What Do The Bar Exam And Green Building Have In Common?
This past week I sat for the Florida Bar Exam and during the last several days of decompressing I came to realize that the bar exam and green building have something in common! For the last month I have done thousands of practice questions, read numerous essay questions and attempted to learn how to spot the issues and identify the nuances between answer choices. I have also gone back and remembered funny moments and valuable lessons from the last three years and will now share with you why I believe the bar exam and green building have something in common.
- Being a green building attorney is like studying for the bar exam because right now all that can be done is practicing analyzing problems and evaluating the potential issues. Like an anxious student waiting for his bar exam results everyone has their eyes open for reported cases of green litigation.
- Perhaps there is no litigation because the attorneys representing those involved in the green building trade had a professor similar to my favorite Professor J.J. Brown who once said "If your client ends up in court you have already failed them" As has been discussed in great detail much of the green building litigation can be avoided through proper contracting.
- Like a group of students studying for the bar exam the green building community is extraordinarily close. None of us know everything but we all hope that through practice we know enough to spot the issues and do well when the test/litigation first arrive.
Now that the bar exam is behind me I will be back to writing and job searching and look forward to the engaging and educational conversations I have come to enjoy with my readers.
