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Who is eligible to do the closed writing competition? Any student that has completed 1 full year, approximately 31 credits, is eligible to participate in the closed writing competition.
What is the Superior Authorship competition? With the Superior Authorship competition students are permitted to turn in a previously written paper, a seminar paper or another paper that fulfilled the writing requirement, or they can choose a topic of their preference and submit a new paper.
Who is eligible to do the Superior Authorship competition? All students going into their final year, RD or ED.
Is it too late for me to submit a topic for the Superior Authorship competition? No, the staff members on both campuses are still accepting topics. The paper will be due by June 11th, but we will continue to accept topics for the next couple of weeks.
How do I pick a topic? Pick a topic that interests you. One thing to keep in mind that the topic needs to be narrow enough so there is a good thesis and analysis.
Does my topic have to fit into the scope of the journal? No, at this time we are looking for good writing and bluebooking skills; our goal is not to publish these submissions.
How many students are you accepting? We are looking for students with good writing and bluebooking skills, we are not putting a minimum or maximum number on acceptance; skills are assessed on an individual basis.
What does bi-campus mean? Bi-campus means that there is one journal in two locations. WJLER acts as a whole, it does not operate as two journals with the same name. Decisions are made through the majority vote of both campuses and communications are kept open and are frequent between the campuses. Staff meetings include both campuses.
I am an ED student, how difficult will it be for me to be an active member of the journal? ED students are welcome in the journal. The majority of your work will be done on your own time and most of the correspondence will be via e-mail. As for the staff meetings, if you are unable to attend, alternative meetings can be scheduled or minutes can be provided.
How do I participate in the closed write-on competition? Each student will be able to obtain the necessary sources for the closed write-on competition in 3 ways: (1) a student may come by the WJLER office in Polishook to pick up a packet on May 9th between 10 AM and 2 PM, (2) a student may contact a staff member and arrange a pick up on either campus by emailing us at wjler@mail.widener.edu, or (3) a student may access the material through the TWEN page, and then look up the necessary cases on Westlaw or Lexis Nexis. However, on the day that the student intends to begin the write-on competition they MUST add the WJLER write-on competition course through the TWEN page. This will time stamp when you began the write-on and begin the 3 week time period each student has to finish the write on competition.
What is the timeline for the closed write-on competition? The write-on competition will last for 9 weeks in total. The first day to pick up the packet for student is May 9th, the last day to pick up the packet is June 20th, and offers for membership to the journal will go out on August 2nd.
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