Dates

• The write-on will be available at 9am on May 17, 2007.
• The write-on will be due at 9am on May 21, 2007.
• No exceptions to these dates and times will be made.

Who Should Participate?

• All rising 2Ls and 3Ls are eligible to participate.
• Anyone interested in SMU Law Review, International Law Review or Computer Law Review & Technology Journal should participate.
• Offers from all three law reviews will be made on the same day soon after grades and class percentiles are released to them.

Pick-up and Drop-off

• Pick-up the write-on by:
  • Downloading it online: 2007 Write-On Problem Packet (WORD) (PDF) & 2007 Write-On Cases Packet (WORD) (PDF). (See 2002 Sample).
  • Or by buying a copy at Alpha Graphics. Click here for directions.
• Drop off the write-on by:
  • In-town:
    • Dropping it off in person at Sharon Johnson’s office, room 4 of Storey Hall
  • Out-of-town:
    • Emailing it to Sharon Johnson at sharonj@smu.edu. We must receive it by 9am.
    • Or by overnighting it to Sharon Johnson; it must be marked for Monday AM delivery

Honor Code Rules

• Entrants are strictly prohibited from seeking or receiving any outside assistance with the write-on competition. This includes but is not limited to:
  • Current law journal members
  • Faculty members
  • Other write-on entrants
  • Attorneys
  • Other law students
  • Work you have done in the past
  • Memo: sources not included in the closed memo
  • Citations: anything other than the Blue Book and Green Book.
• You will be required to sign an honor pledge stating that you neither gave nor received any assistance in the write-on competition.
• Entrants who do not sign the pledge will be disqualified from the competition.
• Entrants who do receive outside assistance in any form will be disqualified from the competition.

Structure

• Three parts:
  • (1) Article editing
    • You will be given about 6 pages of excerpts from real articles. You will edit both the text and the citations.
    • You can use the track changes feature in Word to edit on your computer. Or, you can handwrite changes on the paper using red pen.
  • (2) Citation list
    • You will write a full citation for each source included in the closed memo, regardless of whether or not you plan on using the source in your memo.
  • (3) Closed memo
    • You will write a 6 page memo using only the sources included in the write-on packet.
    • You do not need to use all of the sources provided.
    • Format: 8.5 x 11 inch paper, 1 inch margins, double spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font.
    • Footnotes must be used

Information Sheet

• There will be an information sheet for personal information in the packet.
• DO NOT include your name on anything other than the personal information sheet.
• Do not include your SMU ID number; the law review will assign you a unique number.
• You must include a valid telephone number in order to receive/accept offers from the three journals.

 Questions

• Direct all questions to Robbie Hudson at rwhudson@smu.edu.
• For more information see:
  • SMU Law Review: http://www.smu.edu/lra/
  • International Law Review: http://www.smu.edu/ilra/
  • Computer Law Review and Technology Journal: http://www.smu.edu/cs