When finals were approaching during my first-year spring semester, I remember considering whether to try to get a spot on law review. I understood that it was a great credential, but I didn’t quite understand what it meant to be part of the law review. Looking back now as a 2L, I am so glad I gave it a shot. Being part of the Temple Law Review family has been one of the most important parts of my second year – I have learned so much about the law, about working on a team, and about myself. Students are given a large packet of information and asked to write a scholarly paper about the materials. The end product is a written case note, which, upon submission, is graded anonymously by current law review staff editors. Case notes are graded on a combination of writing quality, thoroughness of the argument, and how well a student uses the sources of the write-on packet, among other factors. It is then considered with other information, including grades and a statement …