Have anyone had to retake the bar exam? If so, how did your firm deal with it?

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You get one more chance, might have to use some “vacation” for study time and some people will judge you (just being honest).

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Not myself personally but someone at my firm took it 3 times and it was fine. He did good work regardless and was well enough liked for his contributions that it didn’t matter.

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Someone in my class year had to retake it. She was given 4 paid weeks to retake.

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Thank you!

I just retook it in Feb (like yesterday and Tuesday lol) my firm gave me whatever time I needed off (unpaid unfortunately) but super supportive

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I had to retake one of the two bar exams I took because I didn’t upload my essays properly the first time. I had to use vacation time but I only took a week off leading up to it.

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I just took it again and I was only given 1 week off and 1 week from my PTO.

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