# Beryl\_Mooncalf Resurfaces, Tries To Pass California Bar **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 8, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beryl_mooncalf-resurfaces-tries-to-pass-california-bar/307496 "2005-06-08T19:45:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beryl_mooncalf-resurfaces-tries-to-pass-california-bar/307496/41 "2005-06-09T11:55:23Z")
Just curious: Why would a watch with a digital face be grounds for automatic failure? Or is that something he misunderstood? _ **ALL ONE! ALL ONE!** _ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beryl_mooncalf-resurfaces-tries-to-pass-california-bar/307496/42 "2005-06-09T15:29:32Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Just curious: Why would a watch with a digital face be grounds for automatic failure? Probably because some digital watches have memory functions that would allow you to program crib notes into them. ---
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beryl_mooncalf-resurfaces-tries-to-pass-california-bar/307496/43 "2005-06-09T18:12:27Z")
In reading his complaint, I have to ask: how was it a cover up if they told him about it? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beryl_mooncalf-resurfaces-tries-to-pass-california-bar/307496/44 "2005-06-09T18:18:09Z")
> [@JerH](#): > > In reading his complaint, I have to ask: how was it a cover up if they told him about it? [Cartman]It’s a Serbian Jew double bluff.[/Cartman] ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beryl_mooncalf-resurfaces-tries-to-pass-california-bar/307496/45 "2005-06-09T18:25:09Z")
> [@anu-la1979](#): > > Aanamika-the CA Bar is made up of essays, the multi-state and a closed library (they give you all the materials, you don’t know the law) “performance exam.” I suspect what happened was that they imputed his scores from the essays based on the calibre of his writing. I tried to get through his diatribe but I couldn’t. > > I’m going to sit for the CA Bar in a month and a half and I really doubt I would be all that happy about it myself-apparently (according to my Bar/Bri class on writing) what a lot of people do is overwrite one essay (typically torts) and then end up not having as much time on the others so the fact that you wrote one crappily doesn’t necessarily mean that all of your others sucked but you’re heavily discouraged from overwriting and its supposed to be part of your pre-Bar prep that you don’t. > > On the other hand, if his scores totalled below a 1390 he’s an automatic fail anyway. The only way it could have made any difference is if he was between 1390 and 1466 in which case it would have gone through 2nd or 3rd phase grading so unless those points would have pushed him into middle-ground additional review it seems pointless to make such a fuss (and fool of yourself). Thank you for this answer! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beryl_mooncalf-resurfaces-tries-to-pass-california-bar/307496.md?page=2)