Unloading bar books feels great

So I've been selling a bunch of my bar study books and it feels like I throwing dead bodies of the ship (none of them killed by me of course...it was the bar examiners!)

I unloaded my midwestern state set on eBay (man, that guy got a great deal!) and my DC books on Craigslist (man, that guy got a great deal!). I sold my Strategies & Tactics and a couple of others on Amazon (they charge a lot of commission). I feels so good to be rid of these shackles and maybe help some other repeater convert to the side of licensed attorney. (Not to mention earning a few bucks back on all the extra money I spent on round two). Of course, it was all worth it now that I am done with bar exams forever!

I still have my outlines/flashcards waiting in the wings....waiting for a bonfire so I can have my outline/flashcard buring party. I think they will look great going up in smoke.

MBE raw score

I just looked at the CA MBE conversion chart here and saw that my raw score was a 136 (which was scaled to a 150.7).

Wow!

Last July, my raw score was a 106 which scaled to a 126.7. Thirty (30) points higher!
I am amazed (and happy)!

Another domino has fallen

After being delinquent for a number of months, I finally got my Virginia driver's license. I was holding onto my home state, not really excited about becoming an "official" resident.
Since my license was going to expire in a couple of months, I had to convert (that and technically I was supposed to get a new license within 60 days of changing my domicile to VA). The VA license shows a lot more shirt (head and shoulders) compared to my old license (pretty much just a tight head shot). Strange.

For the record, the Virginia DMV f'in sucks. I spent 1.5 hours there yesterday to fill out a form, show them a bunch of stuff (old license, birth certificate, SS card, pay stub with current address) and get a photo taken. The one good thing is that they give you the license on the spot (about two minutes after the photo).

I was happy to see many of my fellow blogger repeaters passed. One got the shaft. Hopefully he was really close and can nail it this July. That damn CA bar is hard. I'm glad I never want to live there!

Closer to being official

Yesterday I received a letter from the D.C. Court of Appeals that said I have been certified for admission to the D.C. bar. I'm glad they have all their ducks in a row now.

Also included was:
- info about the swearing in ceremony (June 16, at 12 noon, D.C. Court of Appeals Courtroom on the 6th floor)
I am rather annoyed to read that "cameras are NOT permitted inside the courthouse."
-brochure on the mandatory bar course (must be completed within one year of admission, generally offered once a month)
-D.C. bar registration form
-Application for an engraved certificate of admission
-Supplemental questionnaire (asking if you've been bad since you applied)

Yay!