Finally done with exams

[Amicus]

I've been lurking around here long enough, so I just thought I'd go ahead and say hi.

Today I learned that I passed the P.E., and I think that I am finally done with exams. Behind me are the P.E., the Patent Bar Exam, and the Illinois Bar Exam. So I am a lawyer and an engineer now. I actually cannot believe it's all over. The downside is that I have to keep up the continuing education requirements for both the law license and the P.E. license. It's a nice problem to have.

In my opinion, the P.E. was probably the hardest of them all to get through, particularly considering the strict requirements needed just to sit for it. Also, if you can memorize, you can pass the bar, but the P.E. requires you to actually know what you're doing.

 

[MA_PE]

I've been lurking around here long enough, so I just thought I'd go ahead and say hi.
Today I learned that I passed the P.E., and I think that I am finally done with exams. Behind me are the P.E., the Patent Bar Exam, and the Illinois Bar Exam. So I am a lawyer and an engineer now. I actually cannot believe it's all over. The downside is that I have to keep up the continuing education requirements for both the law license and the P.E. license. It's a nice problem to have.

In my opinion, the P.E. was probably the hardest of them all to get through, particularly considering the strict requirements needed just to sit for it. Also, if you can memorize, you can pass the bar, but the P.E. requires you to actually know what you're doing.

first congratulations and I think having enginering and patent attorney credentials is a kick-ass combination in today's society.

second, Are you saying that there are actually practicing attorneys that don't know what they're doing? <_<

 

[Amicus]

second, Are you saying that there are actually practicing attorneys that don't know what they're doing? <_<

No, although I have been told that some are less than competent. What I'm saying is that the exam doesn't test what attorneys need to know to practice law. The bar exam is entirely irrational, and those aren't my words, but the words of a professor who has been teaching for over 50 years. And he's right. No client comes into a law office with a one page statement of his case and says, "you have 30 minutes to write an essay about what a court will do in my case, and don't type over 4600 characters."

In contrast, I feel like the P.E. is better test of competency, and not just some hurdle to get past.