Instructor(s): Simon Stern

Note: 5 credits

Note: Credits are allocated as follows: two credits in the fall term and three credits to the winter term.

The Editors-in-Chief, Executive Editors and Senior Editors are selected in Spring. Law Review for credit is not open to other students. Editors are selected in the Spring of each year. Students must be in residence for the year in order to obtain credit for the journal.

Students who serve as the Editors-in-Chief, Executive Editor or Senior Editors of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review may receive five ungraded academic credits to be graded on a Pass/Fail basis. Graduate students are graded on the graduate grading scale. For students in the Editor-in-Chief position, no credit will be awarded until all issues of the journal under the editors supervision have been published. 

Eligible students must commit themselves to their Law Review responsibilities for the entire academic year to obtain credit. No grade will be assigned until the end of the academic year. 

Evaluation
Students who wish to receive academic credit for the Law Review must choose one of two options for their written submission: Option 1. Prepare detailed comments on each of the papers passed up to the Senior Board. These comments are expected to be incisive and detailed, covering both issues of style and substance. Each comment should be 2 to 3 pages long. Comments should be submitted to the Faculty Advisor's secretary on the Thursday before the Senior Board meeting each term. Option 2. (a) Write two Senior Board Evaluations (one per term): these evaluations should evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each paper, in light of the journal’s criteria for publication (thesis, novelty, accuracy, and comprehensiveness), along with any proposed improvements from the carriage group and make a recommendation as to whether the paper should be published. The Senior Board Evaluations should be 2,500 words each. and (b) Write one or more Blog Posts on a current development or topical issue in the law, including legislative and policy developments and recent cases. Posts will be published on the journal's online blog at (www.utflr.ca/forum). Independent research is required for the blog posts and the topics are approved by the Editors-in-Chief and Executive Editor. The Blog Post(s) should amount to 2,000 words in total. Evaluations and Blog Posts should be submitted to the Faculty Advisor's secretary on the Thursday before the Senior Board meeting each term. Option 3: The Executive Editor of The Forum will have the option of writing one or more Blog posts as described above that should amount to 4,000 words in total.
Academic year
2024 - 2025

At a Glance

Both Terms
Credits
5

Enrolment

Maximum
3

3 JD