1 Day Down!

I just finished the first day of the Texas Bar Exam. It is only half a day and it could not have gone better. The MPT required me to write a memo to a senior partner regarding a custody issue. I did this for John Henig at Copeland Franco about 10 times. I had two statutes and two cases to draw the law from and some facts for me and against me. I feel like I wrote a wonderful memo and finished with enough time to proofread and correct a few small mistakes. My penmanship was OK but I will need to focus more on that when I have to write 12 essays on Thursday. The second half of the morning consisted of Civil & Criminal Procedure and Evidence. I had 90 minutes to complete the two sets. Each set has 20 short answer questions. I started with Civil Procedure and felt like I knew the answer to every single question without flinching. Criminal Procedure started off with a question I was completely unsure of...I made up something and feel like I probably got some points for my answer. There was one other question like that in Criminal Procedure towards the end. So out of 40 total P & E questions I felt like I nailed 38 of them. I also finished P & E in only 50 minutes. I always finished tests early in law school and I think I was first of the more than 1,400 people at my test site. This is a huge relief because I am sure I now have a large cushion going into the final two days. Tomorrow is the MBE (Multiple choice). I have 3 hours to do 100 questions in the morning and the same in the afternoon. If I can maintain my average of 150 raw points I will be on my way to passing even if I fall asleep during the essays on Thursday. The nerves are calm and while I didn't sleep a whole lot last night...I think tonight will be a different story. I appreciate all the calls, emails, and facebook messages of encouragement. I should also mention that I arrived at the test site around 30 minutes early and took a few minutes to read the Bible. Amazingly, my Bible fell open to Philippians chapter 4 and I just started reading. It was a huge encouragement. In two days I will be able to say..."Ihave fought the good fight, I have finished the BAR".