Torrey Law Review’s Frequently Asked Questions

 

  • At the moment, any student in the LJCDS community is welcome to contribute, and to get started, visit the section entitled “How to write a case note”. This will detail all the specifications on the case note, as well as how to write it.

  • Due to the fact that many of the members of our professional board lack the time to read through an extensive list of submissions, a smaller pool of submissions are selected by the editors to be sent up to the professional board. Any submissions not selected in the first round will be put in a rollback list and will be given the opportunity to be edited in coordination with the student editors to improve the paper and be published in the next edition. No submission is set aside without being read, and all submissions are given the opportunity to be edited again and submitted again.

  • You are allowed to use any scholarly/trusted legal sources. Personal favorites of ours are Oyez and Justia.

  • At the moment, we are establishing a stable process of receiving and publishing submissions, as well as everything in between. We are planning to open up positions to students who share our passion for this project, but that is still to be determined. As of now, the only method of contribution is to write a case note.

  • Bluebook is ideal, but seeing as it is a new type of citation for almost all at the high school level, Chicago citations are acceptable. Footnotes are welcome, but not mandatory, but a Bibliography is required.

  • Yes! Asking for help is encouraged, as legal writing is new to most high school students. Please do not hesitate to reach out to Ricardo or Terry about questions, concerns, or just help to select a case or writing it. We would be more than happy to aid you in providing assistance throughout the writing process. If you know of people with a legal background, don’t hesitate to use them as a resource as well, but make sure that all work that is submitted is your honest work.