Yes, it is in the rear view mirror – the bar exam is over – until the next time.

After three – maybe four – years of law school, my students were asked to put all their eggs in one basket, to place all their chips on one roll, and a bunch of other clichés. The most arduous two days of a law student's life: the bar exam.

As I tell my students, “You will never, in your entire legal career, know as much law as you do today.”

One of my favorite students sweated through the bar exam Tuesday and Wednesday. We took him out for a top-shelf, hard-earned, well-deserved scotch.

As we listened to him recount the questions and the answers that he remembered, we were amazed at his depth of knowledge and understanding of the topics.

Yes, he felt confident, and he was prepared. We smiled proudly, beaming at him, and happily patted ourselves on the back for nurturing and mentoring him through his difficult days.

Soon, he will be a lawyer and a fine colleague.