This week we welcome back guest writer Stephanie Gregoire to talk about what the write-on competition experience was like for her.
This past summer, I went through the write-on competition for my school’s flagship law review and was successfully selected to join the law review as a member. During that entire process, I found myself having several “I wish I would’ve known this” moments, so to that end I hope to provide some illumination into the vagaries of the write-on competition.
I do want to caveat that each school (and sometimes each journal at a school) will operate theirs differently, so for the sake of transparency, here’s how mine functions: all of the journals and law review have the same write-on “prompt” but invite different categories of people to participate over a two-ish week period during the summer. Our “prompt” was a case pending before the Supreme Court, and we had to write a note or comment on that case that we then submitted for anonymous evaluation. It was not mandatory, and if we were eligible to write-on to multiple journals we could submit to all of them. With that background out of the way, let’s talk about my multiple “what…” moments! [Read more…]
This week we welcome back guest writer Marissa Geannette to talk about the different types of legal writing.
This week we’re hearing again from guest writer Stephanie Gregoire, this time about what her experience as an intern in the court has been like during the summer.
This week we welcome back guest writer Marissa Geannette to talk about what you can do with a law degree.
This week we welcome back guest writer Hillary Vaillancourt to talk about keeping your expenses in order as a law student.
This week we welcome back guest writer Tiffany Lo to discuss some important basics in legal writing.
This week we welcome back guest writer Tiffany Lo to talk about starting fresh in the new year with some resolutions.
This week we welcome back guest writer and 2L Tiffany Lo to talk about how to get feedback in law school.
This week we hear from current law student and guest writer Tiffany Gee Ching Lo about how to approach applications to law school scholarships.
This week we welcome back guest writer and tutor Elizabeth Knox to talk about working on your legal writing skills this summer, whether or not you have a legal job.
