Thread: Will my firm kick me out now that I have failed the bar?

I have just failed my my July 2007 Arizona bar exam, will my firm kick me out now that i have failed my bar?

I think some firms are pretty good about it

I haven't a clue about my own firm's policy, since I came here as a lateral. If you forced me to generalize, I'd say that "most" firms are pretty good about letting failed exam-takers stay on until the next results, out of a sense of fairness (e.g., if your hiring was contingent on passing, they could have easily stated so when they brought you on). In fact the county prosecutor in my city hired new grads with that specific condition, and they did in fact withdraw job offers for those individuals who failed. (I know one such person who reapplied after passing, and she was rehired).

Source:uncivil litigator

my firm will keep those who have failed the bar ~ I can only speak for firms in my (smallish) city. Neither my firm nor any of the ones I know about can fire people if they fail the bar. At my firm, and I think at the others, they don't even reduce your salary. You do everything the other first years do except appear in court and on the letterhead. If someone fails on his/her second try, then I think our policy is to let the person go. But that has never happened here as far as I know.

Source: hans sachs