# I got my bar clearance letter today!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-bar-clearance-letter-today/661319>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 19, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-bar-clearance-letter-today/661319 "2013-06-19T01:23:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-bar-clearance-letter-today/661319/41 "2013-06-21T16:12:44Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> Not sure what it’s like where you are, but at least once a semester a professor pulls out a copy of the _Florida Bar News_ and shows us the disciplinary section, which invariably has at least one page of people disbarred for client trust fund irregularities.

Comingling funds seems to be a common kiss of death move.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-bar-clearance-letter-today/661319/42 "2013-06-21T16:50:27Z")

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Yup. Decided long ago I wasn’t going to practice in a field that required trust accounting.

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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-bar-clearance-letter-today/661319/43 "2013-06-21T17:41:15Z")

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Do you have interviews at any stage. I have had them in two jurisdictions. Frankly, I am amazed either cleared me, some of the answers I gave, I was told at one that I talked too much. At the other, I stated that one recent decision was bollocks… To someone who turned out to be the one who issues it.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-bar-clearance-letter-today/661319/44 "2013-07-19T22:27:50Z")

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I missed this the first time around. There is only an interview (a hearing, actually) if the character and fitness reviewers flag you.

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**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-bar-clearance-letter-today/661319/45 "2013-07-20T02:43:53Z")

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Congrats I missed this thread the first time around so I am glad to see it bumped. Good work and happy hunting on the Bar Exam.

**Capt**

“First thing we do is kill all the Lawyers” :eek:😃

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-bar-clearance-letter-today/661319/46 "2013-07-20T02:54:13Z")

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Nothing like a happy send-off. 🙂

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