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I must be crazy
Sep. 30th, 2009 10:04 ambecause I am seriously considering taking the Colorado Bar Exam. I had always thought that after being licensed in NC for 5 years, I could transfer my bar license to Colorado. But, I was reading the website more carefully and both states require that you have been physically in the state and practicing law for five years, which I haven't been.
There are some advantages to only have the NC license - I don't have to take CLE courses, for example, and it doesn't matter for immigration law, which is all federal. And I really only want to practice immigration law - I like it and I know it. But my dad, whose opinion I trust, has been talking to me about all the limitations I have and he's right. If an immigration client wants a will, or a divorce, or say, guardianship, that's work that I have to pass to someone else and can't get paid for.
I have until December 1 to decide. The exam fee is $500 + $100 if I want to use a computer. And I'm pretty sure I need a PC laptop tp take the exam. (I'm sure I could borrow someone's laptop. Writing the test by hand would be crazy). A bar review course would be $1350, plus more if I wanted to take it on my own, which I would. But, I do have some old Colorado BarBri books here and I see that you can get old bar exams from the Colorado Court for $15 so maybe that would be good enough.
I think the hardest part, though, would be the anxiety around the test. I can't imagine doing it twice. That was two miserable days of my life and for about three years after the bar exam, I would get this sort of sick feeling in my stomach just remembering it.
There are some advantages to only have the NC license - I don't have to take CLE courses, for example, and it doesn't matter for immigration law, which is all federal. And I really only want to practice immigration law - I like it and I know it. But my dad, whose opinion I trust, has been talking to me about all the limitations I have and he's right. If an immigration client wants a will, or a divorce, or say, guardianship, that's work that I have to pass to someone else and can't get paid for.
I have until December 1 to decide. The exam fee is $500 + $100 if I want to use a computer. And I'm pretty sure I need a PC laptop tp take the exam. (I'm sure I could borrow someone's laptop. Writing the test by hand would be crazy). A bar review course would be $1350, plus more if I wanted to take it on my own, which I would. But, I do have some old Colorado BarBri books here and I see that you can get old bar exams from the Colorado Court for $15 so maybe that would be good enough.
I think the hardest part, though, would be the anxiety around the test. I can't imagine doing it twice. That was two miserable days of my life and for about three years after the bar exam, I would get this sort of sick feeling in my stomach just remembering it.