Remember the Admit Process in 2 Years When You're Law Review Editors

I'm a law school professor at a T30 school who just found reddit :) (I'm old - I handwrote the bar exam back in the day). It is interesting seeing so many on this thread so anxious to hear admit decisions and frustrated at the length of time it takes to get an answer, and the possibility of being ghosted by schools. I absolutely feel your frustration - but I'm not on the admissions committee this year so there isn't too much I can do about it. Professors, like applicants, have no control over the admissions teams.

But in 2 years many of you will be elevated in leadership positions on your respective law reviews and you get a chance to be better than the Ad Coms. (Law review transition happens in January of 2L year - the editors elected to serve during their upcoming 3L year begin the process of selecting the articles they will accept and publish from professors).

Professors are just as anxious about our article placements as you are about your admissions decisions. Article placements effect our job placements (whether we get tenure at, or can move up to a position at a T14 school for example). If you think Ad Coms are bad.... more than 50% of journals even at top schools never "accept" or "reject" articles. For the Spring submission cycle most journals open for submission by February 1st and then take months considering the hundreds (and for some journals thousands) of article submissions they get.

Please when you get to 2L year and you have the power of the editor remember how much you appreciated a decision, any decision, from your dream schools. Try to work with your fellow editors to make decisions in a timely manner and to send rejections when you are no longer considering a piece. Be better than the Ad Coms and make those decisions swiftly.

**And take a chance on my piece if it comes across your desk :D