Student Membership
Candidacy Requirements
A student becomes a candidate for Journal membership by compliance with the following
terms:
A. CLASS RANK: The Editor-in-Chief will extend invitations for candidacy to all
students who, each fall term, comprise the top twenty-five percent (25%) of the freshman
class of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, following the
second semester of their first year. The percentage rankings must be based on the official
class rankings supplied by the Student Records office.
B. HOURS COMPLETED: Each student must have completed not less than:
Day Students: 29 semester hours of course work
Night Students : 19 semester hours of course work
C. CANDIDACY FOLLOWING THE FIRST YEAR OF LEGAL STUDIES: If,
following the first year of legal studies, a student’s cumulative grade point average
reaches or exceeds the requirement for Journal membership for the student’s class, the
student may apply for candidacy to the Journal by written application including
certification of his or her official class ranking from the Student Records office. After the
Editorial Board has confirmed the student’s G.P.A., the student shall become a candidate.
D. CONCURRENT MEMBERSHIP: Students are not eligible to serve on both the
Loyola Law Review and the Journal of Public Interest Law.
Membership Requirements
Any qualified candidate may become a member of the Journal by compliance with the
following terms:
A. WRITING COMPETITION: Toward the end of the spring term, the Editor-in-Chief in
cooperation with the Editorial Board, shall conduct a casenote/comment writing
competition. The competition shall be open to any student who will not have
commenced his or her senior year of study and who has or will have completed at least
twenty-nine (29) semester credit hours by the end of the spring semester and who has
attained a G.P.A. equal to or better than the average of the top twenty-six to thirty-five (26-35%) of his or
her freshman class. The entries submitted in the casenote/comment writing competition
will be evaluated by a reviewing committee of no fewer than five members of the
Editorial Board. The concurrence of the Dean or his nominee from the faculty shall be
obtained in evaluating the substantive excellence of the casenote
or comment. The Editor-in-Chief shall extend invitations of candidacy to the Journal to
those students whose casenote or comment demonstrates academic excellence and
exceptional legal writing.
B. WRITING REQUIREMENTS: Each candidate for the Journal is required to develop,
research, and write a casenote or comment which conforms with the requirements
established by the Editorial Board. Before the end of the member’s first semester of
service on the Journal, the member must submit an application for a casenote or comment
to the Casenote or Comment Editor or the Editor-in-Chief.
