Membership on the American University Law Review
The American University Law Review typically extends invitations to between fifty and fifty-five new law students each year. The American University Law Review extends the majority of its offers to students who compete in the spring Short Write-On Competition and to students who demonstrate exceptional academic performance during their first year. The American University Law Review also extends a select number of invitations to students who compete in the fall Transfer Short Write-On Competition and, through the 2008-2009 academic year, to students who compete in the fall Long Write-On Competition. |
Each write-on competition requires competitors to complete a case note that presents and analyzes a legal question documented in a range of provided materials. The American University Law Review extends invitations to students who write case notes that demonstrate superior legal analysis, organization, style, and endnote development. |
| Students are eligible to compete in the spring Short Write-On Competition if they are currently first-year full or part-time students or second-year part-time students who have not turned in a final case note in previous short write-on competitions at the Washington College of Law ("WCL"). Transfer students may compete in the fall Transfer Short Write-On Competition in the year that they transfer to WCL if they are currently second-year full or part-time students or third-year part-time students. Students interested in the Long Write-On Competition may participate by submitting a case note or comment so long as they have three full semesters (not including summers) remaining at WCL. |
| The 2008 Short Write-On Competition began on March 4, 2008, and concluded on March 18, 2008. The American University Law Review extended membership offers to competitors on April 11, 2008. Following the close of the 2008 academic year, the American University Law Review will also extend offers to students who demonstrated exceptional first-year academic performance. |
