Membership Eligibility and Selection

Candidate Eligibility

Students may apply to be considered for the Review as Candidates after successful completion of Research and Writing II. The minimum grade point average required for consideration is 2.9. Candidates must have three or more academic semesters remaining at Stetson Law.

Students may apply to be considered for the Review as Candidates after successful completion of Research and Writing II. The minimum grade point average required for consideration is 2.9. Candidates must have three or more academic semesters remaining at Stetson Law.

Candidate Selection

(a) Students interested in Review membership must complete a multi-phase application process. Those students actively pursuing Review membership will be considered “Candidates.”

(b) Candidates are encouraged to attend (synchronously or in-person) an interest meeting which outlines the purpose of the Review, defines the goals of the Review, and outlines the roles and expectations of Review members.

(c) In no more than twenty-one (21) days following the initial interest meeting, Candidates that indicate interest in Review membership must attend a meeting which outlines the competition procedures for admission to the Review.

(d) The membership competition for admission to the Review is comprised of three parts, submitted contemporaneously to [email protected], the email of the current Research Editor or to a Stetson University online platform of Editorial Board preference:

  • Candidates must sign an Honor Statement indicating that they attended, live or asynchronously, the competition meeting, and pledge that all requirements are fulfilled.
  • Candidates must submit a resume that includes, inter alia, expected graduation year and current GPA.
  • Candidates must complete a graded document review and revision exercise.

Grade On

The top 6% of the full-time 1L and part-time P2 class shall be extended an invitation to join the Review following the fall semester.

The top 8% of the full-time 1L (who may be classified by the Registrar as rising 2Ls), and part-time P2 class, as well as the top 8% of the part-time P1 class shall be extended an invitation to join the Review following the spring semester.

(a) P1: Students who have taken Research & Writing 1

(b) P2: Students who have taken Research & Writing 1 and have taken or are taking Research & Writing II.