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What are some of the pluses, aside from a resume boost? Does it get you a job?!

squirtle wrote:aside from a resume boost? Does it get you a job?!

What else is the meaning of "resume boost"?

squirtle wrote:What are some of the pluses, aside from a resume boost? Does it get you a job?!

Gets you laid, man. Gets you laid.

Cite-checking scholarly articles is an extremely valuable skill that will make you a much more effective lawyer than your peers. It's also highly important work, and your contributions to the substantiation of sources will help shape the law for decades to come.

It's a huge factor in top flight clerkships if you are interested in that.

Cavalier wrote:Cite-checking scholarly articles is an extremely valuable skill that will make you a much more effective lawyer than your peers. It's also highly important work, and your contributions to the substantiation of sources will help shape the law for decades to come.

lulz

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Modelz + bottlez

Apparently law review at my school has a special fridge with beer in it. I'm pretty stoked about this.

It gets you lots of questions from family members who wonder what a "law review" is...

what law review has gotten me so far: stress because I'm supposed to have a note topic chosen in 4 weeks. 45 applications, 5 rejections, no word from anyone else. So far this is not all it's cracked up to be.

theantiscalia wrote:It gets you lots of questions from family members who wonder what a "law review" is...

Someone I knew thought it was a remedial class for those that did poorly during L1.

Cavalier wrote:Cite-checking scholarly articles is an extremely valuable skill that will make you a much more effective lawyer than your peers. It's also highly important work, and your contributions to the substantiation of sources will help shape the law for decades to come.

lol

I have no connections in law. My GPA is not very high. And I don't interview very well. But I still had a market-rate SA this summer. My employment is attributable to being an associate editor on law review and the managing director of a selective research and writing organization at my school.

Basically, I'm so freakin' glad I'm on law review. You have no idea.

Oh, and we have an outline bank. That $h!t saved my @$$ last semester. Damn.

Corwin wrote:Someone I knew thought it was a remedial class for those that did poorly during L1.

hahahaha

lol

Knowing the bluebook well is an asset. It can really help with cranking out briefs, motions, etc.

The only downside is your sanity, sex life, health, and self-esteem.

missinglink wrote:Hastings Law Journal has a members only outline bank. That has to be worth something.

Thanks for the input all. MissingLink, how did you know?

I have far more interviews as a result, and I'd say I've outperformed my peers who are not on LR with similar grades. Pretty much all of my friends with similar grades who also have LR have outperformed their numbers as well, so I'd say it is no fluke. A small sample size obviously, but I think it helps.

Here's a question: how are people demonstrating that they're on law review. It's not in my cover letter since I didn't think "I made it on to law review" really communicated anything. I just have it in my law school activities line on my resume ("Activities: Law Review, Staff Member"). Is that obvious enough to the person reading my resume? Or should I be highlighting it elsewhere?

University of XYZ School of Law, City, State
Candidate for Juris Doctor, May 2013, Top 25% of Class
Honors: University of XYZ Law Review

^^^
That's the way a woman at career services told me to do it. While being selected for LR is certainly an honor, it's not like a CALI award or something.. but whatever, I think it serves the purpose.

SeymourShowz wrote:University of XYZ School of Law, City, State
Candidate for Juris Doctor, May 2013, Top 25% of Class
Honors: University of XYZ Law Review

^^^
That's the way a woman at career services told me to do it. While being selected for LR is certainly an honor, it's not like a CALI award or something.. but whatever, I think it serves the purpose.

Yeah, that seems stupid. I wouldn't list it as an "Honor."

Geist13 wrote:Here's a question: how are people demonstrating that they're on law review. It's not in my cover letter since I didn't think "I made it on to law review" really communicated anything. I just have it in my law school activities line on my resume ("Activities: Law Review, Staff Member"). Is that obvious enough to the person reading my resume? Or should I be highlighting it elsewhere?

I have it under the "Honors and Activities" heading, which is in the Education section. It is listed as the first one.

Washington University Law Review, Staff Editor

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?

iucaz wrote: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?

My guess is that employers who are familiar with your school will understand without the reference. We actually changed our LR's name a few years ago from the Law Quarterly to the Law Review for this very reason though.

I think they'd get the idea if it's just generally "law" in the title, instead of "Journal of _____ law." Also, if it's Yale Law Journal