Federalist Society & NYC BigLaw Forum

[Anonymous User]

Better to include or exclude the Federalist Society (where person holds a position and is not just a generic member) from the resume when mass-mailing NYC biglaw firms?

[Anonymous User]

Better to include or exclude the Federalist Society (where person holds a position and is not just a generic member) from the resume when mass-mailing NYC biglaw firms?

Non-factor, so leave it on if you want. This isn't like applying to judicial clerkships.

[NinerFan]

Better to include or exclude the Federalist Society (where person holds a position and is not just a generic member) from the resume when mass-mailing NYC biglaw firms?

Personally, I would leave it off unless you have something really cool you can talk about. I doubt anyone really cares, but there's always a slight chance you'll annoy someone.

[zomginternets]

I think it's too political to put on there. People will immediately think you are a staunch conservative, and will judge you on it. Same reason as when your CSO told you never to discuss a political issue during an interview.

[Old Gregg]

I think it's too political to put on there. People will immediately think you are a staunch conservative, and will judge you on it. Same reason as when your CSO told you never to discuss a political issue during an interview.

Yeah, David Lat sure learned his lesson.

[Anonymous User]

OFF!

[NinerFan]

I think it's too political to put on there. People will immediately think you are a staunch conservative, and will judge you on it. Same reason as when your CSO told you never to discuss a political issue during an interview.

Yeah, David Lat sure learned his lesson.

If you go to Yale and clerk, it's just a wee bit different.

[IAFG]

Why risk it?

[Renzo]

I think it's basically a non-issue, as it's unlikely to help or hurt much at all. If you have any other law school activities to pad the resume with, I'd use those and leave it off; if not, then I'd leave it on.

As an aside, I actually think that it's safer to have something on your resume that politically affiliates you with progressives than conservatives; not because you are more likely to find a like-minded interviewer, but because in my experience, Lefties are far more judge-ey and intolerant of political affiliations they don't like. In other words, I think you're better off sending an arch-conservative a resume with your ACLU membership on it than sending a similarly liberal person a resume with FedSoc on it.

[Old Gregg]

I think it's too political to put on there. People will immediately think you are a staunch conservative, and will judge you on it. Same reason as when your CSO told you never to discuss a political issue during an interview.

Yeah, David Lat sure learned his lesson.

If you go to Yale and clerk, it's just a wee bit different.

Worked at WLRK before he clerked...

[IAFG]

Worked at WLRK before he clerked...

No.

[NinerFan]

I think it's too political to put on there. People will immediately think you are a staunch conservative, and will judge you on it. Same reason as when your CSO told you never to discuss a political issue during an interview.

Yeah, David Lat sure learned his lesson.

If you go to Yale and clerk, it's just a wee bit different.

Worked at WLRK before he clerked...

See http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/22/techn ... gewanted=2

[IAFG]

At any rate, the "if a gay minority with 9th circuit/Wachtell credentials can associate himself with staunch conservatives and get away with it, I can too" rationale might not be the one to follow.

I am certainly not saying it will necessarily hurt you. Maybe someone saw "windsurfing" on my resume and immediately hated me because he likes to take his motorboat out on the weekend and windsurfers are always getting in his way. You never know what might irk someone, or make them take a liking to you. It just makes sense to leave off obviously divisive things.

[duckmoney]

Would the "leave it off" general response be the same if you're on the board? Or does that make it worth it?

[snailio]

Who gives a double somersaulting flying rats ass. It's irrelevant, no one will care.

[MrPapagiorgio]

Don't put anything on a resume that is divisive.
Politics is divisive.
Don't include politics on a resume.

[IAFG]

Would the "leave it off" general response be the same if you're on the board? Or does that make it worth it?

Why would a stronger commitment to a divisive group be better??

Also, people list orgs that they don't have positions for? Just like, "member"? Really?

[buckilaw]

If political affiliation is enough to tilt your app one way or the other wouldn't you have to be an incredibly marginal candidate to begin with? I don't see how political affiliation could affect your work product, especially doing stuff like doc review or due diligence.

[c3pO4]

At any rate, the "if a gay minority with 9th circuit/Wachtell credentials can associate himself with staunch conservatives and get away with it, I can too" rationale might not be the one to follow.

I am certainly not saying it will necessarily hurt you. Maybe someone saw "windsurfing" on my resume and immediately hated me because he likes to take his motorboat out on the weekend and windsurfers are always getting in his way. You never know what might irk someone, or make them take a liking to you. It just makes sense to leave off obviously divisive things.

ya this is mad true. i put fantasy football league champ on my resume and at one firm, it was a great talking point. at another, a partner got REALLY pissed because he had never won in their office league in over 10 years and started talking shit.

[MrPapagiorgio]

At any rate, the "if a gay minority with 9th circuit/Wachtell credentials can associate himself with staunch conservatives and get away with it, I can too" rationale might not be the one to follow.

I am certainly not saying it will necessarily hurt you. Maybe someone saw "windsurfing" on my resume and immediately hated me because he likes to take his motorboat out on the weekend and windsurfers are always getting in his way. You never know what might irk someone, or make them take a liking to you. It just makes sense to leave off obviously divisive things.

ya this is mad true. i put fantasy football league champ on my resume and at one firm, it was a great talking point. at another, a partner got REALLY pissed because he had never won in their office league in over 10 years and started talking shit.

Stop. Just stop.

[c3pO4]

At any rate, the "if a gay minority with 9th circuit/Wachtell credentials can associate himself with staunch conservatives and get away with it, I can too" rationale might not be the one to follow.

I am certainly not saying it will necessarily hurt you. Maybe someone saw "windsurfing" on my resume and immediately hated me because he likes to take his motorboat out on the weekend and windsurfers are always getting in his way. You never know what might irk someone, or make them take a liking to you. It just makes sense to leave off obviously divisive things.

ya this is mad true. i put fantasy football league champ on my resume and at one firm, it was a great talking point. at another, a partner got REALLY pissed because he had never won in their office league in over 10 years and started talking shit.

Stop. Just stop.

haters gonna hate. my story was serious even if you think my language is inglorious. u stop, mr. came into this thread just to tell somebody else to stop. why don't you contribute to the discussion or gtfo?

[MrPapagiorgio]

At any rate, the "if a gay minority with 9th circuit/Wachtell credentials can associate himself with staunch conservatives and get away with it, I can too" rationale might not be the one to follow.

I am certainly not saying it will necessarily hurt you. Maybe someone saw "windsurfing" on my resume and immediately hated me because he likes to take his motorboat out on the weekend and windsurfers are always getting in his way. You never know what might irk someone, or make them take a liking to you. It just makes sense to leave off obviously divisive things.

ya this is mad true. i put fantasy football league champ on my resume and at one firm, it was a great talking point. at another, a partner got REALLY pissed because he had never won in their office league in over 10 years and started talking shit.

Stop. Just stop.

haters gonna hate. my story was serious even if you think my language is inglorious. u stop, mr. came into this thread just to tell somebody else to stop. why don't you contribute to the discussion or gtfo?

I did. Try reading a few posts above.

[c3pO4]

I did. Try reading a few posts above.

ok. i retract.

[Bildungsroman]

Also, people list orgs that they don't have positions for? Just like, "member"? Really?

"Frequent Participant in Free Lunches, ________ Society.

[npe]

If political affiliation is enough to tilt your app one way or the other wouldn't you have to be an incredibly marginal candidate to begin with? I don't see how political affiliation could affect your work product, especially doing stuff like doc review or due diligence.

Dude, everyone's a marginal candidate ITE.