Episode description

Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, as part of our "Quick Tips" series, we're talking about what to say when you find out someone - your friend, partner, family member, or colleague - failed the bar exam. We also share tips about assessing the situation if the person who failed is yourself. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• How the conversation about bar exam failure should start
• Comments that could be seen as insensitive in the situation
• Letting the person decide if they want to take the exam again, rather than pushing them to
• Things you could say that are helpful but not overbearing
• The two ways in which students who failed the bar usually react
• How to assess the situation rationally if the person who failed the exam is yourself

Resources:

• Private Bar Exam Tutoring (https://barexamtoolbox.com/private-bar-exam-tutoring/)
• I Failed: Bar Exam Toolbox resources to help you prepare for re-taking the bar (https://barexamtoolbox.com/i-failed-the-bar-exam/)

Download the Transcript
(https://barexamtoolbox.com/episode-216-quick-tips-what-to-say-to-someone-who-has-failed-the-bar-exam/)

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Alison & Lee