R.I.P. MCA (Adam Yauch)

I was saddened by the news yesterday that MCA (Adam Yauch) of the Beastie Boys had passed away due to cancer.

I thumped many a beat to Licensed to Ill back in the mid '80s (yes, that was on a boom box).  The Beasties and basketball go hand-in-hand in my memories of bygone days of youth. 

The Beasties broke the hip hop mold and brought it more into mainstream white America.  Those dudes from Brooklyn sure could rock.

Despite starting out of the gate with a monster smash record, the Boys hung together and stayed relevant for a really long time.  Nice work guys and thanks for all the catchy tunes.

Fight For Your Right (To Party)
Hey Ladies
So What'ha Want
Sabotage
Intergalactic
Ch-Check It Out

History of Release Date for DC Bar Exam Results (Feb 2005 - Feb 2017)

I've been thinking about doing this for a while so here it is.

The dates on the "pass" memo for the DC bar for the last three handfuls of years.  These were collected from pass memos, blog posts or comments on this blog so count on a +/- of a day or two depending on when people reported (for those that I didn't actually see the memo):

Bar
Exam Date          Memo Date
Feb '21                 ?

July '20 (Oct!)     12/11/20* Note: this exam was on Oct. 5-6, 2020, not July.

Feb '20                 5/29/20*

July '19                10/30/19*

Feb '19                 5/23/19*

July '18                11/9/18*

Feb '18                 5/16/18*  

July '17                10/26/17*
Feb '17                 5/12/17*
July '16                11/1/16*
Feb '16                 5/5/16
July '15                10/15/15*
Feb '15                 5/1/15*
July '14                10/17/14*
Feb '14                 5/8/14*
July '13                10/24/13*
Feb. '13                5/1/13*
July '12                10/31/12*
Feb '12                4/25/12*
July '11               10/27/11*
Feb. '11               4/27/11*
July '10               10/18/10*
Feb. '10               4/30/10
July '09               10/23/09
Feb. '09               5/11/09
July '08               10/17/08*
Feb. '08               4/24/08*
July '07               10/4/07*
Feb. '07               4/25/07*
July '06               10/6/06
Feb. '06               5/16/06
July '05               11/4/05
Feb. '05               4/29/05

* Indicates I have a saved copy of the results memo

February 2012 DC Bar Exam Results

As my time with the DC bar exam grows more distant, my interest fades...hence the infrequent posts.

The February 2012 DC bar exam included the following subjects:

MPT: Two letters (one objective and one persuasive)

MEE:
Contracts
Corporations
Evidence
Federal Civ Pro
Partnership
Wills

MBE: As usual, watch for the conversion chart on the California bar site (the only state that provides a correlation between raw and scaled scores).

DC posted (online) the bar results yesterday, 5/1/2012 (letters went out a few days earlier): 110 successful applicants out of 237. 66% pass rate for first-time takers and overall pass rate of 48%

Congrats to those that vaulted high enough to clear the bar. To those that didn't make it this time...go through the stages (disbelief, sadness, rage, dedication, application, joy) to reach your goal next time.