The St. Johns Law Review is a student-run organization that publishes scholarly articles of legal significance. First published in 1926, the Law Review provides to interested members of the bar and the judiciary, as well as members, a forum in which to publish authoritative articles of timely concern. The Law Review publishes four issues each year, in addition to four issues of the Catholic Lawyer , which focuses on legal issues having moral, ethical, legal, and canonical implications. Membership is offered to those students who at a minimum finish in the top 1/3 of the class and successfully complete a writing competition held at the end of the first-year day and second-year evening program.
Aside from serving as an academic forum, the Law Review has two other goals. First, it provides students with the opportunity to develop their research, writing, and analytical skills through the scholarly treatment of current legal issues. Second, the journal serves as an effective research tool for practitioners, judges, and students of the law.
The Law Review publishes articles by professors, judges, and practitioners. As such, all articleseven those from recognized figures in the laware subject to an editorial process that is intended to strengthen both the substantive and technical aspects of the piece. Member responsibilities include verifying sources, checking citations, proofreading, and critically analyzing the works set for publication.
Members are also given the opportunity to write Notes, Comments and Recent Developments for publication. Accordingly, each issue contains pieces by student editors as well as outside authors.
