Special late edition · Results day · Price: three years of his life

Daniel Reyes, 29, passes the bar examination Sources: the official list, his scream, our scream

The courthouse columns and steps, results day — Pictured: the man of the hour, courthouse steps, eleven minutes after refreshing the results page for the 40th time.

Edition history

The record of record

2021 · Vol. I The personal statement. Proofread by his sister; partial credit on file.

2024 · Vol. II The first attempt. One weekend off. Eleven hours of cooking shows.

2024 · Vol. III The Monday morning. The flashcards go back on the table.

2026 · Final The official list, refreshed one last time. This edition.

Passed

No further attempts required

From the family desk

An open letter to our in-house counsel

Daniel. Dani. Counselor. For three years this family has lived under the rule of flashcards. We ate dinner to the sound of you muttering “hearsay exceptions” like a haunted man. Mom started citing precedent during arguments about the thermostat. She won. She always cites you now.

We watched you fail it the first time, in 2024, and we want the record to show what you did next: you took one weekend off, watched eleven hours of cooking shows, and then put the flashcards back on the table. That Monday morning is the thing we’re proudest of. Not today. That Monday.

Your sister would like the court to note that she proofread your personal statement in 2021 and therefore claims partial credit, billable at her usual rate of one dinner. Dad has already told the entire hardware store. The man who sold him the drill knows your bar number.

You did the hard thing, Dani. The long, boring, unglamorous, nobody-claps-for-Tuesday hard thing. And now it’s done, and it’s yours, and no one can ever take it back out of your hands.

“Objection: we always knew. Overruled: he didn’t believe us.”

— the entire Reyes household, in unison, forever

This page is hereby closed with the following finding

tap the seal to certify the record

First round of legal advice is free for family. We’ve been told this is the only time he will ever say that. With all our pride and most of our volume — Mom, Dad, Carla & Tito Ben.

He did the hard thing.

Edition history

An open letter to our in-house counsel