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On the main secondary journal at my school. My note was selected for publishing.

Is it worth getting published? I’m a little concerned that it’s not actually good, and I don’t know if I want mediocre writing to follow me forever.

Anonymous User wrote: ↑

Sat May 07, 2022 9:43 pm

On the main secondary journal at my school. My note was selected for publishing.

Is it worth getting published? I’m a little concerned that it’s not actually good, and I don’t know if I want mediocre writing to follow me forever.

Literally nobody is going to give a shit about your note ever again, outside of you being nominated by POTUS for something. As long as you're not writing about beheading your political rivals, you're fine in that case too.

If it was chosen for publication, it’s good enough to be worth publishing… You’ll have time and help to edit it into a better version anyway.

No one will read it and it's good on the resume. Do it.

I'll add that people are going to see the title if you choose to include in your biglaw bio, so don't screw that up. But yes, you might as well publish.

Big Red wrote: ↑

Sun May 08, 2022 1:20 am

I'll add that people are going to see the title if you choose to include in your biglaw bio, so don't screw that up. But yes, you might as well publish.

Agree with don't screw that up to the extent of no cussing or outside the mainstream politics (eg "why trump good" or "f*** yeah that cheerleader girl won"). But it's OK to have puns and corny long titles.

Anonymous User wrote: ↑

Sun May 08, 2022 3:04 am

Big Red wrote: ↑

Sun May 08, 2022 1:20 am

I'll add that people are going to see the title if you choose to include in your biglaw bio, so don't screw that up. But yes, you might as well publish.

Agree with don't screw that up to the extent of no cussing or outside the mainstream politics (eg "why trump good" or "f*** yeah that cheerleader girl won"). But it's OK to have puns and corny long titles.

Do things that are a little social justice-y fit into this category (prisoner's rights, broader view of habeas policy, etc.)? Obviously not as extreme as the examples you mentioned. Working in biglaw fwiw

Publish it

Choose a conservative title

Don’t mention it in your bio (up to you it’s your bio)

Anonymous User wrote: ↑

Sun May 08, 2022 9:26 am

Anonymous User wrote: ↑

Sun May 08, 2022 3:04 am

Big Red wrote: ↑

Sun May 08, 2022 1:20 am

I'll add that people are going to see the title if you choose to include in your biglaw bio, so don't screw that up. But yes, you might as well publish.

Agree with don't screw that up to the extent of no cussing or outside the mainstream politics (eg "why trump good" or "f*** yeah that cheerleader girl won"). But it's OK to have puns and corny long titles.

Do things that are a little social justice-y fit into this category (prisoner's rights, broader view of habeas policy, etc.)? Obviously not as extreme as the examples you mentioned. Working in biglaw fwiw

Depends how out there it is. Is it something that biglaw ppl would do as pro bono? Sure. But if you go too anti corporate or acab that can be a tad risky.

As a general rule, social justice titles are fine if the bad actor is a government body but not a private corporation. So prisoner rights would be fine, but consumer rights or environmental justice not so much. Think of the law firm's clientele.

Anonymous User wrote: ↑

Sun May 08, 2022 9:28 am

Publish it

Choose a conservative title

Don’t mention it in your bio (up to you it’s your bio)

why not put in your bio? i see scholarly publications in bios pretty frequently, even if they are unrelated to the practice

edit: although i can see how a student note is different from a full article

Is there anyone I can PM with my note topic to clarify whether it's appropriate to list on my firm bio eventually?

Anonymous User wrote: ↑

Sun May 08, 2022 5:18 pm

Is there anyone I can PM with my note topic to clarify whether it's appropriate to list on my firm bio eventually?

who cares? you could always simply not list it in your bio. Idiotic to let this consideration dictate what you write about

The Lsat Airbender wrote: ↑

Sun May 08, 2022 6:14 pm

Anonymous User wrote: ↑

Sun May 08, 2022 5:18 pm

Is there anyone I can PM with my note topic to clarify whether it's appropriate to list on my firm bio eventually?

who cares? you could always simply not list it in your bio. Idiotic to let this consideration dictate what you write about

My note is already written and has been selected for publication. I'm just trying to figure out whether I should amend the title to be discrete during the editing process and whether I'd need to avoid listing it in my firm bio.

Anonymous User wrote: ↑

Sun May 08, 2022 6:52 pm

The Lsat Airbender wrote: ↑

Sun May 08, 2022 6:14 pm

Anonymous User wrote: ↑

Sun May 08, 2022 5:18 pm

Is there anyone I can PM with my note topic to clarify whether it's appropriate to list on my firm bio eventually?

who cares? you could always simply not list it in your bio. Idiotic to let this consideration dictate what you write about

My note is already written and has been selected for publication. I'm just trying to figure out whether I should amend the title to be discrete during the editing process and whether I'd need to avoid listing it in my firm bio.

sure pm me

You can pm me too if you want