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Prospective Members

Details on the Law Review Summer Write-On Competition

Georgia State University College of Law students become members of the Law Review by invitation based on exceptional academic standing and performance in a rigorous annual Writing Competition. Law Review participation provides an intensive educational experience beyond the basic law school curriculum by enhancing analytical, organizational, and writing skills. These qualities are highly respected by members of the legal community and are regarded as essential to the successful practice of law.

Students are eligible for Law Review after they have completed their required first-year classes (for part and full-time students, when you receive your first ranking). Additionally, every student on Law Review generally must devote four consecutive semesters to Law Review. The Law Review board may grant at least four waivers for students who are graduating three semesters after joining Law Review, with the understanding that those students may have extra work to complete during the summer before graduation.

Invitations will be extended to qualified students based on their performance in the annual Writing Competition, as described below. As an initial qualification for selection to Law Review, you must have a grade point average of at least 3.0. The competition will extend over a four-week period after spring finals, and students will be permitted a maximum of two weeks within that four-week window to complete the competition. Students will download a packet of information from the GSU Law Review Summer Writing Competition TWEN website (please attend the Law Review information session to learn more or email the Student Writing Editor at ).

No additional research is necessary. In fact, outside research is not allowed. Everything a student needs will be in the packet.

Selection for the Law Review is done in the following manner:

The top ten written submissions will be extended invitations to Law Review.

The remaining twenty to twenty-five invitations will be extended based on a combination of both grades and writing ability. Both components will be given equal weight. All students in the competition (excluding the top ten submissions) will be assigned two ranks. First, they will be ranked in order based on their GPA. Second, these students will be ranked in order of their writing quality. These two rankings will be combined, and the remaining slots will be offered to those students with the best overall ranking.

Questions regarding the selection process should be e-mailed to the Editor in Chief at .

Questions about the Writing Competition in general (What is a student Note? How is it formatted? etc.), should be e-mailed to the Student Writing Editor at . We recommend students also browse Law Reviews in the library to see what a student Note looks like (keeping in mind that your paper will be substantially shorter).

More information about the Law Review Summer Writing Competition may be found on the competition TWEN page.

Thank you for your interest in Law Review. We look forward to working with all of you.

Transfer student eligibility

A transfer student is eligible to compete in the summer writing competition by providing a letter from his or her current school verifying class ranking in at least the top 30% of their transfer school. Additionally, because the Law Review board cannot compare rankings of students from other schools with rankings of students from Georgia State University, transfer students can only make Law Review by receiving one of the top ten written submissions.

Transfer students should contact the Student Writing Editor at for complete information about the summer write-on competition. The summer write-on competition TWEN page also has more detailed information about transfer student eligibility.

Other Information

PART-TIMERS - PLEASE NOTE

You may only download the Law Review problem the year that you are eligible for Law Review (the year you receive your first ranking). Downloading the problem during a summer that precedes your eligibility will result in your disqualification from any future write-on competition, even if you do not make a submission.