| Information for Prospective Members
The Florida State University Law Review is the flagship legal journal at the Florida State University College of Law. It publishes four issues per year, each containing scholarly articles authored by judges, scholars, clerks, attorneys and law students from all over the globe. The Review is staffed and edited by current students of Florida State Law.
Publication of each issue of the Review entails many hours of article selection, research, legal analysis, preliminary editing and substantive and technical editing. Every member is involved in at least one, but usually more of these processes. Therefore, being a member of the Review requires dedication, discipline and self-motivation. Academic credit is available for many Law Review positions.
Additionally, each member is expected to maintain a GPA of 77 or higher, to serve on at least one committee during each year of membership, and to submit a paper of publishable quality before their final semester of law school.
A more comprehensive listing of all membership responsibilities may be found in the Florida State University Law Review Bylaws available here.
Membership in the Review is limited to students selected on the basis of their performance in the Review’s bi-annual writing competition or the selection of their article for publication by the Review.
WRITING COMPETITIONS
The bi-annual writing competition is held each year during the Winter Break and the Summer Break. First-year students may participate in either competition, while second-year and transfer students are limited to participation in the Winter Write-on Competition only. Third-year students are not eligible to participate in the writing competitions.
Format
• First-year students participating in the Winter Write-on Competition will be required to write a bench memorandum in a closed universe. All research will be prepackaged and issued to all competitors. A copy of last year’s competition packet may be downloaded here.
• First-year students participating in the Summer Write-on Competition will be required to write a case note in a closed universe. All research will be prepackaged and issued to all competitors here.
• Second-year and transfer students participating in the 2L/Transfer Student Write-on Competition will be required to complete a longer and more substantial writing assignment than first-year students. The format will be that of a case note, written in an open universe. All research will be the responsibility of the competing student. A copy of last year’s competition packet may be downloaded here.
Competition Dates and Information
• 2009-2010 Winter Write-on Competition dates will be posted at a later date.
FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE OF LAW STUDENT PUBLICATION
Students may submit an article of publishable quality to the Review for consideration. If the article is selected for publication and its author has two remaining semesters at the College of Law with a minimum of a 77 GPA, he or she will be extended an offer of membership. The Review has a limited window in which it will accept student pieces. Check this page and the Daily Announcements to determine upcoming acceptance periods.
• The next call for student papers is anticipated to be at the end of August 2009.
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