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Defending The Law Review - A Response To Judge Posner & Professor Lindgren, Harvey Gilmore

Harvey Gilmore

I am fairly new to the publication game. I am not a professional writer. I was never a law review editor. My current teaching job does not mandate that I “publish or perish.” On top of that, I do believe that law reviews were invaluable to me in helping me write research papers during my time in law school. I enjoy reading law review articles to this day. In addition, I have enjoyed the privilege of having several of my own pieces accepted for publication as law review articles. Consequently, I have had positive experiences dealing with law review editors …

Misadventures Of A Law School Misfit

Harvey Gilmore

If the brilliant, legendary playwright Rod Serling were still with us, he might have described a law school graduate’s credentials something like this—consider if you will, the law school graduate’s perfect resume: 1) graduated first in his class from “Ivy League University”; 2) graduated first in his class from “Ivy League Law School”; 3) law review editor; and 4) elevation to Big-Firm partnership.

Well, that ain’t me. I was never a law review editor. I did not graduate in the top ten percent of my class. I did not go to an Ivy League college or law school. I never …

Law School Grades - Flunked Out, But Did Not Really Fail

Harvey Gilmore

If the plaintiffs in a most interesting, recent lawsuit ultimately get their way, I will need to change the title of this article. After the Spring 2011 semester, plaintiffs Jonathan Chan and Karla Ford were dismissed from their former law school, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law (Texas Southern) for academic deficiency, failing to maintain an overall grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.0. On February 2, 2012, in response to their dismissal, Chan and Ford filed a lawsuit against Texas Southern, along with their Contracts professor, Shelley Smith. In this article, I will look at some …

To Failure And Back: How Law Rescued Me From The Depths, Harvey Gilmore

Harvey Gilmore

This Article considers some of the reasons that attorneys have an overly acute sense of frustration with their chosen profession. It also takes a periodic look at some of the same struggles I went through as a member of the accounting profession. Ironically, while some attorneys look at their journey through law as their ticket to the depths of professional hell, it was my own journey through law that ultimately rescued me from my own professional hell. Next, this Article examines some career-changing (and life-altering) decisions, which can ultimately lead to a more rewarding life and career. Finally, I offer …