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Anonymous User wrote:Hi All,

I am currently a 2L and I am going to be a summer associate in a lit department of a big firm in NY this summer. I was wondering if there are any legal publications I should/ could be reading before the summer so I get some sense of what's going on in the legal world. I would prefer ones that are not behind a feewall (or free to summer). I have a feeling that ATL doesnt suffice.

Thanks!

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Anonymous User wrote:Hi All,

I am currently a 2L and I am going to be a summer associate in a lit department of a big firm in NY this summer. I was wondering if there are any legal publications I should/ could be reading before the summer so I get some sense of what's going on in the legal world. I would prefer ones that are not behind a feewall (or free to summer). I have a feeling that ATL doesnt suffice.

Thanks!

"Litigation" (the journal of the ABA's litigation section) is great but more about litigation practice in general, it's not litigation news. For news, look at National Law Journal's "Legal Times" (online, not paywalled I don't think), and the American Lawyer. Law360 is great for specialized practice areas but I think completely paywalled.

Above all, read the Wall Street Journal. Even in litigation, it's sort of the currency of daily conversation. You will be surprised at how often someone mentions an article from the front page of that morning's Journal -- often with an assumption that everyone has read it.