Members of Vermont Law Review are selected in a process that focuses on academic excellence and legal writing/editing skill.  Thirty-two students are invited to join Vermont Law Review at the end of their first year.

Students in the Juris Doctor program have the option at the end of their first year to participate in the write-on competition.  The top five students (highest GPA) in the class at the end of the first year are automatically invited to join.  Next, those students whose submissions to the write-on competition meet the high standards of the Law Review will be added to the invitation.  Finally, any remaining positions up to the thirty-two available slots are filled starting with the sixth person in class rank and working up until all invitation positions are filled.

The Vermont Law Review is happy to consider transfer applicants for the 2L staff. Any applicant seeking admission to Vermont Law School as a 2L transfer can be considered for an invitation to the Law Review based on several criteria. The primary factor will be the write-on competition. This is also the primary factor used in selecting current Vermont Law Students. However, unlike current students, transfer write-on submissions will not be evaluated anonymously. Instead, we ask all transfer applicants to please submit the write-on competition with a name and current institution rather than a student number. The instructions included with the competition packet are explicit about anonymity and student numbers. When transfer applicants begin work on this competition, they should be sure to substitute their name and current institution in all places where student ID number is required for current students. Aside from this change, transfer students are also invited, though not required, to submit a writing sample, transcript, and evidence of an invitation, if any, to a journal at their current institution. All of this, if submitted, should be included with the write-on packet and is due at the same time as the write-on.

The write-on packet will be available in PDF format for transfer students to download in early May. Other than the identification instructions mentioned above, all instructions in the packet apply to transfer applicants.

To receive a hard copy of the write-on packet, VLS students may sign up at the library circulation desk in late April. The packet will then be distributed to student mailboxes. If, for whatever reason, students do not receive a hard copy of the write-on packet, student are permitted to use the electronic version that will be available on this page.

You will need Adobe Reader to view the Write-On Packet.

2008 WRITE-ON PACKET TO DOWNLOAD