Did Monica Goodling pass the Bar Exam

[bottomofthehill]

I have not seen that she is a member of the Virginia Bar Assn

[MichaelHarris]

1. maybe Falwell knows

oops he's dead.

[ashling]

2. wrong evangelist

Regent - Pat Robertson

[MichaelHarris]

7. crap

they're all the same to me.

[sutz12]

3. I heard that she did.....

She mixed Dubya up a couple of branch waters and popped a couple of Lone Stars.

No problem.

[eFriendly]

4. Found this in a search...

http://historians.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html

The Regent law school was founded in 1986, when Oral Roberts University shut down its ailing law school and sent its library to Robertson's Bible-based college in Virginia. It was initially called "CBN University School of Law" after the televangelist's Christian Broadcasting Network, whose studios share the campus and which provided much of the funding for the law school..

-snip-

The graduate from Regent -- which is ranked a "tier four" school by US News & World Report, the lowest score and essentially a tie for 136th place -- was not the only lawyer with modest credentials to be hired by the Civil Rights Division after the administration imposed greater political control over career hiring....

Seven years ago, 60 percent of the class of 1999 -- Goodling's class -- failed the bar exam on the first attempt. (Goodling's performance was not available, though she is admitted to the bar in Virginia.) The dismal numbers prompted the school to overhaul its curriculum and tighten admissions standards.
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Supporting story on The Boston Globe:
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2007/04/08/scandal_puts_spotlight_on_christian_law_school/?page=full

[gratuitous]

5. Let's see . . .

Martini . . . beer . . . domestic (ugh!) . . . and scotch.

Hell, if I can pass the bar, anyone can.

[Patsy Stone]

6. From TPM:

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002881.php

Giant Teapot@March 26, 2007 06:58 PM et al.:

On the website http://www.thememoryhole.org/legal/virginia-bar.htm you can access http://www.thememoryhole.org/legal/virginia-bar.xls
and find Monica Marie Goodling on the list (# 7909, alpha order)

I'm sure she' got crackerjack legal skills: a Regent dean, Jeffrey A. Brauch, issued a bar-pass prayer that upped the pass rate from below 50% to near 70% (lowest in Virginia). He has great legal skills himself: he authored a paper "showing" why ERISA preempted the San Francisco domestic partners ordinance... at least his creds are better than Goodling's are...

http://regent.edu/acad/schlaw/faculty_staff/brauch.cfm

Posted by: cf
Date: March 26, 2007 08:48 PM

[bottomofthehill]

8. Thanks, I could not find a Bar list.

Although I must admit I was hoping she was not a member of the Bar. It would have been amusing in a sad way if she was not a member.

[Patsy Stone]

9. It would have been par for the course

and for a couple of minutes I couldn't find any proof either. ;)