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Announcements
Congratulations to the New 2013-2014 Executive Board!
5/4/2011
We had a competitive election year, but we are happy to announce the winners of the elections! Get to know your new Editor-in-Chief and Executive Editors below:
WULR 2013-2014 Elections
4/16/2013
Elections for the 2013 – 2014 Executive Board will be held on Monday, April 29th.
On Monday, April 29th, the WULR will be electing four Executive Editors and the Editor-in-Chief. All active members are welcome to run (please see below for eligibility requirements). All candidates will be provided with a maximum of five minutes to address WULR members, and must address the following questions:
- How long have you been a part of WULR?
- Why do you want to be an Executive Editor / Editor-in-Chief?
- What qualifications or accomplishments do you have that will allow you to succeed in this position?
- What do you bring to the position?
- What would you continue or do differently, if elected?
Candidates must email wulr@uw.edu by Saturday, April 27th with the following information:
- Full Name
- Expected graduation date
- Major(s), Minor(s)
- Position running for: if running for Editor-in-Chief, candidates may indicate that they would like to run for Executive Editor if they are not elected for Editor-in-Chief
- Single Powerpoint slide (optional).
- All Winter 2013 WULR members published on the masthead are eligible to run or vote
- New / returning members will be eligible to run or vote once they have paid their Spring 2013 dues
- All election candidates must serve for the entire 2013 – 2014 academic year
Spring 2013 Editing Groups
4/9/2013
Congratulations to our Spring 2013 authors!
Birth Control and Law in the United States: A Historical Approach
Tierney O'Rourke, Stanford University
Executive Editor: Lucas Barash-David
Meeting Times: Mondays, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Originalism and Affirmative Action
Bradley Silverman, Brown University
Executive Editor: Sulamita Garbuz
Meeting Times: Tuesdays, 6 - 7 p.m.
Insanity and Crime: The Mystery and Complexity of Defending the Mentally Ill
Ariana Cernius, Harvard College
Executive Editor: Juliya Ziskina
Meeting Times: Wednesdays, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
The Superfluous Clause: Free Exercise Re-Envisioned for the 21st Century
Christina Goswiller, Stanford University
Executive Editor: Ashley Lindsey
Meeting Times: Wednesdays, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Prometheus and the Future of Software Patentability
Gareth Tan, University of Chicago
Executive Editor: Negheen Kamkar
Meeting Times: Thursdays, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Editor applications can be found here.
Spring Quarter Intro Meeting
4/3/2013
There is a great opportunity to get involved on campus this quarter, especially if you are interested in law, writing, editing, or publishing!
What Is It: The Washington Undergraduate Law Review is a journal devoted to the scholarly discussion of legal subjects and is edited and produced by undergraduates from all majors at the UW.
What Do We Do: The WULR receives submissions from top-ranked universities across the country, edits them, and publishes a high-quality journal each academic quarter. Copies of the journal then get sent to professors, local law firms, and top law libraries across the United States. There is a weekly time commitment of approximately 2-3 hours/week, including a one-hour editing meeting per week.
Why You Should Join:
· Meet peers with similar interests
· Improve your writing and editing skills for college, law school, and beyond
· Gain experience in critical thinking and analysis
· Get hands-on experience to law school basics, such as the BlueBook
· Receive pre-law support, including special discounts from LSAT prep companies
· Add an impressive, unique extracurricular to your resume
· Come away with a tangible product you can be proud of!
Our first introductory meeting will be on April 9th at 5:30-6:30pm, in Green A in the Research Commons (Allen Library). It is mandatory that all spring quarter editors attend this meeting!
For more information:
E-mail us: wulr@uw.edu
Hope to see you soon!
Print Copies of the Winter 2013 Issue Now Available!
4/6/2013
Print copies of WULR's Winter 2013, Volume VI Issue II are now available for purchase. Prices and purchasing information can be found on our Ordering page. WULR accepts checks by mail, or debit and credit via Google Wallet.
If you are a WULR member who is interested in purchasing a copy, please contact wulr@uw.edu or your Executive Editor to arrange pick-up.
The online issue is also available to view here.
The WULR in the News
The Washington Undergraduate Law Review has recently been featured in an article by the Law, Societies, and Justice department at the University of Washington. It includes interviews from editor-in-chief Juliya Ziskina and editors Henry Seeley, Amanda Lukens, and Emily Lore.
"[The Washington Undergraduate Law Review] solicits articles from other students all across the nation, and is published every quarter. A collection of about thirty students gather together every quarter, split into groups and go to work editing the articles to publishing quality.
'For some reason, I like editing papers,' said Henry Seeley, a junior applying to LSJ who has been with the law review five quarters. “It helps my own writing, first of all, and the papers are quite interesting.'"
Want to know more? Read the article here to learn more about the WULR, what we do, and what our members think!
Winter 2013 Papers
Congratulations to our Winter 2013 authors!
Slaying the Hydra: The War on Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act
Brett Atanasio, American University
Executive Editor: Hanna Giuntini
Meeting Time: Thursday, 4 - 5 p.m.
The Construction of Formalized Humanity: Analyzing the Ambiguous Constructions of Legal Language in Herman Mellville's Billy Budd
Stephanie Hoskins, Vanderbilt University
Executive Editor: Juliya Ziskina
Meeting Time: Wednesday, 5 - 6 p.m.
To the Highest Attainable Standard: Upholding the Right to Health in Armed Conflict
Kathleen Ann Lynch, University of Connecticut
Executive Editor: Juliya Ziskina
Meeting Time: Wednesday, 5 - 6 p.m.
The Efficacy of the International Criminal Court
Rebecca Morris, Emory University
Executive Editor: Ashley Lindsey
Meeting Time: Wednesday, 6 - 7 p.m.
The Westboro Baptist Church, the Right to Privacy, and Tort Liability: An Examination of the Supreme Court Decision in Snyder v. Phelps
Stephanie Westfall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Executive Editor: Lucas Barash-David
Meeting Time: Monday, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Editor applications can be found here.
Fall 2012 Papers
Congratulations to our Fall 2012 authors!
The Unconquerable Domain of Discretion in Kelsen's Pure Theory of Law
Joanna Caytas, Columbia University
Executive Editor: Lucas Barash-David
Meeting Time: Monday, 5 - 6 p.m.
Reawakening the Century-Old Promise That All Men Are Created Equal:
Justice Miller's Civil War Homage in the Slaughterhouse Cases
Joseph Daniel, UC San Diego
Executive Editor: Ashley Lindsey
Meeting Time: Thursday, 5 - 6 p.m.
The Pomegranate Punch: How POM Wonderful Was Able to Subvert the FTC
and What Can Be Done to Stop Other Companies From Following Suit
Asha Fereydouni, UC Davis
Executive Editor: Hanna Giuntini
Meeting Time: Wednesday, 6 - 7 p.m.
The Case of Victor L. Berger: Drawing the Line Between Dissent and Disloyalty
Emily Beth Vogel Harrison, University of Wisconsin
Executive Editor: Juliya Ziskina
Meeting Time: Tuesday, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Medical Care for the Marginalized Population: Medical Care in the Federal Prison
System and the Consequences of the Passage of the 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act
Aglaia Ovtchinnikova, George Washington University
Executive Editor: Conor Bronsdon
Meeting Time: Tuesday, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Editor applications can be found here.