Mission | Articles Submission | Write-On Competition | Annual Symposium | Editorial Board

Mission

Articles Submission

The UDC-DCSL Law Review strongly encourages authors to electronically submit articles. Electronic submissions may be sent to: lawreview@udc.edu.

If mailing, please submit articles to:

UDC David A. Clarke School of Law
ATTN: Law Review Articles Editor
4200 Connecticut Avenue NW, Bldg. 38, Fl. 2
Washington, DC 20008

Submission Requirements:

• Article submissions must be done either electronically or by mail.
• The UDC-DCSL Law Review uses Microsoft Word-based editing software and requests that WordPerfect articles be converted before submission.
• Footnotes should be in compliance with the current edition of The Bluebook and follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition.

Any further questions regarding submission requirements may be directed to the Articles Editor at lawreview@udc.edu.

Write-On Competition

Students may receive offers to join the UDC-DCSL Law Review staff by grading-on and/or writing-on. Students who have completed the first-year curriculum grade-on by exceeding a 3.2 GPA and receiving a "B" average in Lawyering Process I and II. Offers of membership to students who grade-on are sent before the start of the Fall semester. Students who have completed the first-year curriculum may also participate in the write-on competition, regardless of their expected or actual grades. No distinction is made within the Law Review staff between students who grade-on and those who write-on.

Materials for the write-on competition are posted on this page at the end of the Spring semester. Students typically have two weeks to complete the submission, which is a legal essay based on a closed-universe of cases and articles provided by the Law Review staff. The essays are graded anonymously and offers of membership to students who write-on are sent before the start of the Fall semester.

Law Review Symposium

The Law Review hosts an annual day-long symposium during which a wide variety of speakers and panelists address important legal issues, typically with a special focus on how these issues impact District of Columbia residents.

Past symposia include:

• A Review of Developmental Disability Law in D.C., Child Welfare and Justice Issues, and the Impact of the Freedom of Information Act in Keeping the Executive Branch of the D.C. Government Accountable to Citizens (February, 2010)
• The Struggle to Vote: The Political Right to Self-Determination in the District of Columbia and Beyond (March, 2009)
• Katrina's Wake: Emergency Preparedness and Response from the Bayou to the Beltway (February, 2008)
• Law, Justice, Democracy and the District of Columbia Courts (April, 2007)
• Strategies for Addressing Poverty and Inequality (April, 2006)
• Election Reform: Voting Rights for the New Millennium (September, 2005)

2010-2011 Editorial Board