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rad lulz wrote:I didn't join really any student orgs because I didn't give a crap.

rad lulz wrote:I didn't join really any student orgs because I didn't give a crap.

rad lulz wrote:I didn't join really any student orgs because I didn't give a crap.

MrPapagiorgio wrote:

rad lulz wrote:I didn't join really any student orgs because I didn't give a crap.

But if you want to join, there really is plenty of time. Law school is generally 3 months of relatively relaxed work and 1 month of nose to the grindstone (save for the memo). I just finished 1L, and it wasn't as much work as I thought it was going to be.

Tanicius wrote:Student organizations are a must. They're a break from the bullshit of law school classes and an opportunity to actually do something productive for yourself and/or society.

Void wrote:

Tanicius wrote:Student organizations are a must. They're a break from the bullshit of law school classes and an opportunity to actually do something productive for yourself and/or society.

Really? At my school they're mostly just people having meetings for the sake of hearing themselves talk. I've been to meetings where the only discussion topic was "what should we discuss in the next meeting?" Mostly a giant waste of time.

Volunteering for community outreach stuff is different and awesome, so maybe we're talking about different things. I'm referring mostly to student "interest groups."

MrPapagiorgio wrote:Is there any consensus on mock trial/moot court if you don't get a journal? Obviously my first choice is a journal but if I don't grade-on or if I don't make it through write-on, I'm gonna need something to show some involvement. I have zero desire to ever do litigation, but would mock trial/moot be beneficial absent a journal spot?

Tanicius wrote:

Void wrote:

Tanicius wrote:Student organizations are a must. They're a break from the bullshit of law school classes and an opportunity to actually do something productive for yourself and/or society.

Really? At my school they're mostly just people having meetings for the sake of hearing themselves talk. I've been to meetings where the only discussion topic was "what should we discuss in the next meeting?" Mostly a giant waste of time.

Volunteering for community outreach stuff is different and awesome, so maybe we're talking about different things. I'm referring mostly to student "interest groups."

The work on journals is about as useless as you can get, but at least they have networking opportunities, and they're usually full of people with like-minded interests to you, assuming you join a student journal that interests you. I just did trial team and other advocacy things all year, and it was a hell of a time. Caring about classes came at the month before finals.

Void wrote:

Tanicius wrote:

Void wrote:

Tanicius wrote:Student organizations are a must. They're a break from the bullshit of law school classes and an opportunity to actually do something productive for yourself and/or society.

Really? At my school they're mostly just people having meetings for the sake of hearing themselves talk. I've been to meetings where the only discussion topic was "what should we discuss in the next meeting?" Mostly a giant waste of time.

Volunteering for community outreach stuff is different and awesome, so maybe we're talking about different things. I'm referring mostly to student "interest groups."

Most of the journals at Boalt are student-run organizations. 1L's can join them, so they're as much a student org as any other.
The work on journals is about as useless as you can get, but at least they have networking opportunities, and they're usually full of people with like-minded interests to you, assuming you join a student journal that interests you. I just did trial team and other advocacy things all year, and it was a hell of a time. Caring about classes came at the month before finals.

I am so confused. When did we start talking about journals in this thread?

Tanicius wrote:

Void wrote:

Tanicius wrote: Most of the journals at Boalt are student-run organizations. 1L's can join them, so they're as much a student org as any other.
The work on journals is about as useless as you can get, but at least they have networking opportunities, and they're usually full of people with like-minded interests to you, assuming you join a student journal that interests you. I just did trial team and other advocacy things all year, and it was a hell of a time. Caring about classes came at the month before finals.

I am so confused. When did we start talking about journals in this thread?

At Boalt at least, the journals are all student-run, and 1L's can join them first semester, so I'd say they're as much a student org as any.

PMan99 wrote:

Tanicius wrote:

Void wrote:

Tanicius wrote: Most of the journals at Boalt are student-run organizations. 1L's can join them, so they're as much a student org as any other.
The work on journals is about as useless as you can get, but at least they have networking opportunities, and they're usually full of people with like-minded interests to you, assuming you join a student journal that interests you. I just did trial team and other advocacy things all year, and it was a hell of a time. Caring about classes came at the month before finals.

I am so confused. When did we start talking about journals in this thread?

At Boalt at least, the journals are all student-run, and 1L's can join them first semester, so I'd say they're as much a student org as any.

It's the same way at H too. Useful because you can just add it to the hell that is 1L year and drop it 2L/3L... it'll be on the OCI resume either way.

Tanicius wrote:At Boalt at least, the journals are all student-run, and 1L's can join them first semester, so I'd say they're as much a student org as any.

Mce252 wrote:There is but I wouldn't. It's likely to just be a way for 1L's to get together and complain to each other. This is not good for motivation. I avoided large gatherings of 1L's during my first year because everyone is so demoralizing.