One for Emery and one for Scott

[Penguin]

Just a couple quick questions for our co-hosts:

Emery, I know you've mentioned a few times that you're in law school. How much longer do you have until you're done?

Scott, I've heard you joke a few times about how there might be trouble if some opinion you give on the show gets back to your congregation. Has there been any friction or difficulty at your church over the positions and beliefs you put forward on the podcast?

[ScottBarger]

I don't think there is anyone in my congregation who would get prickly about the stuff we discuss on the podcast. I am blessed to be in a Christian community where honest dialogue and wrestling with tough questions are considered to be GOOD things.

There are a few people in my "denomination" who could try to make life difficult for me if THEY found out, but there isn't much they could do about it.

[Penguin]

I don't think there is anyone in my congregation who would get prickly about the stuff we discuss on the podcast. I am blessed to be in a Christian community where honest dialogue and wrestling with tough questions are considered to be GOOD things.

That's good.

And (if the opinion of an atheist matters in this) I admire the way I've heard you approach issues on the podcast. In contrast, I've seen some ministers and priests put forward a public face that makes it seem like they've got everything sewn up and know all the answers; I think that approach does more harm than good.

Thanks.

[Emery]

Hi Penguin. Actually, I'm done with law school as of last week!

Graduation is in a few weeks, after which it's 2 months of classes and study for the bar exam

And just to extend the suspense, we won't know until October if we've passed the bar, and can actually be practicing attorneys!

Such are the wonders of law school

[Penguin]

Hi Penguin. Actually, I'm done with law school as of last week!

Very cool. Congratulations!

Graduation is in a few weeks, after which it's 2 months of classes and study for the bar exam

And just to extend the suspense, we won't know until October if we've passed the bar, and can actually be practicing attorneys!

Such are the wonders of law school

Well, good luck.

I realized some time ago that I don't have a brain for law. I only had to take the one "law for engineers" course, but I'd find that whatever I thought made the most sense, the correct answer was the opposite.

[NH Baritone]

Hi Penguin. Actually, I'm done with law school as of last week!

Very cool. Congratulations!

Graduation is in a few weeks, after which it's 2 months of classes and study for the bar exam

And just to extend the suspense, we won't know until October if we've passed the bar, and can actually be practicing attorneys!

Such are the wonders of law school

Well, good luck.

I realized some time ago that I don't have a brain for law. I only had to take the one "law for engineers" course, but I'd find that whatever I thought made the most sense, the correct answer was the opposite.

All of my best boyfriends in life (three of them: 7 years, 6 months, and 11.5 years) have been attorneys. I don't know if I have a brain for law, but apparently several times the law has found a brain for me.

Congrats, Emery!

[Rian]

Congrats, Emery!!!!

[Emery]

Thanks guys. Keep your fingers crossed for my bar exam. And to the Christians, I'm not above asking that you say a prayer for my passage!

[NH Baritone]

Thanks guys. Keep your fingers crossed for my bar exam. And to the Christians, I'm not above asking that you say a prayer for my passage!

Rub a rabbit's foot, pick a 4-leafed clover, and strip the shoe from a horse for exactly the same effect.

Better yet, take a bar review course and study like your career depended on it. Apparently Oregon has an 82% pass rate on the bar exam, so either way, the odds are in your favor. The California average is only 65%, and Wyoming is 62%.

[Pseudonym]

Thanks guys. Keep your fingers crossed for my bar exam. And to the Christians, I'm not above asking that you say a prayer for my passage!

Be aware that we're all thinking about you, whether that thought is expressed in prayer or otherwise. As far as you're concerned, that's the aspect that's important.

[whoosanightowl]

Congratulations Emery! Wow, I can't believe how quickly the time flew by since you started law school--at least from my perspective! And although I'm sure you'll do just fine on the bar exam, I'll offer a wish on a lucky star for you anyway.

[Emery]

Thanks a lot you guys for the encouragement. Preparing for the bar is time consuming, but oh so much more productive than law school. That is evidence of the difference between the teaching style of a for-profit company that is invested in students' outcome on the exam, and a law school pedagogy that gets paid no matter how remote their lectures are to the reality of exam preparation.

[tirtlegrrl]

Yay Emery! Congrats on graduating and best of luck on the bar exam.