The film has garnered many positive reviews including coverage from The Wall Street Journal, The Dallas Morning News, Premiere.com and on nationally syndicated television show At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper.

[5] One of the test takers in the documentary is Donald Baumeister, an ex-Marine, who had failed the California bar 41 times and is shown in the movie gearing up for attempt #42.

[6] A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar... has won awards at many independent film festivals including the Grand Jury Prize at AFI Dallas's Texas Competition, and Boulder Colorado's Toofy Fest's Best Narrative Feature.

[9] Megan Meadows and Cassandra Hooks are shown passing the July 2006 Bar examination in the movie.

[14] Ms. Hooks is a senior associate at the law firm of Alston & Bird in Los Angeles.