To all ye legal gladiators

Today starts the bar examination in US states and territories. I have sat for and passed two: California and Tennessee. It's only a two day ordeal for Tennessee; California's test is three days.

So where am I right now? Standing on a podium, looking over a room full of nervous aspirants, typing what they hope to be the right answers into their laptops, in Knoxville. Checking them in this morning as one of the proctors, I swear the average age was 14. I'm getting old.

Good luck. Breathe deep. You'll do fine. It's not the end of the world.