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I'm on a secondary journal at a T14. Does it matter if I am Editor-In-Chief or Executive Editor or whatever? I don't particularly *want* to take on the extra work, but if it's a resume boost for clerking I would do it.

Nah

to the extent it matters for people on Law Review (which is a limited extent depending on the pickyness of the judge you're applying to), I assume it matters much less on a secondary journal. Those few judges who are picky enough to care about that sort of thing would likely ding you for not being LR.

I'm a midlevel litigation associate at a middling vault firm. I prefer to hire litigation junior associates that served as editors because I know they've gone over writing with a fine-tooth comb and can spot the errors that I've forgotten are errors. I get that being an editor is a pain in the ass, and don't sacrifice your grades to do it, but all things being equal, I'd give a slight nod to the applicant that had that experience. I have no idea if anyone else at my firm agrees with this.

Anonymous User wrote:I'm a midlevel litigation associate at a middling vault firm. I prefer to hire litigation junior associates that served as editors because I know they've gone over writing with a fine-tooth comb and can spot the errors that I've forgotten are errors. I get that being an editor is a pain in the ass, and don't sacrifice your grades to do it, but all things being equal, I'd give a slight nod to the applicant that had that experience. I have no idea if anyone else at my firm agrees with this.

This is odd.

It's not maybe so relevant to whether judges want to see board membership, but I can see picking the board person over a non-board person, all else equal. All else rarely is equal, and I have no input on hiring anyone so it doesn't matter, but I don't think it's a weird reaction, having seen the difference between the work that board members put in vs. regular members.

I do really doubt that it's going to make any practical difference for a clerkship application, though. If you have other reasons for doing it, go for it. I wouldn't do it if your only reason is for a clerkship boost.

At my T-30, the only non-law review students to get clerkships were the two EICs of the two secondary journals. I have no idea if that's a coincidence or not, but it's a data point for you.

lawman84 wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:I'm a midlevel litigation associate at a middling vault firm. I prefer to hire litigation junior associates that served as editors because I know they've gone over writing with a fine-tooth comb and can spot the errors that I've forgotten are errors. I get that being an editor is a pain in the ass, and don't sacrifice your grades to do it, but all things being equal, I'd give a slight nod to the applicant that had that experience. I have no idea if anyone else at my firm agrees with this.

This is odd.

Not when you consider that s/he was an editor on a secondary journal

sundance95 wrote:

lawman84 wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:I'm a midlevel litigation associate at a middling vault firm. I prefer to hire litigation junior associates that served as editors because I know they've gone over writing with a fine-tooth comb and can spot the errors that I've forgotten are errors. I get that being an editor is a pain in the ass, and don't sacrifice your grades to do it, but all things being equal, I'd give a slight nod to the applicant that had that experience. I have no idea if anyone else at my firm agrees with this.

This is odd.

Not when you consider that s/he was an editor on a secondary journal

Wrong! I was an editor on a second tier's primary journal!

Anonymous User wrote:

sundance95 wrote:

lawman84 wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:I'm a midlevel litigation associate at a middling vault firm. I prefer to hire litigation junior associates that served as editors because I know they've gone over writing with a fine-tooth comb and can spot the errors that I've forgotten are errors. I get that being an editor is a pain in the ass, and don't sacrifice your grades to do it, but all things being equal, I'd give a slight nod to the applicant that had that experience. I have no idea if anyone else at my firm agrees with this.

This is odd.

Not when you consider that s/he was an editor on a secondary journal

Wrong! I was an editor on a second tier's primary journal!

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