2L Spring Classes? Interested in Litigation and Clerking Forum
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2L Spring Classes? Interested in Litigation and Clerking
Some background:
I will be spending the summer as an SA at a NYC BigLaw firm (my ultimate plan, however, is to transfer into their DC office after graduation if possible, or at most a couple years into working in their NYC office. I have ZERO interest in the corporate world and a lot of interest and experience in the government relations/lobbying world. I simply didn't have the grades for their DC office).
As of now, I am interested in litigation, and am looking to clerk a couple years after I start working at my firm. Which courses should I be taking next semester? I really want to raise my grades, and I HATE massive class sizes, but I realize I need to take the doctrinals to be attractive to judges and to do a good job as an SA (or am I misaken?)
Which of the following would you prioritize as those I MUST take to maximize my chances at securing a federal clerkship after a couple years at my firm....and which would you say would be very helpful in preparing me for an SA? I have ZERO background in finance/corporate stuff (I'm a public interest type). Or do you think I should just take courses (like Legislation & Regulation and Administrative Law), that mesh with what I truly am interested in (in my dream world where I transfer to my firm's DC office).
Because of other classes and clinics, I only have room to take 4 of these before I graduate: Given my background and future plans, which 4 do you recommend? Thanks a ton!
- Enterprise Organization (corporations)
- Legislation & Regulation
- Securities Regulation
- Evidence
- Federal Courts
- Jursidiction
I will be spending the summer as an SA at a NYC BigLaw firm (my ultimate plan, however, is to transfer into their DC office after graduation if possible, or at most a couple years into working in their NYC office. I have ZERO interest in the corporate world and a lot of interest and experience in the government relations/lobbying world. I simply didn't have the grades for their DC office).
As of now, I am interested in litigation, and am looking to clerk a couple years after I start working at my firm. Which courses should I be taking next semester? I really want to raise my grades, and I HATE massive class sizes, but I realize I need to take the doctrinals to be attractive to judges and to do a good job as an SA (or am I misaken?)
Which of the following would you prioritize as those I MUST take to maximize my chances at securing a federal clerkship after a couple years at my firm....and which would you say would be very helpful in preparing me for an SA? I have ZERO background in finance/corporate stuff (I'm a public interest type). Or do you think I should just take courses (like Legislation & Regulation and Administrative Law), that mesh with what I truly am interested in (in my dream world where I transfer to my firm's DC office).
Because of other classes and clinics, I only have room to take 4 of these before I graduate: Given my background and future plans, which 4 do you recommend? Thanks a ton!
- Enterprise Organization (corporations)
- Legislation & Regulation
- Securities Regulation
- Evidence
- Federal Courts
- Jursidiction
- chem
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Re: 2L Spring Classes? Interested in Litigation and Clerking
1L, but it seems like federal courts would be a must for clerking for federal court
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Re: 2L Spring Classes? Interested in Litigation and Clerking
Evidence and Admin would be good choices.
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Re: 2L Spring Classes? Interested in Litigation and Clerking
PICK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
- Enterprise Organization (corporations)
- Legislation & Regulation
- Securities Regulation
ALL OF THESE:
- Evidence
- Federal Courts
- Jursidiction
IMO, best route for litigation type courses... Tbh though I get a good feeling each of these classes will be huge courses taught in a lecture/"doctrinal" style.
- Enterprise Organization (corporations)
- Legislation & Regulation
- Securities Regulation
ALL OF THESE:
- Evidence
- Federal Courts
- Jursidiction
IMO, best route for litigation type courses... Tbh though I get a good feeling each of these classes will be huge courses taught in a lecture/"doctrinal" style.
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Re: 2L Spring Classes? Interested in Litigation and Clerking
Can we clarify which of these classes are important for GETTING a clerkship and which are substantively important for ACTUALLY clerking? Basically, if I manage to snag a clerkship without taking the gunner clerkship classes, do I still need to subject myself to Federal Courts?
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Re: 2L Spring Classes? Interested in Litigation and Clerking
fluffybunny wrote:Can we clarify which of these classes are important for GETTING a clerkship and which are substantively important for ACTUALLY clerking? Basically, if I manage to snag a clerkship without taking the gunner clerkship classes, do I still need to subject myself to Federal Courts?
This is relevant to my interests
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Re: 2L Spring Classes? Interested in Litigation and Clerking
Evidence for lit and fed courts for clerkship. But don't take fed courts as a 2L--not worth risking your gpa.
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Thanks so much, this is a really helpful breakdown. Which of these will best prepare me for my summer SA? if I had to choose only 1 of these for next semester, which would you choose? Evidence? EO? Leg Reg?Gorki wrote:PICK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
- Enterprise Organization (corporations)
- Legislation & Regulation
- Securities Regulation
ALL OF THESE:
- Evidence
- Federal Courts
- Jursidiction
IMO, best route for litigation type courses... Tbh though I get a good feeling each of these classes will be huge courses taught in a lecture/"doctrinal" style.
Thanks a ton.
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Re: 2L Spring Classes? Interested in Litigation and Clerking
is fed courts necessary/a positive for state supreme court/any state court applications?
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I guess I would pick Evidence because despite the difficulty at times it seems for me to be the most useful... But then again, I hear the credited answer is no doctrinal LS classes are useful for biglaw.MissLucky wrote:Thanks so much, this is a really helpful breakdown. Which of these will best prepare me for my summer SA? if I had to choose only 1 of these for next semester, which would you choose? Evidence? EO? Leg Reg?Gorki wrote:PICK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
- Enterprise Organization (corporations)
- Legislation & Regulation
- Securities Regulation
ALL OF THESE:
- Evidence
- Federal Courts
- Jursidiction
IMO, best route for litigation type courses... Tbh though I get a good feeling each of these classes will be huge courses taught in a lecture/"doctrinal" style.
Thanks a ton.