As newly minted 1L’s are finishing their first semester of law school and veteran 3L’s are finishing their second to last semester, there is no doubt there are mixed feelings about the decision to go to law school with the current state of the legal job market. We recently got a slightly humorous, slightly dark [...]
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Arise, students. Finals are over (for some). Now go hibernate
Posted by Scott W. on December 10th, 2011
As many students awaken from their finals week malaise (some will trade this in for a drunken stupor), Law Riot would like to know what are some of our reader’s best finals moments. Everybody has experienced those awkward library moments, and heck who hasn’t been disturbed by a laptop start up sound? Note to self: breathing loudly could endanger [...]
Roll Sheet….You Elusive Bastard
Posted by Allen DeVries on November 3rd, 2011
This has gone on far too long. The ABA has these silly little requirements about attendance at ABA approved law schools. As a student, you’re required to attend 80% of every class during the semester. So, how do these professors keep track? Oh, that handy little roll sheet with your name—and sometimes even that horrible [...]
How a 3L Spends Their Class Time
Posted by Allen DeVries on November 1st, 2011
You Can’t Argue With Science. Oh, and yes, that’s a shameless plug.
The Art of the Unsolicited Resume in 5 Steps
Posted by Allen DeVries on October 24th, 2011
Times are tough and getting your foot in the door as a 3L is seemingly impossible, no matter where you go to school. Relying on your summer gig as a 2L or career services is no longer enough. It’s time to get creative. Sending your resume to law firms unsolicited is an art form to [...]
An Open Letter to My Future Employer: Hire These People Instead
Posted by Joseph Tsai on September 27th, 2011
Dear Potential Future Employer, Today, I would like to express why, good sir (or madam); it would be in your best interests to look beyond the scope of your traditional associate hiring criteria. Law firms often fail to grasp how the personalities and social abilities of their employees deliver real profits or losses to their [...]
Help LawRiot Make the ABA Top 100 Law Blawgs
Posted by Allen DeVries on September 8th, 2011
The ABA is accepting nominations for the 2011 ABA Top 100 Law Blawgs! Help LawRiot.com make the list by going to the ABA Amici Form and filling it out for www.LawRiot.com! You only have until September 9, 2011! It takes less than a few minutes and we at LawRiot would really appreciate it! There is [...]
Law School’s Dirty Little Secret
Posted by Carson Henson on September 8th, 2011
Today I venture to expound upon a dirty little secret that law schools everywhere hope you never uncover. It’s a secret that undercuts one of the hard and fast truths drilled into every law student from the day they begin to even consider attending law school. It’s a secret that belies a premise promulgated further [...]
Article CONTEST! Enter to Win $50 at Amazon.com!
Posted by Allen DeVries on September 7th, 2011
What We Want: Write a short blurb on your favorite legal topic. Make it original, make it interesting, make us want to pay you $50! We’re looking for the most interesting and relevant legal article you can write. The topics can be anything from law school to life as an attorney or anything else you [...]
The Age Old Question: Relationships in Law School?
Posted by Skye Daley on August 26th, 2011
Ever since the late nineteenth century when Harvard’s Christopher Columbus Langdell created what we know today as “law school,” future and current students have had to grapple with one of the most difficult questions in our field: to relationship, or not to relationship? The question should not be foreign to any student – even if [...]
