Candidacy

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2008-2009 Candidacy Information

2008-2009 Denver University Law Review Membership Selection Policies

• Who is Eligible?
  Membership to the Denver University Law Review is limited to law students selected by the Law Review through a process that places heavy emphasis on scholarship through highly developed bluebook and editing skills, as well as demonstrated ability for strong writing and legal analysis. Law students interested in joining must participate in a write-on competition at the end of their first year.

  Transfer students may apply provided they have, at a minimum, completed a comparable first-year program at an ABA-accredited law school. The Law Review strongly encourages all eligible law students to consider becoming a part of the Law Review. Students may ONLY attempt the candidacy process once. Downloading the packet constitutes an attempt.

• Time Commitment:
  All Candidates who accept membership to the Denver University Law Review must serve a two-year commitment.


• Candidacy Requirements:
  The Board of Editors will extend an offer to students through a write-on competition only. Students will add the DU Law Review Candidacy TWEN Course a few days prior to the packet's availability. Transfer students will receive via email the link to add the DU Law Review Transfer Candidacy TWEN Course a few days prior to the Packet's availability. The write-on competition consists of two parts: (1) the bluebook/edit portion of the competition requires students to perform both a technical and substantive edit of an excerpt from an unpublished article as well as a general bluebook exercise; and (2) the case comment portion of the competition requires students to describe and analyze a recent court decision, most likely from the U.S. Supreme Court, in a scholarly paper.

  All Candidates will have a total of seventeen (17) days to complete the Candidacy Packet. The Packet will be available via TWEN Friday, May 16, at 12:00 PM and must be returned by Monday, June 2, at 12:00 PM. The Transfer Candidacy Packet will be available via TWEN Friday, August 1, 12:00 PM and must be returned by Monday, August 18, at 12:00 PM. You must have your DU student ID number to enroll in the TWEN site. A link will be sent via email shortly before the packet becomes available. Candidates must return the packet via TWEN as attached Microsoft Word Documents. The Law Review will not accept Candidacy Packets received after 12:00 PM on Monday, June 2, or Transfer Candidacy Packets received after 12:00 PM on Monday, August 18.

• Selection Process:
  The Board will assign one grade to the bluebook/edit and one to the case comment. The grades will be added together resulting in one score for each candidate. The Board will weight the bluebook/edit 35% and the case comment 65%. Those candidates with the highest score will be invited to join. Law Review expects to notify students selected for the Law Review by the end of July, in advance of the mandatory all-day training session held the first week of classes.

If you have any questions or comments regarding Candidacy, please contact the Membership Editor Jennifer Osler, josler09@law.du.edu »

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