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.
