Benefits of Joining Law Review Forum

[Helmholtz]

If your school's flagship journal is not actually called "XXXX University Law Review" but instead is just called "XXXX Law Journal," would you put (law review) in brackets next to it or just leave it alone?

Ex: XXXX Law Journal (Law Review)

Seems kind of stupid but I want it to be clear that the journal I'm on is law review and not some secondary journal. I worry because I am sending applications to a distant market that does not normally see applicants from my school.

Thoughts?

I would put (flagship journal) or (main journal) instead of (Law Review), if you insist on putting anything. Then again, I don't think anybody is going to think that The University of Baltimore Law Journal, e.g., is anything but the primary journal of the school.

[Miller32]

For those of you who already have a year of LR under their belt--any advice for people about to go through it?

[Cavalier]

For those of you who already have a year of LR under their belt--any advice for people about to go through it?

Be sure to bring lots of lube.

[Miller32]

Great, that was helpful.

[romothesavior]

Advice on coming up with note topics? My preliminary ideas are due in a few days.

[Transferthrowaway]

Advice on coming up with note topics? My preliminary ideas are due in a few days.

Romo, read academic legal writing by Eugene Volokh. Or his shorter article on the subject at 48 J. Legal Educ. 247 1998

[Cavalier]

Advice on coming up with note topics? My preliminary ideas are due in a few days.

I second Volokh's book, but the simpler method is to just ask a professor if they have any ideas. The 3Ls should know which professors are good for getting a topic from.

[vamedic03]

For those of you who already have a year of LR under their belt--any advice for people about to go through it?

Always keep your priorities straight:

(1) Getting job
(2) Getting good grades
(3) Law Review

i.e., don't let law review consume your life and don't let law review cause your grades to drop.

[Alyosha]

For those of you who already have a year of LR under their belt--any advice for people about to go through it?

Always keep your priorities straight:

(1) Getting job
(2) Getting good grades
(3) Law Review

i.e., don't let law review consume your life and don't let law review cause your grades to drop.

This is great advice. My grades slipped my 2L fall, which I partly attribute to law review. It's easier said that done though. Your law review cite checks/writing responsibilities are due before exams and it's easy to put off studying to get those done. I mistakenly tried to throw together three outlines during the reading period because I had been so busy with other stuff. It's best to really pace yourself throughout the semester. I still think law review is completely worth it though - I'm positive I wouldn't have gotten my summer job without it.