A student may be accepted to the Journal if the Executive Board decides that the student's Note is of publishable quality. The following factors will be considered in determining whether a Note is of publishable quality:

1. The originality and timeliness of the idea presented in the Note;


2. the thoroughness of the legal analysis of the Note;


3. the clarity of the writing; and


4. whether the assertions are supported by the cited material, and the citations are in correct Bluebook form.

1. The Note must be submitted in typed form (WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS), double-spaced, with one-inch margins on each side and footnotes rather than endnotes.


2. The Note is to be submitted in a structure comparable to those Notes published by the Journal in recent editions (i.e. divided in an Introduction, Parts, Sections, Subsections and Conclusion). Failure to adhere to this format will affect the publishability decision. The Journal encourages all authors to obtain and examine previously published Notes because the required format generally differs from that in academic papers.


3. The student is required to submit three (3) copies of the Note. Copies of the Note submitted to the Journal will not be returned to the student.


4. The Note submitted to the Journal must be in final form. The author of a Note that is deemed "Not Publishable" by the Journal will not have an opportunity to revise and resubmit the Note.


5. A student who wishes to submit a Note must simultaneously submit a typed Preemption Memorandum that addresses the following three concerns:
   
   1. What is the Note about?
   
   
   2. Discuss the existing literature (e.g., texts, treatises, law review articles) on the topic.
   
   
   3. What does the Note add to the topic, how does it add to the Journal and how is it different from previously published scholarship?
   
   
   The memorandum must also indicate whether the student received academic credit for writing the Note.
6. The student may be responsible for providing copies of all sources cited in the Note.

1. The Note will be reviewed initially by the Executive Note & Comment Editors, who will make a written recommendation on publishability and publication to the Editor-in-Chief.


2. If the Editor-in-Chief and the Executive Note & Comment Editors do not unanimously agree that the Note is of publishable quality, then the Note will be deemed "Not Publishable" and the Executive Note & Comment Editors, on behalf of the Executive Board, shall inform the author by letter of this decision.


3. If the Editor-in-Chief and the Executive Note & Comment Editors unanimously agree that the Note is publishable, then the Note will be presented to the entire Executive Board for review.
   1. The entire Executive Board will vote on whether the Note is of publishable quality. A member of the Executive Board must recuse himself or herself from consideration of the Note if he or she believes that his or her decision may be influenced either positively or negatively by a prior relationship or interaction with the author of the Note.
   
   
   2. If the entire Executive Board votes unanimously that the Note is publishable, then the Editor-in-Chief may consider the Note for publication pursuant to [Section E].
   
   
   3. If the entire Executive Board votes unanimously that the Note is publishable and if the student is eligible to apply for Open Note membership under [Section A], then the Editor-in-Chief, on behalf of the Executive Board, will invite the student author to join the Journal as a Staff Member. This offer is contingent upon the student agreeing to pay the membership dues and perform the office tasks and other responsibilities required of all members, including but not limited to those responsibilities delineated in Chapter III, Section 5(b) of [the Journal] By-Laws.
   
   
   4. If the entire Executive Board does not unanimously agree that the Note is publishable, then the Note will be deemed "Not Publishable" and the Executive Note & Comment Editors, on behalf of the Executive Board, shall inform the author by letter, of this decision.
   
   
   5. The student will be informed of the Executive Board's publishability and/or membership decision within two (2) weeks of the date that the Board makes said decision.
4. All decisions of the Executive Board are final.