As part of my vacation I've been running around getting pictures of some of the local courthouses in Kentucky. Most of them I got on my way North (before it started raining). However, I was driving back to Virginia this morning I stopped in London, Kentucky to get gas. I figured the local courthouse wasn't too far away and thought I could spare a half hour or so to go grab some pictures.
I asked the lady at the counter of the stop and steal where the local courthouse was and she called the delivery guy over to give me directions. After I get directions they're both standing there pointedly not asking me why I need to know. The conversation then proceeded like this:
Me: Don't worry. I'm not trouble. I'm an attorney from Virginia and I'm taking pictures of courthouses while I'm on vacation.
Lady: You know, we need more good lawyers here in London.
Me: I know Virginia law. Kentucky law, not so much.
Lady: You need to learn some and move down here.
Unfortunately, I think I'm going to have to disappoint the lady. No reciprocity and an abiding desire not to take another Bar examine ever again are almost insurmountable obstacles.
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I took the Wyoming Bar 30 years after being admitted in Colorado (no reciprocity). I planned on keeping it a secret in case I flunked it I wouldn't be embarrassed. But as soon as I finished the very long process of getting approved to take it, I told everyone I saw that I was going to be taking the Wyoming bar. Then I spent two months leading up to the day sweating bullets, and two months waiting for results with a sense of dread. Fortunately, I passed.
Wyoming calls you on the telephone if you pass, but sends you a letter if you flunk. Picking up the mail every day after the first 6 weeks or so was no fun. The day the phone rang and a voice said it was the Wyoming State Bar calling I don't think I heard anything else that was said. I didn't need to.
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