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why do firms even care about law review?

it's damn tool chest
hairraiser plum quadroon
  02/07/10
You've never been inside a large firm, have you?
Mewling Windowlicker Cuckold
  02/07/10
i haven't id appreciate an explanation
hairraiser plum quadroon
  02/07/10
What kind of work do you suppose most junior associates do? ...
Mewling Windowlicker Cuckold
  02/07/10
doc review?
carmine appetizing casino puppy
  02/07/10
ha!
hairraiser plum quadroon
  02/07/10
they really dont. The people on law review would have gotten...
vibrant gunner state
  02/07/10
i did
Electric massive church building
  02/07/10
shows willingness to perform pointless, mundane and mindless...
stubborn big box office milk
  02/07/10
tcr
Mewling Windowlicker Cuckold
  02/07/10
but then wouldnt some shitty exec board position on a 2ndary...
Deep Nubile Site Lettuce
  02/07/10
well, lr is also PRESTIGIOUS. EE at 2ndary journal is like g...
stubborn big box office milk
  02/07/10
yea i feel you. do you think all secondary journals are basi...
Deep Nubile Site Lettuce
  02/07/10
What it does is avoid the "why weren't you on a journal...
Mewling Windowlicker Cuckold
  02/07/10
cr. the right secondary is almost zero work and having anot...
Boyish Gas Station Half-breed
  02/07/10
this is true, which is why secondary journals don't provide ...
Ivory turdskin
  02/08/10
Takes more gunning to get on LR and its consistently massive...
Mewling Windowlicker Cuckold
  02/07/10
this makes sense
Deep Nubile Site Lettuce
  02/07/10
This.
Charismatic Self-absorbed Resort Organic Girlfriend
  02/07/10
exposed as someone not on law review
bright chad
  02/07/10
shows that in addition to being king of shit mountain that y...
Drunken kitchen stain
  02/07/10
would publishing an article signal this?
medicated location rigpig
  02/07/10
Careful, you don't want to seem "too academic."
Mewling Windowlicker Cuckold
  02/07/10
If you write a publishable article about an issue relevant t...
Walnut razzmatazz tattoo sanctuary
  02/07/10
Writing and publishing an article of practical use is pretty...
Mewling Windowlicker Cuckold
  02/07/10
I got e-mails from dudes thanking me for the helpfulness of ...
Rough-skinned senate
  02/07/10
I said it was pretty hard, not that it never happened.
Mewling Windowlicker Cuckold
  02/07/10
So you're saying I'm awesome and I have a rare gift?
Rough-skinned senate
  02/07/10
poast Introduction section of note here or it never happened
Onyx frisky antidepressant drug
  02/07/10
that would self-out
Rough-skinned senate
  02/07/10
You're smart, make it happen
Onyx frisky antidepressant drug
  02/07/10
I already know who this is.
Bateful spruce den fortuitous meteor
  02/08/10
because law students are cattle and any minor distinction ma...
Glittery milky stead
  02/07/10
Now THIS is the CR
Iridescent ticket booth nowag
  02/08/10
To summarize and expand: 1) Distinction. And as far as l...
laughsome shrine
  02/07/10
#2 is way off. unless you're defining "good firm" ...
floppy bawdyhouse
  02/08/10
they want to make sure you'll monkey whore for prestige
Flesh Dragon Skinny Woman
  02/08/10
because they did it and you should too same reasoning that ...
Arrogant newt
  02/08/10
Don't know if this is partly my school, but I find the LR wo...
fiercely-loyal hospital queen of the night
  02/08/10
It's usually not the office hours that get ya, it's the othe...
Purple Alcoholic Crackhouse Water Buffalo
  02/08/10


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Date: February 7th, 2010 7:30 PM
Author: hairraiser plum quadroon

it's damn tool chest

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14046948)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 7:30 PM
Author: Mewling Windowlicker Cuckold

You've never been inside a large firm, have you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14046958)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 7:31 PM
Author: hairraiser plum quadroon

i haven't

id appreciate an explanation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14046973)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 7:33 PM
Author: Mewling Windowlicker Cuckold

What kind of work do you suppose most junior associates do?

What kind of person does really well at that kind of work?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14046989)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 7:33 PM
Author: carmine appetizing casino puppy

doc review?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14046998)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 7:35 PM
Author: hairraiser plum quadroon

ha!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047022)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 7:31 PM
Author: vibrant gunner state

they really dont. The people on law review would have gotten biglaw anyway. Bottom 1/4 kids dont really do the law review thing. HTH.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14046974)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 8:17 PM
Author: Electric massive church building

i did

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047776)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 7:33 PM
Author: stubborn big box office milk

shows willingness to perform pointless, mundane and mindless tasks for numerous hours on top of an already busy schedule

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14046984)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 7:33 PM
Author: Mewling Windowlicker Cuckold

tcr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14046991)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 7:40 PM
Author: Deep Nubile Site Lettuce

but then wouldnt some shitty exec board position on a 2ndary journal be viewed the same? or is just that there is that much more work on law review?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047101)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 7:41 PM
Author: stubborn big box office milk

well, lr is also PRESTIGIOUS. EE at 2ndary journal is like getting As at Hofstra

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047119)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 7:43 PM
Author: Deep Nubile Site Lettuce

yea i feel you. do you think all secondary journals are basically useless, or are there any that are well respected?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047158)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 7:44 PM
Author: Mewling Windowlicker Cuckold

What it does is avoid the "why weren't you on a journal" Q and potentially gives you something to talk about. My secondary journal was actually pretty cool and not a huge time commitment.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047198)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 8:15 PM
Author: Boyish Gas Station Half-breed

cr. the right secondary is almost zero work and having another line on your resume can't hurt.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047723)



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Date: February 8th, 2010 7:57 PM
Author: Ivory turdskin

this is true, which is why secondary journals don't provide the same signal to law firms about capacity to pursue hours of mind numbing work. they usually put out fewer issues, each with fewer articles, and with a less rigorous selection and editing process. end result, much less work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14058281)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 7:41 PM
Author: Mewling Windowlicker Cuckold

Takes more gunning to get on LR and its consistently massive work. Gunning for prestige no matter the cost is what biglaw is all about.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047124)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 7:43 PM
Author: Deep Nubile Site Lettuce

this makes sense

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047169)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 8:26 PM
Author: Charismatic Self-absorbed Resort Organic Girlfriend

This.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047943)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 7:38 PM
Author: bright chad

exposed as someone not on law review

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047075)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 8:00 PM
Author: Drunken kitchen stain

shows that in addition to being king of shit mountain that you can undertake even MOAR responsibilities and you want those responsibilities even if the reward is unclear. Signals that you are a decent writer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047452)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 8:09 PM
Author: medicated location rigpig

would publishing an article signal this?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047636)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 8:16 PM
Author: Mewling Windowlicker Cuckold

Careful, you don't want to seem "too academic."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047757)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 8:18 PM
Author: Walnut razzmatazz tattoo sanctuary

If you write a publishable article about an issue relevant to your practice area, it can only help you. A historical survey of substantive due process might be bad, even if - and maybe especially if - it was original and well-executed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047799)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 8:20 PM
Author: Mewling Windowlicker Cuckold

Writing and publishing an article of practical use is pretty hard as a law student.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047838)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 8:21 PM
Author: Rough-skinned senate

I got e-mails from dudes thanking me for the helpfulness of my law review article.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047864)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 8:22 PM
Author: Mewling Windowlicker Cuckold

I said it was pretty hard, not that it never happened.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047869)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 8:25 PM
Author: Rough-skinned senate

So you're saying I'm awesome and I have a rare gift?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047926)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 8:37 PM
Author: Onyx frisky antidepressant drug

poast Introduction section of note here or it never happened

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14048109)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 8:48 PM
Author: Rough-skinned senate

that would self-out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14048270)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 8:48 PM
Author: Onyx frisky antidepressant drug

You're smart, make it happen

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14048285)



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Date: February 8th, 2010 8:29 PM
Author: Bateful spruce den fortuitous meteor

I already know who this is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14058569)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 8:21 PM
Author: Glittery milky stead

because law students are cattle and any minor distinction matters

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14047858)



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Date: February 8th, 2010 9:43 PM
Author: Iridescent ticket booth nowag

Now THIS is the CR

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14059339)



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Date: February 7th, 2010 8:31 PM
Author: laughsome shrine

To summarize and expand:

1) Distinction. And as far as law school goes, a fairly legit distinction.

2) Many/most people at good firms were on LR.

3) LR work is relatively close to biglaw work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14048020)



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Date: February 8th, 2010 8:27 PM
Author: floppy bawdyhouse

#2 is way off. unless you're defining "good firm" very narrowly, as in wlrk, w&c, mto, etc. But if you define "good firm" more broadly, to include, say, kirkland, then "many" is probably an overestimate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14058549)



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Date: February 8th, 2010 8:29 PM
Author: Flesh Dragon Skinny Woman

they want to make sure you'll monkey whore for prestige

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14058562)



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Date: February 8th, 2010 9:46 PM
Author: Arrogant newt

because they did it and you should too

same reasoning that applies to taking the bar

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14059392)



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Date: February 8th, 2010 9:47 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal hospital queen of the night

Don't know if this is partly my school, but I find the LR work doesn't usually take me that much time anymore. 10-20 fns per week to check. If I focus and am efficient it's often only 3-4 hours of work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14059406)



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Date: February 8th, 2010 10:25 PM
Author: Purple Alcoholic Crackhouse Water Buffalo

It's usually not the office hours that get ya, it's the other requirements.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1215476&forum_id=2#14059983)