What percentage of a given class tries out for law review? Forum

[IzziesGal]

You should run a search on here for your particular school's law review thread. Every school has a different percentage, and it helps to know the size of the class, transfer info, etc. Good luck!

[kalvano]

Attention, posters - DO NOT FOLLOW THIS PERSON'S ADVICE.

What advice? I never said that other people shouldn't do it, only that I didn't.

I've made it no secret that I have no intention of practicing law. I'm merely getting the J.D. to leverage a better position in law enforcement.

I do dispute the idea that "OH NOEZ LAW REVIEWZ" is the ONLY option for everyone. LR is but one path. For some it might make a great deal of sense, for others, not so much. This whole "I WANTS TO BE A SLAVE TO BIGLAW" isn't the only thing out there, many people choose a different path.

"I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."

It doesn't really matter what your career goals are. Law review gets put on every resume you ever fill out, and it's impressive.

Also, if you're going to quote Frost, at least pick something original.

[spondee]

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[kalvano]

That's actually not what Frost was saying at all.

/10-page paper on that poem.

[Jackson Pollock]

That's actually not what Frost was saying at all.

/10-page paper on that poem.

Frost says whatever you want him to say....







unless you're an artistic imperialist.

[reasonable_man]

Ah.. I remember tryouts at my TTT for law review:


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[GrapeApe]

Ah, you took the bait, just as I knew you would. Elitist snobs like to demonstrate their purported "intelligence" by assigning the ironic interpretation to Frost's poem. Most normal people apply the "individualist" interpretation. A poster above has it right, Frost says whatever you want him to say. However, the elitists who insist that only their view is correct merely show their desire to rule over everyone else. Lawyers, especially the ones would would join a law review, are the worst offenders of this type.

[spondee]

Ah, you took the bait, just as I knew you would. Elitist snobs like to demonstrate their purported "intelligence" by assigning the ironic interpretation to Frost's poem. Most normal people apply the "individualist" interpretation. A poster above has it right, Frost says whatever you want him to say. However, the elitists who insist that only their view is correct merely show their desire to rule over everyone else. Lawyers, especially the ones would would join a law review, are the worst offenders of this type.

Poems are texts, like any other. There are good and bad interpretations - as there are of the RC passages of the LSAT. Some poems may contain ambiguities that allow competing interpretations, but that's a far step from saying a poem means whatever you want it to mean.

And, yeah, LR isn't necessary for everyone's goals - but neither is everyone on one an elitist. There are plenty of good reasons to join.

[Oban]

Why are you getting a JD if you don't want to do anything law related?

[kalvano]

So he can pay a lot of money to sit and feel superior to everyone, who all think he is a douchebag.

[Mike12188]

So he can pay a lot of money to sit and feel superior to everyone, who all think he is a douchebag.

He's prob not paying a lot if he is just using it to aid him in his law enforcement career. He prob goes to a regional school, I would hope on a full ride.

[vanwinkle]

Fourth, I have no intention of practicing law. I hate the "study" of law, dislike lawyers, and I am only here to get the J.D. so that I can advance my career outside the legal "profession." I'm just here for the lulz at this point.

This is excellent reason not to listen to this poster. If you have any interest in practicing law, then you should use this post to recognize this poster is not someone to listen to.

[JG Hall]

# of law review competitors is inversely related to the state of the economy.

[GrapeApe]

Why are you getting a JD if you don't want to do anything law related?

Because a J.D. looks better to a promotion board than M.S./M.A. Criminal Justice.

[GrapeApe]

So he can pay a lot of money to sit and feel superior to everyone, who all think he is a douchebag.

I'm not paying anything. That's the key part of this component that makes this whole thing worth while.

[GrapeApe]

He's prob not paying a lot if he is just using it to aid him in his law enforcement career. He prob goes to a regional school, I would hope on a full ride.

This.

[GrapeApe]

This is excellent reason not to listen to this poster. If you have any interest in practicing law, then you should use this post to recognize this poster is not someone to listen to.

I still do not believe for a second that LR is a necessary requirement for the practice of law. The bar exam is, LR is not.

Ask yourself this, what would be more important, LR or graduating summa cum laude? What is a legal employer likely to value more? (To head off any nonsense, what if this was an either or situation, you can't do both, so which would be more important?)

[vanwinkle]

I still do not believe for a second that LR is a necessary requirement for the practice of law.

It's not, but it can be pretty damn important in finding legal employment, especially these days.

[leobowski]

This is excellent reason not to listen to this poster. If you have any interest in practicing law, then you should use this post to recognize this poster is not someone to listen to.

I still do not believe for a second that LR is a necessary requirement for the practice of law. The bar exam is, LR is not.

Ask yourself this, what would be more important, LR or graduating summa cum laude? What is a legal employer likely to value more? (To head off any nonsense, what if this was an either or situation, you can't do both, so which would be more important?)

I couldn't say which is intrinsically more valuable, but some view editor-in-chief as equivalent to #1 in the class. You obviously have some real qualms with academia in general, but saying "LR isn't for everyone" is just plain bad advice. Law review is gold and trumps pretty much everything. I would say it's the single most valuable experience in law school period.

If anyone at all has a chance to do law review, they should. Especially those with any intention of clerking or academia down the road. Even you can't say that you'll never want to do any sort of academic writing in a law enforcement career. You don't know that you'll never want to go into academia or write for law enforcement journals. Quite frankly, your sarcastic, butt-hurt tirade against academic writing is kind of sad, really.

[JustBelieve]

Law Review at my school just initiated its new class. Percentage wise, I think it was about the norm but it was highly selective, as we all know.

At a given school, what percentage of the 1L class tries to get onto law review? It must cross the mind of every student at least once, but how many make a serious, concerted effort to get on with the write-on competition? What percentage of students who are invited based on their grades will end up accepting? I imagine that although being on LR carries big benefits, it's a huge time requirement and is probably not for everyone. Just wondering what all ya'll think.

[GrapeApe]

I couldn't say which is intrinsically more valuable, but some view editor-in-chief as equivalent to #1 in the class.

You obviously have some real qualms with academia in general, but saying "LR isn't for everyone" is just plain bad advice. Law review is gold and trumps pretty much everything. I would say it's the single most valuable experience in law school period.

Why?

If anyone at all has a chance to do law review, they should. Especially those with any intention of clerking or academia down the road. Even you can't say that you'll never want to do any sort of academic writing in a law enforcement career. You don't know that you'll never want to go into academia or write for law enforcement journals.

LR isn't going to matter if I want to write for a LE Journal. Nor is anyone in my LE career going to care if I was on LR or not.

Quite frankly, your sarcastic, butt-hurt tirade against academic writing is kind of sad, really.

Academic writing?
Edited by law students?
That's some "high standard" right there. There is nothing "academic" by having idiots spew their absurd ideas onto LR, only so some whacked-out dope-smoking fiend who happened to find their way onto the bench somewhere can take that idea and cite it to "justify" the destruction of our system of law. I feel the same way about pseudo-scientific "studies" that are cited by purported "experts" when some activist wants to change the law.

This type of activity is why I've grown to see that the law is not a noble profession, and that the law has become nothing more than people tugging on the puppet strings of power. I'll not be a part of it. Neither will I accept the edicts of these puppet masters.

[kalvano]

LOL at the guy "rebelling" by doing the thing he "despises". Let me guess, you think it makes you a unique snowflake, don't you?

"Oooh, look at me, I'm a REBEL! I refuse to conform!"

Probably have a tattoo or two to further cement that rebellious ideal.

You become a part of "it" merely by going to law school.

[leobowski]

The dude probably just despises judges (who are really academics at heart) and other lawyers that make cops look like complete idiots in court.

Waaahhhhh I need a JD for a LE career, so I'll rebel against all of those dope-smoking judges who rely on student pieces, because that sure happens a lot. You really are a fucking toolshed bro.

Grape Ape=

[vanwinkle]

All that really needs to be said at this point is that GrapeApe admittedly doesn't intend to become a practicing lawyer, and thus his advice isn't suitable for those going to law school with the intent of becoming lawyers; that is, nearly everyone else attending.

[bk1]

I absolutely despise law "school" and the legal "profession." Yet, I am sticking it out, because I have a use for the J.D. (although it doesn't involve the practice of law.) As you get into it, you'll find it easy to get used to. Especially if you do like I did and turn down law review and refuse to participate in any extracurricular activities at all. A lot of the pressure later on comes from piling a whole lot of extracurricular activities into your schedule. If you just go for the Lulz, and use the opportunity to mock the legal "profession" at every turn, you might even find it mildly amusing.

Police officers... the only profession that is more self-important than lawyers.