopefully they are better then last years.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear "no hard feelings": It is disappointing to find you on the internet and in this forum as a representative of the bar. I agree with the previous post of 7:47. Those prior remarks do not strike me as snide but rather properly skeptical and critical. In my view, your conduct is both immature and unprofessional. It is not necessary to explore your postings further or engage in any kind of discussion with you while you attempt to portray yourself in a different light. Such effort would just dig yourself deeper into the same hole. Your comments in this forum or your advertisement of your position as a part-time grader is unfortunate and does not reflect well for the profession or the position of a grader as a bar official. While not unethical in itself, the conduct (including your choice of screen name and blog name which tends to highlight your role as a judge in terms that demonstrate a negative predisposition) is unseemly and tends to undermine the notion that the graders position, like any proper magistrate, is neutral and without preconceptions. Moreover, your unfortunate remarks are beneath the role of bar official. Additionally, this appearance in such a self-created authoritarian role appears to be mere self-promotion for whatever motive and need that serves. Given your remarks and attempts to call attention to yourself as a bar grader one has no choice but to wonder whether you actually serve the best interests of the Bar and are acting in an appropriate manner or reflect the characteristics of a lawyer that should shoulder the burden of judging who passes. Has the Bar authorized you to appear on the internet as a bar grader? Is the Bar aware of your conduct here?

Anonymous said...

What is that first guy talking about? You have not said anything bad. Just that you have boxes of exams to grade.

May I pick your brain? I just took the bar exam myself. I hope it went well, but you never know. I took the Barbri course, it was okay, but too expensive.
How much do they pay you to grade bar exams? If I do well I want to grade them.
Is it true that bar examiners only read each one for a few minutes? Isn't that weird that a person's whole potential career rests in a few minutes of reading?

What do you think of the process? Is it fair? Can you tell who is competent? How much does mistating law hurt?

What is most original argument that you have ever read?

I am interested in the bar exam grading process, and any feedback would be cool. Also, do you think that you grade the first ones easier than the latter ones?

I look forward to hearing back from you.

Anonymous said...

So...you're unemployed other than the bar grading thing, which pays maybe 2-3K per exam administration? How sad. Well, at least it must be nice having all that fun what with all your free time.