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- Title
The Pen Is Mightier: Rethinking the "Gladiator" Ethos of Student-Edited Law Reviews.
- Authors
Knize, Megan S.
- Abstract
Law reviews serve two critical functions: to publish a diverse body of scholarly articles and to provide students with an opportunity to edit those articles and write their own for publication. Now, more than ever, membership on a law review or journal is a significant credential for an aspiring lawyer. However, certain aspects of law review culture may run counter to a law review's goals. This Article analyzes that tension by applying Columbia University Law Professor Susan Sturm's "gladiator model," which describes the culture of U.S. law schools, to the culture of U.S. law reviews. After discussing the value of diversity in law schools and in the legal profession, I discuss the prevailing gladiator model and the feminist theory that challenges the model. I argue that most law reviews teach members to behave like gladiators by emphasizing competition over collaboration, prioritizing rules over relationships, and encouraging "masculine" leadership characteristics that may alienate potential leaders. Law reviews--and the legal profession--are better-served when a law review's culture recognizes a variety of leadership styles that include, rather than exclude. Such measures would benefit law reviews nationwide by creating a team-oriented approach to editing and publishing a superior journal.
- Subjects
UNITED States; STURM, Susan; UNIVERSITY of California, Davis. School of Law; LAW schools; FEMINIST theory; DIVERSITY in education; CULTURE; ETHOS (The Greek word); LAW reviews
- Publication
McGeorge Law Review, 2013, Vol 44, Issue 2, p309
- ISSN
1520-9245
- Publication type
Article