how important is being on Law Review for my legal career?

Hi Cece, I would love to hear your thoughts on journals/ particularly whether you think it is important to try to do Law Review. My ideal career path is big law -> impact litigation. I found 1L to be very stressful, and I am dreading the extra work of being on a time intensive journal in addition to a clinic next semester. I know that some of the other journals have much lower time commitments then does law review, but am I selling myself short by not ranking law review #1 in my school's matching program? Thank you for your candid videos and for all of the great advice!

- Anonymous

So much of initial legal employment is rooted in prestige. Law Review is, at the end of the day, a prestige point. Other prestige points include your law school ranking, your college’s ranking, good grades, RAing for a prestigious professor, and federal clerkships. If you take a look at your prestige points and conclude that it’s not enough for your target job after graduation, then Law Review is one way of a…