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Post by hoos89 » Wed May 11, 2016 2:46 pm

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Yea. This is the second write-on with the top 5% cutoff (mine was the last one at 10%). Although rumors, they are from someone who would know, and I trust, but LR thought they were getting shitty people and were tired of so many people just completely mailing write on in, so they convinced the secondaries that it was in the secondaries' best interest to cut it to top 5%. Really, all that did though was give LR more flexibility to pick exactly who they wanted.
I was on the board of a secondary that year and this wasn't a discussion we had at the board level. I'm not sure what happened but I somewhat doubt that the secondaries thought this would be in their best interest. I'm curious whether firms have realized that grade-on is now top 5%, or whether they assume that anyone in the top 6-10% who didn't make it either didn't do write-on or didn't submit a good faith application.

Also I do know a couple people without any journal who got a big firm job. I'm really not sure how important it is, but it's just one of those things that I personally wouldn't want to risk. If there was even a CHANCE that it would net me an offer from a big firm, it's something I would consider mandatory. Even a secondary journal can help avoid the dreaded "why aren't you on a journal" question. I actually did get a couple "why aren't you on LR" questions in OCI, which was fun (I don't think I got any callbacks from someone who asked that, although maybe they only asked because the interview was already going poorly). Also I think at least one interviewer confused my journal with LR so there's that.
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Post by typicalsplitter » Wed May 11, 2016 4:32 pm

FWIW, the given explanation for moving to 5% was that with such a large class size, it would be unfair to fill so many law review slots with people who graded on. But that no longer makes sense because c/o 2018 is normal-sized.

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Post by acr » Wed May 11, 2016 6:33 pm

So I ended up sucking it up today and put in a solid day of work and actually feel great about where I am now. Sorry for being such a baby about it. TRULY appreciate the encouragement from you all yesterday

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Post by ek5dn » Wed May 11, 2016 9:19 pm

yeah idk why people used all the cases

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Post by valen » Fri May 13, 2016 5:51 pm

Ok now that write on is over, are we allowed to discuss it? I'm hoping for confirmation that I wrote on the write issue

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Post by robert88 » Fri May 13, 2016 6:11 pm

Mandy is up! Lightning fast...it's only been a week.

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Post by chingwoo » Fri May 13, 2016 6:40 pm

sublime wrote:Although there are exceptions, at least from WUSTL, I view journals as pretty much required for firm jobs, especially unless you have some other plus (really good grades, IP, URM, great WE etc). I am sure there is someone, I can't think of anybody in my class (c/o 2016) with a desirable firm job that isn't on a journal, and many of those people are on LR, although I do know people with desirable non-firm jobs that didn't do journal.

Conventional wisdom on this site may be that secondaries are not important, but we aren't at a school like NYU (just randomly picked) where we can opt out of the journal process and it probably won't matter.

Of course, I am sure there is someone in my class that is an exception and it is somewhat firm dependent, but if you want to work at a firm, you should write on, preferably to LR (especially if your grades are borderline for competitive with firms)

I waited to post this after write on.

But for all those who did not do write on journals are not a necessity. In my group of friends I know at least five people with new firm jobs who didn't do write on.

A couple of my friends without journal had 20+ screeners as non-IP/URM K-JDs while being right around the 25% mark.

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Post by robert88 » Fri May 13, 2016 7:09 pm

That is very comforting, thanks!


I waited to post this after write on.

But for all those who did not do write on journals are not a necessity. In my group of friends I know at least five people with new firm jobs who didn't do write on.

A couple of my friends without journal had 20+ screeners as non-IP/URM K-JDs while being right around the 25% mark.[/quote]

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Post by RareExports » Sat May 14, 2016 5:58 pm

robert88 wrote:Mandy is up! Lightning fast...it's only been a week.
There's no way that at his age he graded those thoroughly.

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Post by MKC » Sat May 14, 2016 7:38 pm

RareExports wrote:
robert88 wrote:Mandy is up! Lightning fast...it's only been a week.
There's no way that at his age he graded those thoroughly.
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Post by PeanutsNJam » Sun May 15, 2016 7:17 pm

RareExports wrote:
robert88 wrote:Mandy is up! Lightning fast...it's only been a week.
There's no way that at his age he graded those thoroughly.
From what I heard he only taught 1 section, and the word limit on his exams was 1500.

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Post by splitterfromhell » Sun May 15, 2016 9:11 pm

Watching the Western Conference Finals and excited to go to law school in a city with NHL. What would you say is the breakdown of fans by team at WUSTL? Mostly Blues fans? How many insufferable Blackhawks fans? Thank you for answering what is probably the most important inquiry in this thread yet.

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Post by Joscellin » Sun May 15, 2016 9:13 pm

splitterfromhell wrote:Watching the Western Conference Finals and excited to go to law school in a city with NHL. What would you say is the breakdown of fans by team at WUSTL? Mostly Blues fans? How many insufferable Blackhawks fans? Thank you for answering what is probably the most important inquiry in this thread yet.

We had some excellent back and forth shit talking between some Blackhawks fan students and a couple Blues fan profs in class.

Most WUSTL students don't care about hockey, but among those that do, Blues dominates, then an assortment of other teams, since WUSTL draws nationally.

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Post by splitterfromhell » Sun May 15, 2016 9:15 pm

How terrible of an idea would season tickets be as a 1L?

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Post by Joscellin » Sun May 15, 2016 9:21 pm

splitterfromhell wrote:How terrible of an idea would season tickets be as a 1L?
I mean, it's doable, but you'll have to budget the rest of your time very carefully so as to not fall behind. I probably wouldn't do it, but it's possible. The arena is about a 20-30 minute drive from campus (or a 15 minute train ride).

They won't be cheap, though. Blues tickets surprised me at their price for single games, and parking is a bitch around the arena.

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Post by w00kash » Sun May 15, 2016 9:32 pm

splitterfromhell wrote:How terrible of an idea would season tickets be as a 1L?
I would go with a mini plan instead. They have both a half season and 12 game plan. The bar scene is usually pretty fun on game days too so you could always supplement it with that to save some money and not commit yourself to 41 games.

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Post by tsujimoto74 » Sun May 15, 2016 10:41 pm

I mean, there's always reselling seats you don't intend to use. In Buffalo you can more of less pay for your season tickets just by selling the ones to Toronto/Montreal games. Probably not as profitable in St. Louis, considering the lack of nearby Canadians, though.

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Post by njdevils2626 » Mon May 16, 2016 12:02 am

tsujimoto74 wrote:I mean, there's always reselling seats you don't intend to use. In Buffalo you can more of less pay for your season tickets just by selling the ones to Toronto/Montreal games. Probably not as profitable in St. Louis, considering the lack of nearby Canadians, though.
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Post by aspire2esquire » Mon May 16, 2016 4:58 pm

Best coffee shops in STL to study in?

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Post by acr » Mon May 16, 2016 5:09 pm

aspire2esquire wrote:Best coffee shops in STL to study in?
I like Cafe Ventana over by SLU and I know a number of my classmates seem to enjoy it as well

A lot of people study at Kayak but it's usually pretty busy since it's literally across the street from campus

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