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2L

2L noun: the second year of law school.

Noun

2L (plural 2Ls)

  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
  2. A law student in the second year of law school.
    • 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
    • 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

Examples of 2L in a sentence

  • 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:
  • ...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:
  • 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:
  • 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:

Forms of 2L

plural2Ls
alternative formTwo-L
alternative formtwo L

Questions about 2L

What does 2L mean?
2L means the second year of law school.
How do you use 2L in a sentence?
Almost every interviewer you'll see during 3L recruiting will ask you whether you received an offer from your 2L firm...
What part of speech is 2L?
2L is a noun.
What is the plural of 2L?
The plural of 2L is 2Ls.

Words near 2L in the dictionary

  1. 2GLs
  2. 2H
  3. 2Hs
  4. 2hu
  5. 2IC
  6. 2L
  7. 2Ls
  8. 2mad
  9. 2mads
  10. 2MASS
  11. 2MF

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