One Last Push

Do the write-on.

I don't care if you haven't started yet. That just means you need to treat it as a six hour take-home exam. 

Do the write-on.

Last year, ninety-six minutes before it was due, I was lying on my couch, only half an essay finished, annoyed and disheartened because my substandard Torts grade was going to keep me from  getting that sweet job at that one firm that gives you a Porsche and seventy-five virgins.

Do the write-on.

You won't regret it.  Well, you might. But if you don't I'll spend the next year reminding you about how you should have done the write-on because only fifty people even submitted essays and so everybody got on to the journal and whoah, man, you totally could have made it.

Just turn off the TV, or disable AIM for a little while, or, if you're at work, take a longish lunch with your laptop somewhere near a post office, and do the goddam write-on.

UPDATE: Okay. You can stop doing the write-on now.

Comments

Yer so corporate. You used to be all rebel without a cause...or was it comic without a crowd? Either way, there was a time when you cared...cared about all of us. Now its all "do the write on" and "do the write on." What happened? When did your little heart turn so awfully black?

that is all

[Lenny]

Careful what you wish for, or, in your case, vehemently demand. You may just end up like I did and have over 85% of the 1L class send in a write-on submission. It is going to be a long, long summer.

are rising 3Ls allowed to do the write-on?

[wingsandvodka]

Yip. No grades. All write-on score.

[Adam]

Oddly reminiscent of the SNL Herlihy Boy sketch with Chris Farley and Adam Sandler.

"Let the boy sleep in your damn bed!! He said he'd wash the sheets!"

[Former EIC]

Definitely do the write-on. I went to one of those weird schools where it is all grade-on, and then the write-ons compete for however many spots are left. The class before us was huge, our class was huge, and our year was the only year where there were no spots available. None. Unless someone declined membership, which at our school never happens, and there was no way to know that until after the write-on deadline. I was on the fence but at the last minute I did it anyway, just in case, along with about 15 other crazy people ... and lucked out because someone transferred to Georgetown. Yee ha! I got lucky and was the only one to get on, and it literally changed the path of my law career. I don't know when the deadline is, but if there is any time left you should do it!

Here is the Key. Do the write on. Get on law review. Turn them down so you don't have to do the work. And then write "Offered Texas Law Review" on your resume so you still get the credit with the firms come recruiting time.

[wingsandvodka]

I'll do you one better: Get into Yale, turn them down so that you don't have to work, and then write "Accepted to Yale" on your resume when it comes time to interview at Barnes & Noble.

[llogg]

Is Barnes & Noble hiring? It might be an upgrade...

[ames]

Pfft. Write-on means nothing at my school, it's all grade-on, and then MAYBE a space or two left over. Maybe. But usually not. Those who grade-on also tend to be the Moot Court team, amazing how that works out.

Bitter? No, not me. I didn't want Moot Court anyway.
/sour grapes

[Tbag]

I'm just gonna stay out of this whole discussion. ;)

[casey]

damn you for making me do that. damn you and your black heart.

[JRM]

College professors are weird and make trouble.

There. Less than eight pages, responsive to the materials, and unimpeachably true. While not at UT, and a bit late, I don't think those facts should be disqualifying based on the outstanding write-on sentence.

--JRM

I did the write-on. There was a great sense of relief after turning it in. That lasted until I realized that anyone could swipe it from the unsecured cardboard box. Damn you, 1L anxiety. Damn you.

[Reckless Murder]

It is only now that I am thankful my school ruined the first weekend of spring break and held the write on then instead of just after finals. It sucked at the time, but the last 4 weeks have been glorious.

[nambypamby]

Any suggestions on how to approach the University of Phoenix Online Law Review write-on?

[Phoebe Lewis]

can any lawyer-to-be post here or is it exclusive to ut students?

[dirk diggler]

should you do the write-on if you don't want to be on law review?

[some chick]

i did the write-on but i'm not in law school. i am so glad i did the write-on.

[Amber Waves]

dirk,
i cannot speak for UT but at other schools the write on is a way to get on other journals too - you know, less stressful journals where you can actually have a life outside the LR office. If you are interested in those, you may consider doing it. I'm glad I did.

[tlr ex]

as painful as the write-on was to write, remember that grading them is worse than being sodomized with a rolled-up copy of the symposium issue.

[Ian]

The reason Wingsandvodka has not posted in so long is explained by the preceeding post.

that's what he gets for encouraging people to do the write-on

Actually I hear that it's because he's swamped at work and doesn't have net access at home yet, but I can't confirm that because obviously he would never post from the office. Ever. Not even an anonymous comment.

swamped at work... a real likely story