No Journal/MC....but big law offer Forum

[Anonymous User]

Not trying to brag, but somehow I've managed a big law offer as a 2L transfer without getting on journal. I am wondering if there will be any adverse impact by not trying out for moot court, or really getting involved in anything at all on campus.

Any thoughts?

[goden]

no but congrats on doing 2L right

[Anonymous User]

Not trying to brag, but somehow I've managed a big law offer as a 2L transfer without getting on journal. I am wondering if there will be any adverse impact by not trying out for moot court, or really getting involved in anything at all on campus.

Any thoughts?

I know of 4 people in my class specifically without journal or moot court and with big law offers.

[Anonymous User]

This is a question for career services.

Regardless, students generally apply for membership on journals and/or moot court for the purpose of obtaining a legal position. If you were given an offer by a firm, this means that the firm already knew you were not on a journal (or at least there was a chance you would not be on one since you are a transfer that needed to apply for it) and that you did not have moot court. In other words, all of that is moot (no pun intended) since you have an offer now. I am guessing that the firm hired you based primarily on your grades, and if you were a transfer student, they are probably somewhat exceptional.

[Anonymous User]

When I was doing 2L OCI in 2008, I also had multiple big law offer, without MC/journal. Was no offered at the end of 2009. Clerked for a state trial judge for a year and received 2 more big law offers in 2011 after my clerkship. I'm currently a midlevel at a v50 firm in a secondary market. Graduated top 35% from top 30 school.

Having MC/Journal will definitely help, but if you don't have it, don't give up.

[Desert Fox]

You are living the dream bro. Nobody cares if you did Moot Court.

[Anonymous User]

No need to join a journal especially if you want corporate and have ok grades. In fact, a few corporate partners told me during CBs they don't give a shit about journals...

[Desert Fox]

No need to join a journal especially if you want corporate and have ok grades. In fact, a few corporate partners told me during CBs they don't give a shit about journals...

I can't believe anyone who did journal would value the experience.

[Anonymous User]

No journal/MC here...and bottom 25% of the class. Still managed to snag a V50 gig for next summer.

Living the 2L dream man. Life is good.

[Anonymous User]

This is the correct way to do 2L. Also doing neither and planning to work to pay off these awful loans

[Anonymous User]

Cool.

[BigZuck]

Cool.

Cool use of anon?

+1 to both of DF's posts, I envy you OP

[TheThriller]

Cool.

Cool use of anon?

+1 to both of DF's posts, I envy you OP

My bad, didn't mean to anon. It was me.

Cool.

[Anonymous User]

Not trying to brag, but somehow I've managed a big law offer as a 2L transfer without getting on journal. I am wondering if there will be any adverse impact by not trying out for moot court, or really getting involved in anything at all on campus.

Any thoughts?

I'm in the same boat, man. Part of me kinda regrets not doing the writing comp because I think I maybe could have got a better offer. But whatever, 2L should be chill as fuck now.

[pancakes3]

No journal/MC here...and bottom 25% of the class. Still managed to snag a V50 gig for next summer.

I don't care if flame, teach me all of your ways.

[Anonymous User]

Not trying to brag, but somehow I've managed a big law offer as a 2L transfer without getting on journal. I am wondering if there will be any adverse impact by not trying out for moot court, or really getting involved in anything at all on campus.

Any thoughts?

I'm in the same boat, man.

+2 (V25, no journal)

Well done sirs (journal sounds miserable and completely useless for transactional work).

[Anonymous User]

Not trying to brag, but somehow I've managed a big law offer as a 2L transfer without getting on journal. I am wondering if there will be any adverse impact by not trying out for moot court, or really getting involved in anything at all on campus.

Any thoughts?

I'm in the same boat, man.

+2 (V25, no journal)

Well done sirs (journal sounds miserable and completely useless for transactional work).

Me too, V50.....although I had made a secondary journal at the school I transferred from and had that on my resume.

Disclaimer: NYC Corporate

[Anonymous User]

+1 and transferred.

No journal previously, none after. No MC.

V5 firm.

Everyone tells me it's not going to be a problem - I hope not.

[Anonymous User]

4bl offers (Chicago and NYC- 2 v50, v70, and v5 ) and 3 mid law. Below median ( by .04) at t25 with no journal or moot court.

2 years work experience which may be why but still pretty happy. Can't complain.

[reasonable person]

Have some friends at T1/T2s slightly below median, but landed biglaw jobs in IP a few years back. One in DC and the other in SF.
They had EE backgrounds though and don't regret it for a second.
They're enjoying their work and 160k was almost triple of what they made in engineering.
Pretty sure they're at the 200k range now.

[notgreat]

Grats, op. Wish I had the balls to say no to journal. Worst fucking part of my life right now.

[SLS_AMG]

I don't see why this should matter. There's no reason at all to join moot court unless you're actually interested in doing it. Somewhat similar with law review, though it's obviously much more prestigious of a resume line -- though perhaps even a bigger waste of time than moot court.

[Anonymous User]

I was a 2L transfer with no journal. I did MC but not until spring semester, well after I had accepted a 2L SA BigLaw offer, and I did not need to submit a new resume to be considered for full-time offer after SA. You'll probably be fine. Just don't get no offered.

[Anonymous User]

No journal/MC here...and bottom 25% of the class. Still managed to snag a V50 gig for next summer.

I don't care if flame, teach me all of your ways.

OP hurr.

Do the whole networking thing. Reach out to alums of your school (undergrad and law school) that are working in your target market(s). Establish some rapport. This is a great thing to bring up in your interviews: "Well, I met with so and so and discussed the firm. She said x and z and that really appeals to me. etc. etc."

Be a good interviewer. Thankfully, this is something that comes naturally to me (unlike law school exams, apparently). If you aren't good, practice practice practice. Do mock interviews. Go to networking events and practice talking to practicing attorneys just to get used to it. This step is absolutely essential. No firm is going to callback/offer a candidate with shit grades who also has a shit personality. You need to show that you are a great fit and that you are someone who will be able to communicate with clients without being a liability.

Oh, and most importantly, go to a t14. Bottom 25% at a non-14 means zero chance at biglaw. Obvi.

[sinfiery]

Bravo. Would quit my journal today if I weren't too much of a wimp not to.

Almost no one asked me about it during our OCI. Pretty sure the hype is a scam to lock students in to the slave labor commitments.