Law Review

The NEBRASKA LAW REVIEW is a scholarly journal published four times a year by the students of the College of Law. The Review provides critical comment on legal developments of local, regional, national and international significance. The Review publishes articles by leading authorities as well as by the student members. It is subscribed to by law libraries, attorneys and judges throughout the country. Students are invited to join the Review on the basis of either their class rank or their performance in a semiannual writing competition. The Review is directed by an Executive Board of Editors selected from the student members of the Review. The student editors bear primary responsibility for publication of the Review and receive invaluable training in writing, editing and researching. 

The NEBRASKA LAW REVIEW welcomes unsolicited manuscripts for publication consideration. 

Submission Guidelines: 

• The NEBRASKA LAW REVIEW accepts submissions by three different methods.
• Hard Copy submissions should be sent to the address under Contact Information.
• Electronic submissions via Express O.
• Electronic submissions via email should be sent to lawrev@unl.edu. 

Submissions must be completed works in publishable form. 

Submissions must be accompanied by a cover letter that includes the author's name, professional title, mailing address, email address, and phone number, along with pertinent information about the article being submitted. Submissions must be accompanied by the author's CV. 

The NEBRASKA LAW REVIEW prefers Microsoft Word, but also uses Corel WordPerfect. However, documents should not be converted from one program to another to accommodate the preference for Microsoft Word. Electronic submissions and/or copies of the article on diskette should be submitted in the original format used to create the document. 

Citations should conform to THE BLUEBOOK: A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF CITATION (Columbia Law Review Ass'n et al. eds., 18th ed. 2005). 

Manuscripts should be double-spaced, using footnotes rather than endnotes. 

The Review has a longstanding policy not to publish submissions from students outside the College of Law. 

Requests for expedited reviews should be sent directly to the Articles Editor at lawrev-staff2@unl.edu. 

Moot Court

The Nebraska Moot Court Board is composed of students selected on the basis of either their class rank or their performance in an annual writing competition. The Board plays an important role in the first year moot court program, which is part of the legal research and writing course, and supervises upper class Moot Court competitions in the fall and spring. Second-year students who are invited to become candidate members of the Board write problems for use in the first year program. Candidate members also serve as judges for some of the oral arguments. Third year members of the Board supervise the work of the candidate members and assist in the administration of moot court activities at the College of Law. Senior members of the Board are also selected to compete at an intercollegiate competition.

The faculty advisor is Professor Stefanie Pearlman.

Lectures

Distinguished Lectureships
Through the Distinguished Lectureship Program, the College of Law offers students an exceptional opportunity to meet, listen to and converse with the nation's foremost lawyers, judges and legal thinkers, who frequently are invited to lecture or spend time at the College. 

The Roscoe Pound Lectureship was established under the leadership of the Nebraska State Bar Association to honor Roscoe Pound, a Nebraskan and former Dean of both the College of Law and the Harvard Law School. Dean Pound gave the first lecture in l950. 

Other past lecturers have included: 

• Dean Roscoe Pound, Harvard University
• Eugene V. Rostow, Undersecretary of State
• James Willard Hurst, University of Wisconsin
• Erwin N. Griswold, Harvard and Solicitor General of the United States
• Ronald Dworkin, Oxford University
• Archibald Cox, Harvard University
• Sir Zelman Cowen, Oxford University
• Richard A. Posner, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
• Jesse Choper, University of California-Berkeley
• Harold Hongju Koh, Yale University
• Cass R. Sunstein, University of Chicago 

The Cline-Williams Lectureship is sponsored by the Lincoln law firm of Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather in honor of two of its original members, Earl Cline and Frank Williams

The most recent Cline Williams lecture was presented by the Honorable Deanell Reece Tacha, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. Prior lectures have been presented by Dorothy Nelson of the 9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski of the 9th Circuit, Richard Arnold of the 8th Circuit, James Oakes of the 2d Circuit, and Shirley Abrahamson of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

The Winthrop and Frances Lane Lectureship was established by Frances Lane in honor of Winthrop B. Lane, a distinguished Nebraska attorney.

The most recent Lane Lecture was presented by Professor Michael Heise of the Cornell Law School on federalism issues relating to No Child Left Behind.

Other past lecturers have included:

• Deborah Rhode, Stanford University
• William Gould, Stanford University
• Samuel Issacharoff, Columbia University
• Angela Harris, University of California at Berkeley

Competitions

Fall Grether Moot Court Competition
The Nebraska Moot Court Board established the Fall Grether Moot Court Competition as a tribute to former College of Law Dean Henry M. Grether, Jr. (1966-77.) The Fall Grether Moot Court Competition is open to all second and third year students. The final argument of this competition is argued in front of the Nebraska Court of Appeals. Special recognition is provided to the best forensic performance in the preliminary round and best oral advocate in the final round of competition.

Client Counseling Competition
The Client Counseling Competition provides students with the opportunity to cultivate communication skills, especially skills of interviewing, counseling, analysis, and problem-solving. The purpose of the competition is not only to promote skills essential to students' future careers, but also to select a team to represent the Law College in the regional competition. A team from the Law College has competed in the regional competition each year since 1975, winning the regional competition nine times, most recently in 2003, including seven of the last nine years, and the national competition twice (most recently in 2004). College of Law teams have also finished in second and third places in the national competition, including two second place finishes and one third place finish in the last five years.

Each competitive session replicates an initial client interview. Students are given a brief memo about a client who is consulting them with a particular problem. After some background preparation, the students, acting together in teams of two, interview the client. The client is an actor who is given a role to play, provided with detailed background information, and able realistically to portray a client. Each team is evaluated on the basis of its ability to establish a rapport with the client, to elicit pertinent information, to make sound practical and legal judgments, and to recommend appropriate courses of action.

While the regular competition is open to second and third year students only, a special first-year competition is held in the spring. No prior experience in client counseling is required. Competitors will find the competition to be an invaluable opportunity to develop important--and often neglected--skills. They will also find an unusual opportunity to work closely with the student and faculty advisors to the competition.

Faculty Advisors:

• Professor Alan Frank
• Professor Craig Lawson 

National Trial Competition
The College of Law has participated in the National Trial Competition since 1977. The Competition is sponsored by the Texas Young Lawyers Association in order to emphasize and promote trial skills. The College is represented by two teams of students who present full jury trials, in competition with students from other law schools, at regional and national contests. A Nebraska team has qualified for the national competition several times, most recently in 2007. The faculty advisor is Associate Dean Glenda Pierce. The team coach is Bob Moodie, from Lincoln.