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  • #1

    The BYU Prelaw Review

    Has anyone been involved with this in the past? It's a cool concept, as it's one of very few undergraduate law reviews in the country, and will look shiny on a resume. I wrote a bare bones sketch of an article (BTW, if anybody (especially the board's finance and corporate law folks) would like to read it, I would love to get some input).

    Right now, it's feeling a bit sketchy. I can't find previous reviews anywhere, and just barely heard back that I'd been accepted. Is this a legit operation?
    Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.
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  • #2
    Originally posted by camleish View Post
    Has anyone been involved with this in the past? It's a cool concept, as it's one of very few undergraduate law reviews in the country, and will look shiny on a resume. I wrote a bare bones sketch of an article (BTW, if anybody (especially the board's finance and corporate law folks) would like to read it, I would love to get some input).

    Right now, it's feeling a bit sketchy. I can't find previous reviews anywhere, and just barely heard back that I'd been accepted. Is this a legit operation?
    It was around when I was applying to law schools in 2001/2002. The guy pitching it made sure to tell me that when he was visiting Harvard Law School he saw a copy of it in their waiting room. Not sure if that's true, I think he just wanted to let me know he visited Harvard.

    I intended to submit something for the law review. In true undergraduate form, I started my paper the night before submissions were due. Legal research was a totally foreign animal to me. I couldn't figure out how to use Westlaw at all. After poking around for an hour or so, I realized that I had no idea what I was doing and went home.

    If you've got a rough draft or outline, that's something. As far as a resume builder, it certainly couldn't hurt. How much feedback does the pre-law review give you on your paper? Do they work with you once you've been accepted (or, as LA Ute would say, "excepted")? If they can help you turn what you've started into something that looks and feels like a real Law Review article, it might be worth it. Otherwise, most law schools are going to go mainly on your LSAT and grades.
    Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

    Dig your own grave, and save!

    "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

    "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

    GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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    • #3
      I actually submitted (and was accepted with) a pretty decent base to build on. It deals with a recent piece of utah legislation and its impact on fiduciary duties in closely held corporations. Most of the research footwork has been done, as i am pretty familiar with lexis.

      I believe that they work pretty closely with the real law review; it's an actual class with quite a bit of review time. All contributors are required to take both fall and winter semesters of the class, so I'm hoping it's pretty rigorous in terms of revisions. I'm hoping it won't be too time intensive, i.e. won't trade off with what actually matters to law schools (grades).

      That does make me feel a little bit better, though, that it was around in 01/02. Perhaps age can be extrapolated to mean a tiny amount of legitimacy?
      Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.

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      • #4
        Some of you lawyers need to be honest with this kid about what you actually do for a living.

        It's not too late. He can still be saved!
        "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
        "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
        "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
          Some of you lawyers need to be honest with this kid about what you actually do for a living.

          It's not too late. He can still be saved!
          Instead, here is a sample question from a bar exam for you to work on camelish. Describe in detail the rights and remedies of each of the parties:

          The Board of Trustees of a nearby University, decides to test the Professors, to see if they really know their stuff. First they take a Math Prof. and put him in a room. Now, the room contains a table and three metal spheres about the size of softballs. They tell him to do whatever he want with the balls and the table in one hour. After an hour, he comes out and the Trustees look in and the balls are arranged in a triangle at the center of the table. Next, they give the same test to a Physics Prof. After an hour, they look in, and the balls are stacked one on top of the other in the center of the table. Finally, they give the test to an Engineering Prof. After an hour, they look in and one of the balls is broken, one is missing, and he's carrying the third out in his lunchbox.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by UtahDan View Post
            Instead, here is a sample question from a bar exam for you to work on camelish. Describe in detail the rights and remedies of each of the parties:

            The Board of Trustees of a nearby University, decides to test the Professors, to see if they really know their stuff. First they take a Math Prof. and put him in a room. Now, the room contains a table and three metal spheres about the size of softballs. They tell him to do whatever he want with the balls and the table in one hour. After an hour, he comes out and the Trustees look in and the balls are arranged in a triangle at the center of the table. Next, they give the same test to a Physics Prof. After an hour, they look in, and the balls are stacked one on top of the other in the center of the table. Finally, they give the test to an Engineering Prof. After an hour, they look in and one of the balls is broken, one is missing, and he's carrying the third out in his lunchbox.
            Hmmm...

            If only there were some good jokes about lawyers.
            "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
            "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
            "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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            • #7
              In true undergraduate form, I started my paper the night before submissions were due.
              I guess for you that stopped in law school?
              So Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.

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