Join the Law Review

There are two ways to be eligible for the New York Law School Law Review.

By Class Rank

Class rank requirement is the primary method that Law Review membership selection is based upon. Class rank is calculated at the end of each academic year. Students who meet the grade-on requirements for Law Review membership are notified in late June or early July each year, following the close of the academic year. Grade-on membership is determined as follows:

• First-Year Students:The Law Review extends invitations to 1Ls who rank in the top 15 percent of their division at the end of their first year (i.e., completion of two semesters) at NYLS based on their cumulative GPA. Day Division students selected on this basis will begin participation in the Law Review as early as June following their 1L year. Evening Division students who are accepted on this basis will start their Law Review duties the following year upon completion of their first four semesters of law school.
• Second-Year and Transfer Students: The Law Review extends invitations to upper-level students, including transfer students who have completed two semesters at NYLS, whose cumulative GPA based on four semesters of grades places them in the top 10 percent of their class. These students will begin participation in August at the start of their 3L year.

Through the Write-On Selection and Competition

The Law Review is pleased to invite continuing students who were not extended membership invitations based on the grade-on criteria to participate in the annual Write-On Competition. To be eligible to participate, evening students must have completed four semesters of law school, and transfer students must have completed at least two semesters at NYLS.

The competition requires students to demonstrate their writing and legal analysis skills by drafting a paper based on a problem that is developed by the Law Review. The problem is designed to allow students to demonstrate their writing and analytical skills based on an analysis of a scholarly article, a series of cases, or other relevant law.

Members of the Law Review’s Editorial Board and its Faculty Publisher review all submissions and extend membership invitations to those students whose papers exhibit excellent analysis and writing ability. All submissions are reviewed anonymously, and invitations are extended solely based on the merit of the written submission. There is no predetermined number of students who will be invited to join the Law Review through the Write-On Competition. Decisions of the Publisher are final.