Law Review is secretarial work; zero relation to practice Forum

[dresden doll]

DF is trolling but I actually have had those thoughts.

[Caesar Salad]

is DELG actually IAFG

I also put that together; based off of the avatars though I was really hoping that this was just an alternate account she used while drunk.

[Borg]

Question then: should I do write-on? Definitely not grading on. Already on a secondary journal. CCN going for NYC biglaw and no interest in clerking. I'm thinking it would be a waste of time to do the write-on competition, and an even greater waste of time if I somehow (by some sort of miracle) got onto law review, but I also feel guilty because law school makes you feel guilty every time you see people working harder than you

If I were you, I'd throw it in the trash. In fact, I did exactly that when I was in your shoes. I read the first 5 pages of the app, thought "I'm a JD/MBA and I'm already on a journal, I don't want to litigate much less clerk, so fuck this shit." Then I went and had a fantastic summer day and finally celebrated finishing 1L year. If I were you, I'd stick with the other journal but don't get yourself a position that requires too much time.

If you like law a lot, stop reading now. If you are thinking of doing something else, read on.

Beyond that, I'd stop listening to what law school tells you too much in general. Keep decent grades but don't kill yourself if you don't love it. If you're at CCN it means you're in a city, and I'd recommend going and working during semesters instead of spending all your time studying. Get a term-time internship in finance or something else that interests you. If you have any interest at all in a non-law field, go and explore that field as much as you can. You'll never get the chance to try something new without consequence again, so take advantage of it. Find what you really like. Don't stop going to class entirely or start getting terrible grades, but find some balance. In the long run, having good internships and connections is a lot better than having an A- instead of a B+ in some stupid class.

[minnbills]

Of course Law Review work is bullshit. It's all about the resume boost. Employers love LR because it's selective.

[09042014]

Of course Law Review work is bullshit. It's all about the resume boost. Employers love LR because it's selective.

Are you even sure they care. Since it's selective already it's hard to tell those people are already competitive.

[OutCold]

Of course Law Review work is bullshit. It's all about the resume boost. Employers love LR because it's selective.

Are you even sure they care. Since it's selective already it's hard to tell those people are already competitive.

I wrote on with good but not stellar grades. At OCI back in the day, I went around handing out materials to the recruiters to try and score extra interviews with firms I didn't bid on. I got several at firms that likely wouldn't have given me a look based on my grades alone, and one (Quinn) told me outright that LR was the reason. So, anecdotally, I think it gives an added bump to those that already have decent grades, but not good enough to impress on their own.