Membership Information

Membership on the Public Law Review is an exceptional experience that will strengthen your research, writing, and editing skills, while adding a significant boost to your resume. In addition.

• The PLR offers an outstanding opportunity to make valuable contacts with successful law students and prominent attorneys in the community.
• Many previous PLR members are employed at prestigious law firms and in various legal careers throughout the area.
• Staff members can write a paper on any topic of their choice to be considered for publication in the PLR issues.
• Staff members have a unique opportunity to be selected as a member of the Editorial Board and Staff Members the following year. Membership on the Editorial Board and Staff Members can further expand career opportunities available to you.
• Staff members earn three (3) credits for their service on PLR .
• The PLR is dedicated in providing a fun, challenging, and accepting environment.

Public Law Review and the Saint Louis University Law Journal jointly hold a Write-On Competition following Spring finals each year. To qualify for membership, you must have completed 30 credit hours, including Legal Research and Writing, and you must be within the top 50% of your class.

Students in the top 10% of their class after initially completing 30 credit hours are automatically invited to be a member of the Law Review each year.

Generally, the Write-On Competition requires each participant to submit as casenote, which is a detailed analysis of a recent case and can be written to either support or criticize the court's holding. A good casenote is one that is persuasive and well supported. The substances as well as form and citations are critical to your casenote.

The Write-On Competition submissions consist of using only the research and information provided to you by the Law Review and the Law Journal . Outside research is strictly prohibited. Casenotes are not to exceed 10 double spaced pages with 1" margins.

When submitting to the Public Law Review , Write-On Competition submissions are graded anonymously by at least three Editorial Board and Staff Members Members, who are asked to read and score each paper. Their evaluation focuses on analysis, writing ability, and technical skills (including Bluebook and grammar).

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