LAW REVIEW... WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

HELLO,

They say that writing for law review is alot like eating vegetables, you may not really enjoy it, but it's good for you :)

Law reviews are academic journals that publish articles by law professors, judges, lawyers and even law students. The unique thing about law reviews is that students run every aspect of them. Typically, they spend their first year on the journal editing hundreds of footnotes on articles to make sure they are perfectly accurate and impeccably formatted.

Law review is a great resume builder. Potential employers recognize that review members have honed their editing skills, learned how to support a legal argument and conducted copious amounts of legal research. Working on the review also shows your commitment to an intellectually demanding activity.

To write for the law review you must undergo a very competitive process. You can become a member through a writing competition, your first-year grades or some combination of the two.
At the end of the first year or sometime during the following summer, you'll receive a packet of information involving an actual court case—probably a case pending before the United States Supreme Court. You might also receive an editing test.

If your grades are among the very highest in your class, you'll probably make law review automatically.

The Law Review is very recommended, so if your grades are high you are almost guaranteed a spot, now all you have to do is keep up the good work :)

Good luck...