374: How to Be a Great Law Journal Member

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we're talking about how to be a great law journal member, whether you're on Law Review or a different journal. And we would like to thank Pro-Boards (home of the legal-specific LegalBoard and LegalPad) for sponsoring this episode!

In this episode we discuss:

• Why being on a journal can be important for your career
• What makes a great journal member
• Tips for using the Bluebook
• Developing an efficient process for cite checking
• Knowing when to ask questions and how to make suggestions for improvements
• The LegalBoard and LegalPad (keyboards and keypads designed especially for lawyers and law students)

Resources:

• Pro-Boards (https://legalkeyboards.com/)
• @legalkeyboard at Twitter (https://twitter.com/legalkeyboard)
• LegalBoard at Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/legalkeyboard/)
• @proboardsllc at Instagram (https://instagram.com/proboardsllc)
• Podcast Episode 42: Acing the Law Review Write-on Competition (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast-episode-42-acing-law-review-write-competition/)
• Podcast Episode 304: Introduction to the Bluebook (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/podcast-episode-304-introduction-to-the-bluebook/)
• Buying the Bluebook: Spiral-Bound or Online? (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/buying-the-bluebook-spiral-bound-or-online/)
• Bluebook 101 – Tips on Efficiently Navigating the Bluebook (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/bluebook-101-tips-on-efficiently-navigating-the-bluebook/)
• How to Get Answers from the Bluebook (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/get-answers-bluebook/)
• Benefits of Journal Membership from a Law Review Editor-in-Chief (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/benefits-of-journal-membership-from-a-law-review-editor-in-chief/)
• What Do You Actually Do on Law Review? An Overview of Opportunities (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/what-do-you-actually-do-on-law-review-an-overview-of-opportunities/)
• Should You Join Law Review? (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/should-you-join-law-review/)

Download the Transcript  (https://lawschooltoolbox.com/episode-374-how-to-be-a-great-law-journal-member/)

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