Prospective Members

The Washington University Law Review encourages all first-year students to apply for a position with the Law Review as a Staff Editor.

In order to be considered for a position with the Washington University Law Review, all students must participate in a write-on competition. Each year a write-on competition is hosted for rising second-year students immediately following the end of the spring semester. A competition is also hosted in August for students transferring to Washington University School of Law.
Members of the Washington University Law Review must plan to be enrolled in the Washington University J.D. program for at least three semesters after joining the publication. Of those three semesters, members must commit to spending at least one complete academic year (one fall semester followed by one spring semester) in St. Louis. This commitment is required so that members are able to meet the editing and Note-writing obligations required of all Staff Editors.

Members of the Washington University Law Review earn one class credit per semester that is served on the publication. After one academic year of working as a Staff Editor, a student may be considered for a position on the Editorial Board. Staff Editors who are not selected to the Editorial Board continue to serve the publication as Senior Editors.

If you have questions about membership, please contact Editor in Chief Jason Batts at jtbatts@wulaw.wustl.edu.

Write-On Competitions are organized by the Write-On Committee; the Committee is the final arbiter of all policies and procedures surrounding the competition. The Committee can be reached at writeon@wulaw.wustl.edu

Spring Write-On Competition 2009

All students who will complete their first year of the J.D. program in Spring 2009 and who are interested in publication membership must participate in the Spring Write-On Competition 2008. Students who are in the top 10% of their class will be invited to join a publication of their choosing contingent on their participation in good faith in the Write-On Competition. The Law Review staff will determine whether a top 10% student’s submission was completed in good faith. Invitations are made to students who are not in the top 10% of their class based entirely on the merit of their Write-On submissions. Joint-Degree and LLM students should contact the Write-On Committee at writeon@wulaw.wustl.edu publication directly concerning eligibility.

Mandatory Deadlines:
April 8, 2009 - Informational Meeting concerning publication membership and the Write-On Competition is held at noon in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom - all interested students MUST attend this meeting OR watch the video of the meeting available at http://law.wustl.edu/publications/index.asp?ID=839 return a completed quiz to the Write-On Committee by email to writeon@wulaw.wustl.edu before 5:00pm on April 13, 2009.

April 14, 15, 16, 2009 - Intent to Participate Forms, Photo Release Forms, Third Party Designation Forms, student ID numbers, and $25 payments must be submitted to the Write-On Committee table in the Student Commons between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm.

May 2, 2009 - Write-On Competition packet must be picked up between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm in the Student Commons. The Publication Preference Form also must be completed in full at this time. If a student is unable to pick up their own packet, the Write-On Committee must have a valid Third Party Designation Form on file in order to release materials to another party.

May 11, 2009 - Completed submissions must be returned to Teri Dent in Seigle Hall (2nd Floor next to CERL) or postmarked and mailed to Teri Dent before 5:00 pm.

All deadlines will be strictly enforced; failure to meet a deadline may result in disqualification.

Transfer Student Write-On Competition 2009

The Transfer Student Write-On Competition 2009 will take place in late August. More details will be released in May. Please email the Write-On Committee at writeon@wulaw.wustl.edu if you have any questions.