anyone else have zero interest in being on a journal? Forum

[romothesavior]

To be honest, I'm really looking forward to being on a journal. Even if it's not law review (which it most certainty won't be), I think the idea of writing a comment by yourself is sweet, even if it's just for sake of personal satisfaction.

You are such a goddamn gunner.

The legal market isn't growing any vegetables bro. You gotta shoot a man every once in a while if you want dinner.

Okay Tom Dudley.

[francisConn]

As to the "other," non-law review journals: I talked recently to an attorney in a particular field who reads a particular school's journal for that field and definitely endorsed the notion that work on such a journal has employment value.

[hefferlump]

I agree with this. I think that being on the secondary journal for my specialized field helps give me credibility - it's one of the first things on my resume. I took advantage of the opportunity to write and publish short current development articles, which also go on there and make great writing samples. That's worth a few hours a month of source collecting and cite checking.

That being said, there's a slightly weird vibe: during orientation, loads of people kept asking, "so are you here because you just wanted to be on a journal or are you actually interested in our subject area?" I don't see how being on it helps that much if you have no interest in the area.

[BarbellDreams]

No secondary journal at my school is associated with anything I remotely have any interest. Its LR or nothin'. *Battle cry*

[romothesavior]

No secondary journal at my school is associated with anything I remotely have any interest. Its LR or nothin'. *Battle cry*

Ditto. If I don't make LR, I'm most likely just going to do moot court.

[FalafelWaffle]

There's nothing glamorous about being on a journal...especially if theres no one hiring.

Worst combination of things you can do - journal participation and not getting a job
Worse combination - 2 journals, no job

If the former is the "worst", then how can the latter be "worse"?

[prezidentv8]

There's nothing glamorous about being on a journal...especially if theres no one hiring.

Worst combination of things you can do - journal participation and not getting a job
Worse combination - 2 journals, no job

If the former is the "worst", then how can the latter be "worse"?

Because doing something like that is beyond the boundaries of logic.

[A'nold]

There's nothing glamorous about being on a journal...especially if theres no one hiring.

Worst combination of things you can do - journal participation and not getting a job
Worse combination - 2 journals, no job

If the former is the "worst", then how can the latter be "worse"?

Because doing something like that is beyond the boundaries of logic.

Softball season......approaching!

[prezidentv8]

If the former is the "worst", then how can the latter be "worse"?

Because doing something like that is beyond the boundaries of logic.

Softball season......approaching!

hah

[Omerta]

No secondary journal at my school is associated with anything I remotely have any interest. Its LR or nothin'. *Battle cry*

Ditto. If I don't make LR, I'm most likely just going to do moot court.

I'm not stoked about LR, but I'm going to do it if I grade on. Zero interest in moot court though. What about mock trial? I never really see it brought up here; any reason why? Is moot court really that much better to do than mock trial?

[FalafelWaffle]

No secondary journal at my school is associated with anything I remotely have any interest. Its LR or nothin'. *Battle cry*

Ditto. If I don't make LR, I'm most likely just going to do moot court.

I'm not stoked about LR, but I'm going to do it if I grade on. Zero interest in moot court though. What about mock trial? I never really see it brought up here; any reason why? Is moot court really that much better to do than mock trial?

I know I'm going to out myself as a dumbass 0L, but: what's the difference between moot court and mock trial? I realize I can Google this, but I tried thinking it through, but they essentially sound like the same thing (in terms of name at least).

[Omerta]

No secondary journal at my school is associated with anything I remotely have any interest. Its LR or nothin'. *Battle cry*

Ditto. If I don't make LR, I'm most likely just going to do moot court.

I'm not stoked about LR, but I'm going to do it if I grade on. Zero interest in moot court though. What about mock trial? I never really see it brought up here; any reason why? Is moot court really that much better to do than mock trial?

I know I'm going to out myself as a dumbass 0L, but: what's the difference between moot court and mock trial? I realize I can Google this, but I tried thinking it through, but they essentially sound like the same thing (in terms of name at least).

"I know I'm a dumbass for posting this, but I'm going to do it anyway because I'm a unique special snowflake of a 0L who is unwilling to expend the 1/2 a calorie and whopping two google searches necessary to answer this question myself."

[Borhas]

<----- this guy


maybe Trial Ad.... MAYBE

[cornellbeez]

Being on a secondary journal isn't that much work, honestly. It's just sort of a pain in the ass a couple times a semester.

[sayan]

I am on two secondary journals for my first year. Feels good man.