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The Write-On
Competition will take place:
9:00 a.m. Thursday, May 10, 2012 to 9:00
a.m. Monday, May 14, 2012.
NO exceptions to these dates and
times will be made.
Eligibility for participation:
all rising 2Ls, 3Es, and 3Ls are eligible to
participate (and 4Es who have at least one year
remaining before graduation).
- Only rising 2Ls and 3Es are eligible to grade-on to one of
the three law reviews through a good-faith effort on the
write-on. Members of the rising 2L and 3E classes who
do not fall within the grade-on requirement will be
considered for membership exclusively by their performance
in the write-on competition.
- SMULRA grade-on requirement: top 10% of the
class
- ILRA grade-on requirement: top 25% of the
class
- STLR grade-on requirement: roughly top 25% of the
class (% may vary year to year)
- Rising 3Ls and 4Es are NOT eligible to grade-on,
and therefore will be considered for membership exclusively
by their performance in the write-on competition
Honor Code Rules:
Participants are strictly prohibited from
seeking or receiving any outside assistance with the
write-on competition. This includes but is not limited
to:
- Current law review members
- Faculty members
- Other write-on participants
- Attorneys
- Other law students
- Work that participants have done in the past
- Writing section: sources not included in the closed
writing section
- Citations: anything outside the Bluebook, Greenbook,
legal or English dictionary, or "Edited Marks" handout.
Participants will be required to sign an honor pledge
stating that you neither gave nor received any
assistance with the write-on competition.
- Participants who do not sign the pledge will be
disqualified from the competition.
- Participants who receive outside assistance in any form
will be disqualified from the competition.
Write-On Packet:
Getting It And Turning It In
GETTING
IT
There are two ways to acquire your
write-on packet:
(1) Download the
document from the website (and print it off) here 2012 Problem Packet
(2) OR, purchase the document from Alpha
Graphics by the SMU Bookstore (3032 Mockingbird Lane,
Dallas, TX 75205)
NOTE: The Write-On packet will NOT be available at AlphaGraphics until 9 AM CST Thursday, May 10 (so no harassing or bribing the AlphaGraphics personnel). The PDF link above will not be live until 9 AM, Thursday, May 10.
TURNING IT IN
There are three
ways to submit your entry:
(1) If
you are in Dallas, we prefer that you return
a hard copy
of your problem packet and a disk
of your problem packet to Donnaise Baldwin (or slide under
her door if during non-business hours),
Room 4
on the bottom floor of Storey Hall. Entries must be
received by 9:00 a.m. CST, Monday, May 14, 2012.
- The disk should contain a copy of everything you submitted
in hard copy form (the entire problem packet). This includes
the Editing, Bluebooking, and Writing
sections).
- The disk should NOT have
anything written on the front. Absolutely
nothing. No name, SMU ID #, nor
description of what documents are contained
on the disk. Nothing.
- Please do not staple or hole punch your submissions. A
simple paper clip or binder clip will suffice. Staples and
hole punches may cause parts of your submission to be
damaged or lost when processed through the copy machines by
the grading staff.
(2) You may send
a hardcopy
and a disk of your
problem packet via regular
mail. Your entry MUST be overnighted
and marked for AM delivery for Monday,
May 14, 2012.
- Physical Address:
SMU Law Review
Attn: Donnaise Baldwin
3315 Daniel, Room 4
Dallas, TX 75205
- The same rules apply for the disk as above.
- Please do not staple or hole punch your submissions. A
simple paper clip or binder clip will suffice. Staples and
hole punches may cause parts of your submission to be
damaged or lost when processed through the copy machines by
the grading staff.
(3) You may
e-mail a scanned PDF of your
entry to
smulr-woc@smu.edu. Your message must
be RECEIVED by
9:00 a.m. CST, Monday, May 14, 2012. We will
NOT look at the time it was sent.
NOTE: Choose ONE method of submitting your write-on entry
and ONLY one. For example, if you are e-mailing your
submission, do NOT additionally turn in a hardcopy
and a disk.
Information Meeting Documents
If you missed the Write-On
Information Meeting, the following are the documents
that were distributed:
Candidate Information Form
- There will be a Candidate Information Form included in the
2012 Problem Packet.
- Only include your name and SMU ID number on the Candidate
Information Form.
- Do NOT place your name, Student ID number, or any other
identifying mark on any other page of your entry, or you
will be automatically disqualified from the write-on
competition.
- You must also include a valid phone number in order to
receive and accept offers from the three journals.
Questions
- Direct all questions to Andrew Laird at
alaird@smu.edu.
- For more information please visit the law reviews' websites:
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