Registration Guide 2012-2013

Legal Writing Requirement To meet the writing requirement a student must, at any time before graduating, complete a substantial piece of legal writing demonstrating both proficiency in writing skills and mastery of subject matter.

This requirement may be met only in one of the following ways:

1 . By writing a paper under close supervision or oversight by a member of the full-time faculty, certified by the faculty member as meeting the standards of this requirement. For example, a paper written for a course or seminar, or work as a research assistant to a full- time faculty member may qualify under this subsection. (If in the judgment of the overseeing faculty member, two or more pieces of written work cumulatively are the equivalent of a substantial piece of legal writing, they may qualify). 2 . If the student is a member of the Journal of High Technology, Law Review, or Transnational Law Review, the student must submit a form of writing that has been approved by that publication's Faculty Advisor(s) and the Associate Deans (e.g., the Advisor(s) and Associate Deans may determine that Case Comments, Notes, Surveys, etc. are appropriate forms of writing for satisfaction of the Legal Writing Requirement). The submitted writing must be accepted for publication or certified by the Board of Editors as of publishable quality.

3 . If the student is not a member of the Law Review, by writing a case comment selected through the summer author competition and accepted for publication in the Law Review.

4 . If the student is a member of the Moot Court Board, by completing a bench memorandum, brief, or other writing under close supervision or oversight by a full-time faculty member and certified by the faculty member or the faculty advisor to the Moot Court Board as meeting the standards of this requirement. Other writing may include a writing for the Moot Court Journal, if it is accepted for publication in the Journal, or certified by the Board of Editors as of publishable quality, and otherwise meets the standards of this requirement.