I’d like to ask you a question this morning. Who is a good example to you of grace under pressure? I’m talking about someone who can rise to a challenge without panicking or taking shortcuts. How would you rate yourself at handling pressure? We’d all like to think we could pass a sudden test or challenge with ease, but then we read the news story about a woman in Illinois who gave birth in the middle of taking her bar exam and we wonder.

Brianna Hill was scheduled to take her bar exam at about the mid-point of her pregnancy. But then the law school postponed the exam for a few months due to COVID-19 restrictions. The new date fell squarely within a few weeks of Hill’s due date.

The online bar exam is administered in four 90-minute segments over two days. Hill’s water broke during the fir…