Write-On Personal Statement

Volume 97 Personal Statement Form

Temple Law Review is dedicated to providing a forum for the expression of new legal thought and scholarly commentary on important developments, trends, and issues in the law. We seek members who are passionate and eager to support this important mission.

In a statement of no more than 250 words, please discuss why you are interested in joining the TLR team and how you will contribute to the continued excellence of the journal.

Temple Law Review models this form after Temple Law’s Sp.A.C.E. statement. We strongly encourage you to tailor your Personal Statement to your law review application, emphasizing the unique perspective you will bring to the law review team.

Applicants should feel encouraged to write about any experience, identity, or viewpoint that they feel would add a unique perspective to the law review team. Applicants may also address a demonstrable intellectual interest in a distinct legal topic that the candidate intends to write about as a TLR Staff Editor.

Among other characteristics, TLR encourages applicants to express how they will add to the diversity of thought of our journal.

Some characteristics that applicants have written about in the past include: possessing a distinct public policy view; overcoming serious long-standing economic deprivation, or coming from working class families historically foreclosed from higher education; experience with families who are recent immigrants to the United States; experience with coming from racial or ethnic minority groups; experience with identifying as LGBTQIA+; experience with serious physical disabilities; demonstration of exceptional leadership ability in college, community or career activities, or a commitment to service through Peace Corps, VISTA, military or other service work; significant or unusual career achievements since graduation from college; and any other unique strengths and accomplishments.

Author: Jasnoor Hundal In early August 2023, the Supreme Court stayed the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision, In re Purdue Pharma L.P., and granted certiorari to hear oral argument in December of 2023. The parties were asked to brief and argue “[w]hether the Bankruptcy Code authorizes a court to approve, as part of a […]

Randy Kominsky is a member of Temple Law’s Class of 1979. Mr. Kominsky was a staff editor for Volume 51 and an associate research editor for Volume 52 of Temple Law Review. His case note, Housing Discrimination – The Appropriate Evidentiary Standard for Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, was published in 1978.[1] After graduating, he moved […]

Disrupting Hierarchies In Legal Education: Increasing Access By Supporting First Gen Success Katharine Traylor Schaffzin, Dean and Professor of Law, University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law The first-generation college students of Generation Z will challenge all of higher education, including legal education, to reconsider the delivery of education. Fortunately, undergraduate institutions have been […]