Saturday, March 6, 2010

Dahlia Lithwick on Going to Law School

In recent days, there's been a flurry of discussion here at YLS about why law students choose to be involved (or not be involved) in certain extracurricular activities. In the course of thinking and talking with my friends and classmates, I fortuitously came across an old article by Dahlia Lithwick (Yale undergrad, Stanford Law, lawyer-turned-journalist/author) at Slate.

She writes to those who are considering (or who have found themselves already enrolled in) law school. I think she gives good advice, or, at least, an opportunity for reflection.

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4 comments:

Zach said...

What is your opinion on the YLJ 2L issue?

SB said...

Zach, I'm staying far away from that discussion (publicly, at least). :)

Prospective '13 said...

What is that discussion...? I'm curious now.

SB said...

Prospective, in short: there's been some intense discussion following the Yale Law Journal's executive board to limit the number of current 2Ls who will be able to join the Journal for next year (their 3L year) through the traditional route. In the past, the number of 2Ls joining the Journal hasn't been limited. Some people think it should stay that way.