Participating in a law journal is a substantial responsibility. All student members are required to complete one "comment" (a research paper intended for publication). The comment will discuss an interesting and hopefully controversial topic in law and will be at least 30 pages in length. Every student on receives personalized editing assistance on the comment from a member of the editorial board.

Every comment is reviewed by the respective journal’s Student Article Publications Committee. Papers that are determined to be of exceptional quality and interest will be selected for publication in the respective journal. Publication in a law journal is a distinction that will remain with the student throughout his or her legal career.

All members are required to assist in the editing and preparation of articles for publication. Members review the accuracy of the research in every article selected for publication, from both institutional and student authors. Reviewing articles is a very important task because it ensures the quality of the publication.

Successful completion of every law journal assignment will result in two units of academic credit during the second year of law school. More units are available if students wish to publish a casenote or to become members of the editorial board.