"Lawyer, NY" & "Sean" - why don't you enlighten us all as to what exam failure protocol is? Is that like the "Erie" Test? Regardless, I'll pass it along to BarBri.

I sent out a similar note yesterday to friends for two purposes: (1) to let friends who failed know they weren't alone; and (2) to identify who I was going to "celebrate" with last night.

I also sent it to my would-be employer, a small bankruptcy & commercial litigation firm, who conditioned my offer on passing the exam. I thought it was the mature and responsible thing to do. How many politicians - past, present or future - do that?

Ms. Pataki, who had the expectations of many more than I (and apparently countless outside her firm), probably thought the same.