For those applicants looking for some fun summer reading that has the added benefit of enhancing your law school applications, the archives of student newspapers are a wonderful resource that is well worth exploring. Student papers often offer excellent insight into the culture on campus and provide a great window on the events and controversies at each school, making them an important part of the law school application research process.
Candidates beginning the application process might find it helpful to read through some of the back issues of a school’s paper. Information from the papers can become a valuable addition to application essays later this summer – perhaps you would like to help organize one of the conferences or speaker series profiled in the paper? Maybe the summaries of athletic matches stir your competitive spirit and inspire you to join one of these activities at law school? Alternatively, perhaps you’ve appreciated how helpful the student newspaper is to applicants and would like to contribute to its production as a law student? Each of these ideas for involvement can help you tailor your application essays to a school while adding flavor and interest.
For applicants’ convenience, we’ve listed below student newspapers published at several of the leading law schools in the United States:
Chicago Law School: Chicago Maroon
Columbia Law School: The Columbia Law School Newspaper
Duke Law School: The Devil’s Advocate
George Washington University Law School: Nota Bene
Georgetown University Law Center: The Georgetown Law Weekly
Harvard Law School: Harvard Law Record
NYU Law: The Commentator
The University at Buffalo Law School: The Opinion
University of Miami Law School: Res Ipsa Loquitur
University of Michigan Law School: Res Gestae
UCLA Law: The Docket
UVA Virginia: Virginia Law Weekly
Washington and Lee School of Law: The Law News
Happy reading!
