Becoming a Member of the Florida Law Review

Rising second-year students are eligible to participate in the Florida Law Review membership competition, which is given in the early summer after their first year. The competition consists of an essay and a Bluebook exam and is administered through Westlaw’s TWEN system. While some members are selected based on their stellar academic performance, all students, regardless of their class standing, must participate in the competition to receive an invitation to join the Florida Law Review. To maintain the integrity of the selection process, participants' names are unknown to the selection committee.

Transfer students with four semesters remaining may also participate in a similar competition that is held in the fall.

Once admitted onto the Florida Law Review, members have the primary responsibility of conducting preliminary research edits on articles selected for publication.  Additionally, they spend their first year writing a Note, or in-depth legal essay, on a topic of their choice.  At the end of the spring semester, many of these Notes are selected for publication in an upcoming issue of the Florida Law Review.  

Thank you for your interest in the Florida Law Review.  Please direct questions about membership to our Executive Notes & Comments Editor at rlingle@ufl.edu. During the spring semester, the Florida Law Review will conduct orientation meetings to answer questions for anyone interested in becoming a member. 

Florida Law Review
University of Florida
Fredric G. Levin College of Law
115 Holland Hall
P.O. Box 117637
Gainesville, FL 32611
Tel: 352.273.0670
Fax: 352.392.9641

Previous Issues:
§ July 2010 (Vol. 62, No. 3)
§ April 2010 (Vol. 62, No. 2)
§ Jan. 2010 (Vol. 62, No. 1)
§ Dec. 2009 (Vol. 61 No. 5)
§ Sept. 2009 (Vol. 61, No. 4)
§ July 2009 (Vol. 61, No. 3)
§ April 2009 (Vol. 61, No. 2)
§ January 2009 (Vol. 61, No. 1)

The Florida Law Review presents quality, timely, and relevant works to provide a genuine benefit to the legal community at large. For 62 years, we have been proud to represent the University of Florida as the state's premier scholarly legal journal. Our efforts have led to the Florida Law Review being the only journal in the State of Florida to be ranked in the top 50 by Washinton & Lee University.