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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems like a lot of people responding have no clue about the legal market today, or the bar exam. I'm sorry, if she has failed the bar three times, she does not have what it takes to be a lawyer. Either she does not study enough, or she can't retain information, or she has crippling anxiety. To be a competent attorney you need to be at least somewhat diligent, able to retain information, and able to handle stress. Otherwise you are not competent to represent clients. The good news is there are lots of other jobs she may be great at and she is young, so she should start looking in a different field ASAP. I would advise starting very low and working her way up - entry level sales, admin - her employment history is going to require that she not aim high. [b]She is not getting hired as a fed or a public school teacher - many qualified candidates can't get those jobs.[/b] And her odds of getting any sort of job in law are minuscule - the market is very hard now for people with even good experience who have passed the bar. She should remove law school from her resume, go to a mall, and try and get a job in retail. Once she has done that for a year or two she may be able to move up, or find a more sophisticated sales job.[/quote]

With respect to teaching, it depends on what and where she is willing or able to teach (says this lawyer and former teacher, who is quite familiar with job markets for both, as well as the bar exam, thanks). No, she's not getting a job teaching AP English at a W school... but if she's willing to teach emotionally disturbed special ed kids in the inner city, there's not a lot of competition for that (because it's a terrible job, but it's something to consider if she's desperate).
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