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REMINDER: law journals are a waste of time

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Bearded dun heaven headpube
  09/18/15
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topaz outnumbered parlour boistinker
  09/18/15
"but what will i tell employers at oh-thee-eye," t...
Bearded dun heaven headpube
  09/18/15
while I agree there is nothing more 180 than doing research ...
Titillating at-the-ready faggotry
  09/18/15
cr
stimulating harsh generalized bond
  09/18/15
I wrote a shitty note about some obscure public policy issue...
topaz outnumbered parlour boistinker
  09/18/15
what kind of publication?
Bearded dun heaven headpube
  09/18/15
industry magazine
topaz outnumbered parlour boistinker
  09/18/15
wait u mean to tell me there's something in law done purely ...
Soul-stirring pit factory reset button
  09/18/15
enough about law school!
Bearded dun heaven headpube
  09/18/15
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Soul-stirring pit factory reset button
  09/18/15
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crimson house ratface
  09/18/15
we got credit for it. easiest credits you can get in LS.
Irradiated Dingle Berry
  09/18/15
jfc were you such a CREDIT PIG that you wanted to spend ten ...
Bearded dun heaven headpube
  09/18/15
ten? more like 2.
Irradiated Dingle Berry
  09/18/15
This is flame. I hated being on law review, but it is a leg...
crimson house ratface
  09/18/15
dood clearly the OP is referencing secondary journals. ever...
Soul-stirring pit factory reset button
  09/18/15
naw I'm really referencing any journal including law review....
Bearded dun heaven headpube
  09/18/15
yes, LR or bust.
Irradiated Dingle Berry
  09/18/15
if a 1L asked me what to do, and they definitely didn't care...
Bearded dun heaven headpube
  09/18/15
that's a bold move. Good that it worked out. I sloughed th...
Irradiated Dingle Berry
  09/18/15
OP has chimed in, but agreed re secondary journals.
crimson house ratface
  09/18/15
yeah i suppose it signals that you're a ("prestige"...
Bearded dun heaven headpube
  09/18/15
what type of menial shitwork do you do in law review?
electric bull headed sandwich
  09/18/15
you're given a cite and you follow the cite to see if the or...
Bearded dun heaven headpube
  09/18/15
its fucking awful
Soul-stirring pit factory reset button
  09/18/15
definitely the most mind numbing work in LS.
Irradiated Dingle Berry
  09/18/15
b-b-but i want to be a BIGLAWYER
Bearded dun heaven headpube
  09/18/15
if it does, what do you do? if it doesn't what do you do?
electric bull headed sandwich
  09/18/15
it does: cool, no problem if it doesn't: you look for the...
Bearded dun heaven headpube
  09/18/15
And not just that-- suppose that the author cites a newspape...
crimson house ratface
  09/18/15
I have fixed errors like this, and for a brief moment it was...
Supple slimy pervert
  09/18/15
In addition to cite checking, there's also the dreaded "...
crimson house ratface
  09/18/15
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180 dilemma cumskin
  07/20/18
you're also sometimes fixing the cites in an article that is...
Frisky parlor
  07/20/18
I was on one and it took up about 10 hours of my life and I ...
bright insane travel guidebook
  09/19/15


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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:43 PM
Author: Bearded dun heaven headpube



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784876)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:43 PM
Author: topaz outnumbered parlour boistinker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784878)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:44 PM
Author: Bearded dun heaven headpube

"but what will i tell employers at oh-thee-eye," the eager 1L lisped

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784889)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:44 PM
Author: Titillating at-the-ready faggotry

while I agree there is nothing more 180 than doing research and finding some loser academic has found all the cases already

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784882)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:44 PM
Author: stimulating harsh generalized bond

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784886)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:44 PM
Author: topaz outnumbered parlour boistinker

I wrote a shitty note about some obscure public policy issue in a secondary journal. Five years later I got an email about it from a reporter asking me for an opinion. I deleted it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784885)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:46 PM
Author: Bearded dun heaven headpube

what kind of publication?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784900)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:48 PM
Author: topaz outnumbered parlour boistinker

industry magazine

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784913)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:46 PM
Author: Soul-stirring pit factory reset button

wait u mean to tell me there's something in law done purely for prestige but that has no actual practical value?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784896)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:50 PM
Author: Bearded dun heaven headpube

enough about law school!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784919)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:51 PM
Author: Soul-stirring pit factory reset button



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784932)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:50 PM
Author: crimson house ratface



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784924)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:46 PM
Author: Irradiated Dingle Berry

we got credit for it. easiest credits you can get in LS.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784903)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:47 PM
Author: Bearded dun heaven headpube

jfc were you such a CREDIT PIG that you wanted to spend ten hours a week CITE CHECKING and writing notes?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784910)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:54 PM
Author: Irradiated Dingle Berry

ten? more like 2.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784957)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:52 PM
Author: crimson house ratface

This is flame. I hated being on law review, but it is a legitimate bump for job prospects. It was still referenced at the interview to my in-house job, even though by then I was like seven years removed from it. You don't learn anything, but its real value is that it proves you're willing to do menial shitwork just because you're supposed to, which is ultimately what the legal profession is all about.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784941)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:53 PM
Author: Soul-stirring pit factory reset button

dood clearly the OP is referencing secondary journals. everyone knows having LR on ur resume can make or braek a career in this SPS profession

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784948)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:55 PM
Author: Bearded dun heaven headpube

naw I'm really referencing any journal including law review. but yes agreed that secondaries are an even bigger waste of time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784968)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 1:08 PM
Author: Irradiated Dingle Berry

yes, LR or bust.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28785039)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 1:13 PM
Author: Bearded dun heaven headpube

if a 1L asked me what to do, and they definitely didn't care about biglaw work, i would absolutely advise them to avoid lr and secondaries. more free time to concentrate on classes. i did LR my 2L year but quit spring semester (effective the next edition) because it was absolutely pointless, menial work and wasn't going to help me reach my goals.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28785064)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 1:14 PM
Author: Irradiated Dingle Berry

that's a bold move. Good that it worked out. I sloughed through it and enjoyed writing my note which wasn't accepted, but I knew it wouldn't but I now am basically an expert on this one random area of legal history, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28785072)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 1:04 PM
Author: crimson house ratface

OP has chimed in, but agreed re secondary journals.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28785017)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:54 PM
Author: Bearded dun heaven headpube

yeah i suppose it signals that you're a ("prestige" hungry) shiteater.

my cousin is a 1L now and told me that his school is already shoving law journal flame down his throat.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784958)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:55 PM
Author: electric bull headed sandwich

what type of menial shitwork do you do in law review?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784967)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:56 PM
Author: Bearded dun heaven headpube

you're given a cite and you follow the cite to see if the original says what the article author is articulating.

do 50 of those a week.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784971)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 12:59 PM
Author: Soul-stirring pit factory reset button

its fucking awful

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784983)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 1:00 PM
Author: Irradiated Dingle Berry

definitely the most mind numbing work in LS.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784987)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 1:01 PM
Author: Bearded dun heaven headpube

b-b-but i want to be a BIGLAWYER

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784991)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 1:01 PM
Author: electric bull headed sandwich

if it does, what do you do?

if it doesn't what do you do?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28784994)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 1:04 PM
Author: Bearded dun heaven headpube

it does: cool, no problem

if it doesn't: you look for the right pincite. maybe it's a few lines lower. if there isn't one, and the article author is completely bullshitting . . . well then I'm not sure what.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28785010)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 1:06 PM
Author: crimson house ratface

And not just that-- suppose that the author cites a newspaper. Well, that cite includes what page in the newspaper the article was on. It's not enough to double-check the reference on Lexis. You have to go to the library and find the newspaper (real copy or, more likely, in microfilm) to confirm that Lexis has the correct page number. One time, Lexis claimed an article was on A4 of the NY Times when it fact it was on C4. I'll never forget the look on the editor in chief's face when we found the error. It was the sort of unbridled joy that can only be summoned by children on Christmas morning or, as here, with very specific strains of autism.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28785031)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 1:11 PM
Author: Supple slimy pervert

I have fixed errors like this, and for a brief moment it was like I got a mob boss incriminating himself on a wire.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28785053)



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Date: September 18th, 2015 1:07 PM
Author: crimson house ratface

In addition to cite checking, there's also the dreaded "Find Authority." A professor made factual or legal assertion x, but didn't get around to citing anything for it. Well, guess who is on a scavenger hunt to find an answer? Sometimes it's NBD, but other times you're trying to find a law review acceptable authority for the proposition that "cops like to eat doughnuts is a pop culture trope."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28785034)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 1:09 AM
Author: 180 dilemma cumskin



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#36463807)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 1:14 AM
Author: Frisky parlor

you're also sometimes fixing the cites in an article that is a complete mess, and moving a bunch of supras and shit around

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#36463824)



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Date: September 19th, 2015 12:53 PM
Author: bright insane travel guidebook

I was on one and it took up about 10 hours of my life and I got a credit for it.

But yeah its funny how people get super into fixing pin cites or whatever and think they're smart.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2993771&forum_id=2#28791411)