''The Georgetown Law Journal'' is a student-edited

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published at

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. It is the flagship

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of the

Overview

The ''Georgetown Law Journal'' is headquartered at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. and has published more than 500 issues since its inception, as well as the widely used ''Annual Review of Criminal Procedure'' (ARCP), a comprehensive practitioner's guide to criminal procedure. The ''Journal'' is the only top law journal to consistently publish on time. , it was the sixth-ranked law review . The ''Journal'' is currently, and always has been, run by law students.

History

Volume 1, Issue 1 was published in November 1912, under the supervision of Editor-in-Chief Eugene Quay. At the time, an annual subscription to the new Journal cost one dollar. The first article was titled “The 125th Anniversary of the Drafting of the Constitution of the United States.” In a three-paragraph statement of purpose, the editors of the new Journal proclaimed:

Membership

Today, the ''Journal'' employs approximately 100 second- and third-year law students—about 50 in their graduating year who serve in editorial positions and 50 in intermediate years who serve as staff. The staff collect and check sources, performing technical edits and checking for typographical errors. The upperclass students are tasked with administering the ''Journal''‘s daily operations. In order to gain journal membership, first-year students are permitted to participate in the Write On competition after completing their final exams in the spring semester. The competition is administered by the Georgetown Law Office of Journal Administration. Students are offered positions on the ''Journal'' based on the following methods: * Based on the student's score in the Write On competition * Based on a combination of Write On score and first-year grades * Based on a personal statement detailing the contribution the student will make to the Journal's diversity.

Annual Review of Criminal Procedure

The Annual Review of Criminal Procedure (ARCP) is a comprehensive, topic-by-topic summary of federal criminal procedure. The goal of the ARCP—which is written, updated, and edited by members of The Georgetown Law Journal—is to provide readers with an objective, concise, and accurate overview of criminal procedure in the federal courts. The ARCP serves as a practical aid to a diverse readership that includes prosecutors and defense attorneys, judges and their law clerks, and prisoners assisting in their own defense or appeal. Over eleven thousand copies are distributed annually. The ARCP is sold at a discount to prisoners. The ARCP includes a preface, often written by a well-regarded legal practitioner, academic, or judge. The 2012 preface was written by

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. The 2015 preface, written by Judge

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of the

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, critiqued many aspects of the criminal justice system. The

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published a letter responding to Judge Kozinski's preface, and the dispute generated significant media coverage.

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