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DJCL membership provides experience invaluable to success in the practice of law and law review/journal membership is the number one criterion sought by most employers. Indeed, most members of our current Administrative Board have secured employment after graduation. Learning to meticulously write, research, and edit only serves to elevate one’s level of proficiency in tasks fundamental to a profession in which approximately one-half of one’s time will consist of writing. Additionally, the preparation of student articles provides an excellent opportunity to improve one’s writing, researching, and analytic skills with the benefit of constructive criticism of a depth that far exceeds the traditional law school curriculum. The opportunity for membership on The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law for first-year regular division students and second-year evening division students arrives this May with our spring writing competition. Students are eligible for membership if they have achieved a 2.7 cumulative grade point average at the end of the spring semester. Membership is determined on the basis of combining each applicant’s GPA with his or her paper grade. Additionally, those students occupying the top 5% positions within their respective sections are afforded special preference in the selection process. This increased assurance of membership also does not prejudice our other applicants because the DJCL does not rely on a predetermined staff size. The DJCL’s interest is quality, not quantity. You can obtain further information concerning the selection process at our informational sessions offered later this semester or by stopping by our offices located in the Law Review Suite in Polishook Hall. Once accepted, members will have the opportunity to be published in our law review. Publication as a student is exceptionally attractive to future employers and will forever be noted in the Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory. Further, all members will be actively involved in editing articles which have been selected for publication in the DJCL. Additionally, the DJCL serves the Delaware legal community by printing important corporate law decisions of the Delaware Court of Chancery. Our law review is the result of dedication and hard work on the part of the entire law review staff. As a result of these efforts, we have enhanced our knowledge of the law and have learned the finer points involved in legal research and publication. Through your membership on the DJCL, you will gain the experience of contributing to a first-rate publication. We encourage all students to view our printed volumes located on the first floor of the library or simply pay us a visit in Polishook Hall. |
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