Awesome! NYU clearly did pretty well on the Law Revue front this year...

FYI - That video is from the Law Revue, not the Law Review. Law Revue is a show put on every year at NYU Law. The other videos actually did come from Law Review, the journal.

FYI - That video is from the Law Revue, not the Law Review. Law Revue is a show put on every year at NYU Law. The other videos actually did come from Law Review, the journal.

Also, look for cameos from "Columbia" as a partner in this video, and "Yale" as an associate who jumps out of a paper recycling bin.

Looks like an army of trolls chasing their meal. Why is the woman carrying a frying pan?

I think I'm in love with "Yale." He's adorable!

NYU is truly kicking Columbia's ass in all fronts... impressive.

Lat, in terms of geeky (but weirdly insighful) law school vids, it is hard to outdo March of the Law Students, created by people at Chicago.... Look for it on Youtube.

I go to NYU law school, and am embarrassed to admit that we do in fact have this complex about Columbia. Most people here would reluctantly admit that the only reason they're going here is because they didn't get accepted to Columbia. And I'm sure that Columbia is filled with people who didn't get into Harvard. Why else would they go there, and why else would we go to NYU?

NYU Law Revue normally has some pretty funny videos. See here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPJq0F0Gjq4

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP0e26xNQGM

I go to NYU law school, and am embarrassed to admit that we do in fact have this complex about Columbia. Most people here would reluctantly admit that the only reason they're going here is because they didn't get accepted to Columbia. And I'm sure that Columbia is filled with people who didn't get into Harvard. Why else would they go there, and why else would we go to NYU?

2:43:

I don't get it. Columbia isn't even in this video. Can't we all unite on the true meaning behind this video.

@ anon 2:43

I'm guessing you're just going for flamebait, but just in case...

Say What? I realize I'm a couple of years out of NYU, but what have they started putting in the fountains at the new building? Most of my class also got into Columbia - NYU & Columbia are practically the same school in terms of admission requirements.

Hey - if you're that unhappy in the village, you could always transfer uptown. I mean, now that they're a lower ranked school, they're probably praying for washouts from the top 4.

I'm going to have to disagree with Anonymous about people at NYU being there because they didn't get into Columbia. Some of us got into Columbia and Harvard and chose to go to NYU, on the theory that the most valuable law school experience comes when you don't hate law school and your life.

Why would anyone choose Columbia over NYU? NYU is in the best part of Manhattan. Columbia is in a hellhole.

he's flamebait for sure. and not even a good one.

seriously, why even bother responding to the guy. it's pretty clear he isn't really an nyu student.

First, this video was awesome. That weird Jack-o hand-shaking-at-waist move was totally key.

Second, this whole NYU/Columbia thing is really lame. I got into both schools. I had already gone to Columbia undergrad, so if I had stayed in NYC, it would have been to go to NYU, simply for the change. The quality of the legal education and the student body is basically identical, and it's just a matter of what you prefer. I do take exception to the comment that Morningside Heights is a "hell hole" though. It's nicer than New Haven, for instance.

Agreed, clearly a student at that other new york school.

Feeling the 5 insecurity?

The woman who plays the partner in this video is very talented. Great energy, strong voice, compelling acting. It's nice to see law students with interests and abilities outside the law.

As a student who graduated from Columbia undergrad and NYU Law (and yes, who got into Columbia for law school), I can say that the rivalry between the two law schools is a friendly one. I mean, they constantly trade off between being ranked 4 and 5, for god's sake, and both know there is no real difference. It's merely something to crow about at the annual Dean's Cup basketball game. The vast majority of students at NYU and Columbia get into both schools, and I don't think either has an inferiority complex. It seemed to me that those who chose Columbia did so for the older name/Ivy status and the alumni network. Most who chose NYU cited the more social student body (not just "being in the village"). No one will tell you honestly they chose one over the other for its academics or for its current academic reputation/rank. So give it a rest, and allow CLS and NYU their friendly rivalry and ribbing.

These two videos (aside from the Scalia skit) were the only funny things to come out of this year's law revue. BTW, half of the dialogue for both video still stinks.

The law revue last year had better writers and was much funnier. Comedy is funniest when it is done by those who are marginalized in society and poke fun at majority viewpoints. Hence, why many if not most comedians are not wasps. The NYU Law revue is composed of fairly typical white, liberal law students and hence is not that funny.

Few students actually cared about the Apple controversy, large lockers, or the waitlist. People do care about the proposed all-Alsa space (one way or the other), our US News ranking, military recruiting (one way or the other), Professors leaving like Feldman, the limiting of two drinks at Fall Ball and Spring Fling, EIW, L-Rap, and about stupid requirements such as the A-paper.

The Law revue could have caricatured any of these in a humorous way but instead made fun of things few people cared about.

They also didn't really get in any good shots at the professors. Bell, Kahan, Ricky, Slain, Sorter, and especially Feldman should have been prime targets. Instead, they had Rodriguez (which wasn't funny), Estlund (didn't get), Issacaroff (person looked like him but no jokes), and Chevigny (a less funny character than last year).

The dance routines and talents of the law revue members were great, but the writing stunk. Hopefully, they do better next year. I think Columbia may have actually beaten us in something this year.

Northwestern Law set the bar for Michael Jackson parodies based on law firm life two years ago when its Spring musical included the song "Biller" along with full choreography and firm zombies.

Emily Bushnell is really cute. Both the NYU videos were funny, just admit it people. The Columbia one was horrendously bad. I have a sneaking suspicion that NYU kids are generally cooler than Columbia kids -- I base the primarily on the fact that the vast majority of NYU law people I have worked with are grounded, decent, and not ass@holes, and the vast majority of Columbia law people I have worked with are overcompetitive jackasses with a passive/agressive alternating sense of inadequacy and superiority and the personalities of doorknobs.

Again, that Emily Bushnell is really cute.

Gallion OUT!

This is for NYU (a couple of posts up)...
from your in-depth analysis of the show and your knowledge of the issues in NYU i'm going to assume that you are a student there. Next time, if you want the issues near and dear to you to be addressed in the Law Revue please get involved with it.....

Another one for NYU (6:04) above: I agree with NS - quit bashing and get involved. Or at least get your facts straight before bashing.

First of all, who are you to talk about the "marginalization" of the writers? Do you know their experiences and backgrounds? Not too many WASPs, I can tell you that for damn sure.

And did you actually see the show? By my count, at least half of the issues you claim were important but got overlooked WERE addressed in the show (one way or the other).

If you recall last year's show as being so good, you will also recall that Feldman was a prime target. One would think it would be better not to repeat the same show this year. And just because you didn't get something doesn't mean it wasn't funny.

Nice to know we don't have to go uptown to have haters.

note: "nyu" "columbia" and "yale" as dancers

what togetherness

Did 6:04 actually see the show?

All-ALSA was featured prominently. The new rankings were joked upon three different times, military recruiting was commented upon, Feldman appeared in the video, and Fall Ball and Spring Fling were both joked upon as well.

and EIW (callbacks)

Can i just say again that Emily Bushnell is really cute?

Thanks :)

The girl in the EIW video is just playing a character named Emily Bushnell (all the characters in the NYU Law Revue are named after people who graduated the year before). Her name isn't actually Emily.

Well whoever thehell she is, she is really cute. Seriously.

Well whoever the hell she is, she is really cute. Seriously.

8:58 PM, please reread the post. I never commented on the ethnicity of anyone on the law revue. My point was they were too in the mainstream to really do a good job poking fun at the law school. As for repeating Feldman, you could have made different jokes. When a professor leaves for another school, that makes them a prime target. Making one tiny joke in a video that is wiped out by crowd noise does not count. They repeated Chevigny so your comments about repition are silly.

The All-Alsa was not featured prominently in the law revue. A funny law revue would have mocked a group of people that wanted "safe space" which encompassed 50% of the NYU community.

9:17, there were minor jokes made about all the issues you mentioned. They could have had a whole skit making fun of the fall ball/spring fling controversy.

The A paper requirement is a great thing to make fun of.

Last year was a lot funnier. They made fun of EIW in a really funny video. They mocked the journal comp. These are issues people care about. Having a whole skit about large lockers is stupid.

I apologize for the fact that you are on law revue and have no sense of humor. Join the club. There appears to be a lot of you.

Just to clarify, I never said the majority of the Law revue was wasps, I said they were white. That is pretty self evident to anyone who watched the show.

Obviously NYU (12.:14 and 12:21) is not ready to believe the truth. Participation in the Law Revue is entirely voluntary; no one gets turned away. At they end of the day they work with what they have. I'll say it again...anyone who wants to make a difference should sign up when next year's show comes around...

"The Law Revue is composed of fairly typical white, liberal law students and hence is not that funny."

The total absurdity of that sentence is reason enough to ignore all the nonsense this guy spews. And if it's not enough, try one of these:

"Few students actually cared about the APPLE controversy"--Do you go to NYU?

"I never commented on the ethnicity of anyone on the law revue."--In fact, you did...see above.

"Making one tiny joke in a video that was wiped out by crowd noise does not count."--I'm sorry, were too many people laughing at the jokes for you to hear them?

"The All-ALSA space was not feature prominently..."--Actually, there was an entire song about it, or was the audience laughing during that one, too?

"I never said the majority of the Law Revue was wasps, I said they were white."--So is the majority of NYU; maybe next year Law Revue should enact affirmative action.

"I apologize for the fact that you are on Law Revue and have no sense of humor."--Generally, the person who isn't laughing is the one with no sense of humor. I'm pretty sure that was you, pal.

NYU 1L, your retort is inaccurate. There was no song about the all-alsa space. There was a whole one devoted to the Furman Hall doors, which at this point is a little old.

If you read my above comments I said both videos and the Scalia skit were funny but overall the writing and the choice of topics was poor. I also said the singing, dancing, and acting ability of many law revue members was quite good.

The apple controversy received a few comments from those who have apples already and cannot use them on the final exam, so the NYU person's comment on the video that, "that we can't have apples" was inaccurate.

BTW, white is not an ethnicity, it is a race. Perhaps the admission standards were lowered for your year. The point of this was not that there was not too many white people it is that unfortunately most of the people on law revue don't bring an outsider's perspective to poke fun at some of the ridiculous absurdity of the law school. The fact that people who do the military recruiting are then after their interview followed outside by a huge group of people shouting pejorative slogans calls out to be mocked but unfortunately some of the same people doing this ridiculous stunt are on law revue.

Hey NYU, your grammar is terrible. Learn to use the continuous past tense. Also, if you feel law revue could be improved by your omniscience, join, and grace us all with the same insightful humor you've woven into your comments on this bulletin.

Hey, you guys are right -- NYU students *are* cool! Yeah.

We've done our best but NYU obviously doesn't want to see reason. So we should probably just leave him to it...

Or her.... (I bet this raises issues too)

NYU:

If you recall, the large locker (which received a song) was decorated for the flyers for the All-ALSA space, and the defeat of the All-ALSA space was part of the "conspiracy" to create large lockers.

Moreover, which got more attention this year: Large Lockers, or All-ALSA space?

Just to injerect into the debate, I agree with the previous remark that large lockers was a minor issue that lasted a few days on coases and was mainly an unfair ad hominem attack on the sba vp.

It was definitely not worthy of a song. The All alsa space is still an ongoing issue as demonstrated by the week-long takeover of the Poe room to celebrate "diversity". Additionally, the all alsa space lends itself to better jokes than large lockers.

Let's stop debating this issue. The show is over. Get over it.

Both of them HAD to be better than the 05 law revue. Repeated jokes about biglaw salaries. Pointless plot. Totally not funny.

Both of them HAD to be better than the 05 law revue. Repeated jokes about biglaw salaries. Pointless plot. Totally not funny.

It usually seems the law revue writers are too mainstream to properly make fun of law school.

2005 was actually better. Lawman played by Joe was really funny and made up for a lackluster script. However, you are correct that the plot was not great.

There was also one song that was ridiculous. They had a girl playing Professor Barkow, sing a song about how conservative Barkow was because she clerked for Scalia. Barkow is one of the more liberal professors at NYU. That would be like Chicago doing a skit about Posner being a closet liberal because he clerked for Brennan.

Only a NYU student would think that (a) clerking for Scalia makes you a conservative and (b) that would be funny.

God bless bleating heart liberals!