Cumberland Law Review
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The Cumberland Law Review is a law review
published by the students at Cumberland School of Law
in Birmingham, Alabama
.
Founded in 1970, the Review publishes three issues a year, with each issue averaging between 150 and 200 pages. Each issue consists of any combination of tributes, articles, essays, notes, and comments. Generally, an issue includes at least one article, note and comment. The Review maintains a working relationship with Cumberland Law School's Center for Biotechnology, Law and Ethics
and has partnered to both co-sponsor and publish papers related to the Center's annual symposium
.
Occasionally a part of an issue or an entire issue is devoted to a single issue. "In 2002-03, for instance, the Review published a symposium on "Bioethics and the Law," which was hosted by the Review and Children's Hospital in Birmingham. In 2003, the Review published its first special edition, a compilation of position papers from the Alabama Constitutional Committee."
Members of the Review staff are selected by write-on and bluebook
examination from the top 15 percent of the freshman class. The process for selection is known as the Candidates Program. The first phase is the bluebook examination. If the student achieves an acceptable score the student may then participate in the Candidates Writing Competition. The student must draft a casenote and submit it to the board for review. A student must successfully complete both phases to earn a membership on the Law Review. Members perform cite checks, must attend mandatory meetings, and later draft a Comment of publishable quality.
Law review
A law review is a scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, normally published by an organization of students at a law school or through a bar association...
published by the students at Cumberland School of Law
Cumberland School of Law
Cumberland School of Law is an ABA accredited law school at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. The 11th oldest law school in the United States, it is 160 years old and has more than 11,000 graduates. Its alumni include two United States Supreme Court Justices; Nobel Peace Prize recipient...
in Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...
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Founded in 1970, the Review publishes three issues a year, with each issue averaging between 150 and 200 pages. Each issue consists of any combination of tributes, articles, essays, notes, and comments. Generally, an issue includes at least one article, note and comment. The Review maintains a working relationship with Cumberland Law School's Center for Biotechnology, Law and Ethics
Cumberland School of Law's Center for Biotechnology, Law, and Ethics
The Center for Biotechnology, Law and Ethics is a bioethics, biotechnology, and biotechnology law research center of Cumberland School of Law located on the Samford University campus in Birmingham, Alabama...
and has partnered to both co-sponsor and publish papers related to the Center's annual symposium
Symposium
In ancient Greece, the symposium was a drinking party. Literary works that describe or take place at a symposium include two Socratic dialogues, Plato's Symposium and Xenophon's Symposium, as well as a number of Greek poems such as the elegies of Theognis of Megara...
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Occasionally a part of an issue or an entire issue is devoted to a single issue. "In 2002-03, for instance, the Review published a symposium on "Bioethics and the Law," which was hosted by the Review and Children's Hospital in Birmingham. In 2003, the Review published its first special edition, a compilation of position papers from the Alabama Constitutional Committee."
Members of the Review staff are selected by write-on and bluebook
Bluebook
The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, a style guide, prescribes the most widely used legal citation system in the United States. The Bluebook is compiled by the Harvard Law Review Association, the Columbia Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal....
examination from the top 15 percent of the freshman class. The process for selection is known as the Candidates Program. The first phase is the bluebook examination. If the student achieves an acceptable score the student may then participate in the Candidates Writing Competition. The student must draft a casenote and submit it to the board for review. A student must successfully complete both phases to earn a membership on the Law Review. Members perform cite checks, must attend mandatory meetings, and later draft a Comment of publishable quality.