Hillbilly Elegy

another language. (A sampling: “Despite
grading’s great promise, we show that
the regulatory design, implementation,
and practice suffer from serious flaws:
jurisdictions fudge more than nudge.”)
Kidding aside, Journal membership is
serious business. It is the single most
significant extracurricular activity for
legal employers, some of whom hire
only from the publication’s editorial
board.
Some kids came to the law school
with a plan for admission to The Yale
Law Journal. The writing competition
kicked off in April. By March, some
people were weeks into preparation. On
the advice of recent graduates (who