Why apply to Law Review
Heidi Bond recently wrote about the reasons for applying to Law Review Here is my opinion:
1. Law Review expands your future career choices. Just like going to a more prestigeous law school gives you more options after graduation, being on a prestigeous journal gives you more options. It is hard to measure the exact edge it gives you.
I don't think Law Review played a significant factor in my OCI interview. Some interviews didn't even notice that line on my resume. Some wanted to talk about my note. At the end of the day, it seems like I got a similar number of callback and got similar offers to those students who are not on LR. So I don't know if it made any difference.
2. You will be able to eat in the library. If you run for the ed board, you might even get your own office in the library.
3. The ability to publish your own note, even years after you graduate, is priceless.
4. Law Professors respect you and sometimes are nice to you. One professor recently called me one of the best students he's ever had :)
4. Most improtantly - it trains us to do meaningless and tedious work, which is what most lawyers do . . .
5. You are a member of an exclusive club. You become friends with other people on LR. Just another social network.
Yes, I know, there are two #4. LR does not improve your math skills.
1. Law Review expands your future career choices. Just like going to a more prestigeous law school gives you more options after graduation, being on a prestigeous journal gives you more options. It is hard to measure the exact edge it gives you.
I don't think Law Review played a significant factor in my OCI interview. Some interviews didn't even notice that line on my resume. Some wanted to talk about my note. At the end of the day, it seems like I got a similar number of callback and got similar offers to those students who are not on LR. So I don't know if it made any difference.
2. You will be able to eat in the library. If you run for the ed board, you might even get your own office in the library.
3. The ability to publish your own note, even years after you graduate, is priceless.
4. Law Professors respect you and sometimes are nice to you. One professor recently called me one of the best students he's ever had :)
4. Most improtantly - it trains us to do meaningless and tedious work, which is what most lawyers do . . .
5. You are a member of an exclusive club. You become friends with other people on LR. Just another social network.
Yes, I know, there are two #4. LR does not improve your math skills.
posted by Daniel | 3:26 PM
3 Comments:
Benefit #2 is available to members of the Michigan Journal of Race & Law. Our office even offers a refrigerator and retro (read: old yet functional) microwave!
We even have a dirty, old coffee-maker!
benefit #4 (the first one) could be had regardless of l.r. - you may just be an outstanding student despite/notwithstanding your membership!! come on, where's your sense of self-confidence :)
u.e.
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