Join the Law Review
Membership
Membership in the Washington University Law Review is limited to second- and third-year law students. The only way to join is the Write-On Competition — open to every transfer and first-year student at Washington University School of Law — where new members are selected on the strength of their legal writing and editing.
Year One
Life as a Staff Editor
Editors invited to join the Law Review begin as Staff Editors, editing the legal scholarship selected for publication.
Roughly
50
Editors selected each year
Every piece is edited by hand. In their first year, Staff Editors:
Conduct substantive edits
Proofread text above-the-line and below-the-line
Check Bluebook citations
Compose a note of publishable quality on a topic of their choice, which may be published in the Law Review
Following Years
Where membership leads
Senior Editor
Continue with the same editing responsibilities, mentoring the incoming class of Staff Editors.
Executive Board
Apply to serve on the Law Review‘s Executive Board and set the editorial direction for the volume.
Ready to write on?
The Write-On Competition runs each spring. Attend the 1L information session, then write on.