Better to take fed courts or gun for magna? Forum
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Re: Better to take fed courts or gun for magna?
Late to the game here but I’m adding another vote for Fed Courts, and maybe for the less gunner-attracting professor if you think it makes a difference (I don’t know anything about the HLS faculty). I clerked on the 9th and for a district court in a second-tier East Coast district (think EDPA, D.Mass, etc.). Both of my judges strongly preferred that applicants both took and did well in Fed Courts (and if you were interviewing as a 2L, they strongly advised you to take it 3L if you hadn’t already). This was the only course the district judge had such a strong feeling about; the circuit judge also felt similarly about Admin.
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Re: Better to take fed courts or gun for magna?
Bumping this because I have the same question, only the difference between magna and cum laude would be taking fed courts for a letter grade versus pass/fail. Does that change anything? Also, at CCN so not gunning for a feeder or anything.
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Re: Better to take fed courts or gun for magna?
Do you have a clerkship secured already? Imo a non-mandatory P/F on a class as important as Fed Courts would raise some eyebrows.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 3:11 pmBumping this because I have the same question, only the difference between magna and cum laude would be taking fed courts for a letter grade versus pass/fail. Does that change anything? Also, at CCN so not gunning for a feeder or anything.
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Re: Better to take fed courts or gun for magna?
I don't have anything secured, wondering how much it will hurt my chances.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 5:23 pmDo you have a clerkship secured already? Imo a non-mandatory P/F on a class as important as Fed Courts would raise some eyebrows.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 3:11 pmBumping this because I have the same question, only the difference between magna and cum laude would be taking fed courts for a letter grade versus pass/fail. Does that change anything? Also, at CCN so not gunning for a feeder or anything.
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Re: Better to take fed courts or gun for magna?
Update us OP. Did you take Fed Courts? Did you get magna?
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Re: Better to take fed courts or gun for magna?
Also curious what happened. Looking back at OP's question and the various posters who offered advice, I think the clear right answer was to take Fed Courts but to protect the GPA by taking it with the non-heavy hitters at HLS. That is, take it with Field or Jackson or anyone else other than Goldsmith or Fallon. And LOL to the poster who said Fed Courts is "easy", presumably relative to what it means to be easy or hard in law school...stupididiot wrote: ↑Thu May 27, 2021 10:20 amUpdate us OP. Did you take Fed Courts? Did you get magna?