Purpose: SLWA of Saint Louis University School of Law serves two purposes: It serves as a student writers' forum aimed at strengthening non-class, legal writing projects through peer-edits and guest-faculty feedback. Special attention is given toward polishing writing projects for competitions, journal articles, job prospects, etc. It sponsors various programming geared toward developing student legal scholarship, research, and writing. For more details: click here.

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Annual Law Student Symposium:
SLWA is excited to host one of the few law-student only symposiums annually in April. For consideration, second and third year law students from SLU, WashU, UM-Columbia, UM-KC, SIU-Carbondale are invited to submit their papers in February (TBD) in a blind review. One paper will receive special honors including a $500.00 award. For further submission guidelines: click here.

2008 Law Student Symposium Participants:

From Left: SLWA Faculty Adviser, Kim Novak Morse; Elisabeth McDonald, Washington University in St. Louis; Bryan D. Lammon, Washington University in St. Louis; Justin Farishon, Saint Louis University; Terrence Burek, Saint Louis University; Thomas B. Harvey, Saint Louis University; Michael Baggett, Southern Illinois University (not pictured).

Faculty Adviser:  Kim Novak Morse, morseka@slu.edu