1. Law Review (798)
The Santa Clara Law Review is a legal periodical edited and published by School of Law students. Law Review membership is open to upper-division students who maintain a 3.00 GPA and successfully complete a candidacy program. Each board of student editors serves a one-year term and publishes four issues of the Law Review. Law Review membership is a rewarding educational experience that helps students refine their legal research, writing, and analytical skills, and affords a unique opportunity to work with legal professionals and faculty members. The primary objective of the Santa Clara Law Review is to provide a practical research tool for practicing attorneys, members of the judiciary, scholars, and law students. The Law Review informs its subscribers of emerging legal trends and developments and presents new approaches to the analysis of current legal problems. Each issue contains articles contributed by legal professionals, law professors, and student editors. By providing a quality resource to the legal community, the Santa Clara Law Review brings prestige to both the School of Law and its graduates. The Law Review publishes a candidate handbook that provides details of the candidacy program. Interested students should attend the information sessions held each semester to receive a copy of the handbook and to learn more about the candidacy process. Students accepted to the Law Review editorial board will be given instructions on how to register. (1-4 units). For more information, see law.scu.edu/lawreview/index.cfm
2. Computer and High Tech Law Journal (799)
The Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal focuses on one of the newest areas of the law, providing a practical resource for both the high tech industry and the corresponding legal community. Topics covered include: intellectual property (patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret), technology licensing, contract and tort liability for technology failures, employer/employee relations, unfair competition, venture capital and other financing, computer crime and privacy, telecommunications and media regulation, bio-technology, and hazardous waste management. All upper-division law students are eligible to participate in the publication of the Journal. Eligibility for the Board of Editors requires completion of assignments as an associate. Associate duties include 50 hours of articles editing and the submission of a publishable comment. Upon completion of a publishable comment, associates who meet the minimum GPA requirement of 3.00 are eligible to interview for editorial board positions. Editors serve a one-year term and can earn up to 4 units of credit requiring a 75-hour commitment per unit. . For more information, visit www.chtlj.org or contact CHTLJ@scu.edu.
3. Journal of International Law (790)
The Santa Clara Journal of International Law is dedicated to exploring current issues in public and private international law. The Journal is a collaborative student and faculty undertaking. Each volume focuses on a timely theme in international law. A faculty advisory board solicits, reviews, and approves relevant articles in collaboration with the Journal’s executive board. Student editors carry out article and technical editing of submitted articles and maintain the Journal’s Web presence. These peer-reviewed, thematic issues are some of the first of their kind published by an American law school. Although it began as a purely Internet-based journal, the Journal is now published in hard copy form as well. In addition to the print editions of the Journal, additional content--much of it student written--is available on the Journal's website. Journal candidates must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.67 at the time of candidate application review for board membership. Candidates must write and pass a case note and complete 55 hours of production work. Candidates must also write a comment on an approved international legal topic. Student Executive Board members must have a minimum 3.0 GPA. (1 - 4 units). For more information, see www.scu.edu/scjil.