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Current Law Students / Re: Why I think 2L might be more important than 1L.
« on: July 08, 2008, 11:48:35 PM »
I found a thread on 2L Search that speaks directly to this topic, and it was started by a nervous HLS student at the median:
http://www.lawschooldiscussion.org/students/index.php/topic,4011586.0.html
See, he's nervous like everyone else at the median, and knows what is stake in 2L. And he's not precisely sure he can just coast and get a great firm job -- and doesn't seem to want to coast. Plus the "go f yourself" poster is exactly the kind of poster I don't like.
He does mention something insightful, though, that I hadn't considered: The real competition at Harvard's top is not for firm work; it's for federal circuit and district court clerkships, of which they probably attain quite a few. The Harvard pool for firms, then, starts a little lower down the list. While we place a couple or a few federal clerks, we certainly don't infiltrate the federal bench as much as HYS does.
So, this topic comes more into focus now. It's good to have some clarity.
http://www.lawschooldiscussion.org/students/index.php/topic,4011586.0.html
See, he's nervous like everyone else at the median, and knows what is stake in 2L. And he's not precisely sure he can just coast and get a great firm job -- and doesn't seem to want to coast. Plus the "go f yourself" poster is exactly the kind of poster I don't like.
He does mention something insightful, though, that I hadn't considered: The real competition at Harvard's top is not for firm work; it's for federal circuit and district court clerkships, of which they probably attain quite a few. The Harvard pool for firms, then, starts a little lower down the list. While we place a couple or a few federal clerks, we certainly don't infiltrate the federal bench as much as HYS does.
So, this topic comes more into focus now. It's good to have some clarity.