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2L en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. The second year of law school.
    • 2L and 3L programs in moot court and trial advocacy are optional. 2001, Eric Owens, Complete Book of Law Schools, 2002 Edition, page 254:
    • During 2L year Charles was the spokesperson for a highly visible committee of graduate and undergraduate students... 2003, Richard Harrison et al., Working on Mysteries: The Coming of Age, page 26:
    • Almost every interviewer you'll see during 3L recruiting will ask you whether you received an offer from your 2L firm... 2004, Robert Harrax Miller, Law School Confidential: A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience, page 373:
  2. A law student in the second year of law school.
    • The top of the 2L class landed some summer associate positions at all but the most prestigious firms in DC... 2007, Vault Editors, The Law School Buzz Book, page 297:
    • Few activities are more fulfilling to 2Ls and 3Ls than giving advice to new students. 2001, Andrew J. McClurg, The Law School Trip: The Insider's Guide to Law School, page 56:
    • When I told a group of 2L friends of mine about my fate my first day, they reminisced in minute detail about the first individual to be called on in their section a year earlier. 1999, Broken Contract: A Memoir of Harvard Law School, page 13:
    • Many law schools assign 1L’s a 2L or 3L as a mentor for the 1L to learn from. 2005, J. Keith Essmyer, Jr., Stress, Tests, and Success: The Ultimate Law School Survival Guide, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 31:
    • ...it's up to the 2L member editors to make sure that an article's footnotes are accurately and correctly cited. 2003, Jungle Media Group, The JD Jungle Law School Survival Guide, page 69:

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2Ls Number=Plur lexicographic
two L alternative lexicographic
Two-L alternative lexicographic