Not Everyone Passes the Bar Exam

To help ease the stress of studying for the Bar Exam, I thought I would post a short list of notable men and women who failed. Certainly, there are countless names that deserve to be on this list that I left off, but here are a few;

• Jerry Brown: Attorney General of California (and former California governor). Failed the California bar once before passing.
• Hillary Clinton: Failed the D.C. bar exam in the 1970s, but passed the Arkansas bar.
  
• John F. Kennedy, Jr. (deceased): Son of President John F. Kennedy. Failed the New York bar twice, before passing on the third try. Served as an assistant district attorney in New York from 1989 to 1993.
• David Paterson: Governor of New York, failed the New York Bar Exam once, and he never sat for it again.
  
• Emily Pataki: Dughter of former New York Governor George Pataki. Failed the New York bar the first time, but passed the second time.
• Kathleen Sullivan: Former dean of Stanford law school, leading constitutional law scholar, and possible Supreme Court nominee in a Democratic administration, failed the California bar exam when she took it in July 2005.
• Pete Wilson: Former California governor. Failed the California bar exam three times, before passing on his fourth try.
• Richard M Daley, mayor of Chicago, failed twice.
• Ed Koch failed before going on to be mayor of New York City and more importantly the judge on the People's Court.
• Antonio Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles, has failed the California Bar 4 times, and has yet to pass.
  
• Harold Ford, chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) and is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee.
  
• Pat Robertson. Yes, THAT Pat Robertson is a graduate of Yale Law School, but he failed the NY bar and never took it again.
• Greg Mathis, the television judge.
• Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States.
• Charlie Crist, governor of Florida, failed the exam twice.
• Jerry Brown, former California governor, managed to pass on his second attempt.
• Pete Wilson, another former California governor, did not pass until his fourth attempt.