"The Bar Exam Flunker" Apologizes

You may remember hearing a story over the summer where a student in Massachussetts flunked the state bar exam and blamed it on his failure to answer a question regarding same-sex marriage. As I suppose an aspiring attorney would instinctively do when he feels he was wronged, Stephen Dunne sued over the "inappropriate question."

This story has taken an unusual twist, however. Dunne has withdrawn his lawsuit and issued a public apology.

From Bay Windows:

But in his letter, Dunne said his suit was "misguided" and that he was
"lashing out as a result of failing the bar exam." "I am deeply sorry for the
hurt that I have caused the gay community," Dunne wrote. As far as we can tell
after interviewing Dunne on Dec. 24, he’s not headed off to jail, rehab or Oprah
- in fact, he said he’s studying to take the bar exam again - so we give him
props for his public mea culpa. The one thing he declined to do was name the law
school he attended, stating he didn’t want to draw attention to his alma mater
(although he did say it’s in Boston). We have a feeling that’s probably okay
with the school.

Click here to read the Q&A with Stephen Dunne in Bay Windows.