Positions on the journal are filled based in part on students' grades during first year of law school and in part on students' performance during a writing competition conducted at the end of each school year. The writing competition has two major parts: an editing portion and a writing portion. During the 20-hour editing portion, contestants are required to correct a sample portion of a fake law review article.
The selection process for journal positions is influenced by students' performance in their first year of law studies and their results in a yearly writing competition that includes two main components: an editing phase and a writing phase. In the 20-hour editing phase, participants are required to revise a sample article from a fictional law review.