Twas the weekend before the bar exam

The big bar exam is this Tuesday and Wednesday. Jen's been working incredibly diligently the last two months to prepare for this monster test. I've gotten to go on walks with her with the stroller and quiz her with her flashcards. The walks in part have given me large calluses on my poor sore feet. (I've got to get better footwear.) It's been a marathon, but soon it will be over after two big days.

I penned a quick poem in honor of this occasion...

Twas the weekend before the bar exam
And all through the house
The pressure was palpable to even a mouse.

Flashcards on tort rules, crime definitions, and the commerce clause spread everywhere
And fortunately not anyone's pulled-out hair.

The law grad was zonked out in her bed
Dreaming of intestate wills and criminal standards for neglect.

Her family around her eagerly looked forward to
The returning of the person they once knew.

For this two-day test requires knowing so much information
Such as the requirements for articles of incorporation.

Utilizing the materials, lectures and sample tests from the inept Barbri
Against whom she has probable cause to raise an army.

So she shuts herself down in the basement each summer day
Learning the constitutional standard for eminent domain.

For instance, she must know what the universal commercial code
Specifies for when a contract can be revoked.

The law grad's last brain cells will be spent
As she crams in the levels of scrutiny in the 14th amendment.

Legalese Latin has been kept to a minimum;
Still there are words like "impleader, joinder, and subject matter jurisdiction."

After all this she'll earn her vacation
And not think about interlocation.

During the intense weeks there haven't been too many tears
But some expressed wish that the exam would disappear.

On Tuesday and Wednesday she'll sit down with her peers
All hoping to be certified lawyers this year.

Picture 900 nervous lawyers clutching their pens
With visions of being admitted to the bar in their heads.

We know she can do it, despite the difficult test.
Thursday AM, and after, we'll give her a rest.

She'll pack up her things and turn in the exam
And exclaim: I can breathe again. Hip hip hooray!