The Northeastern University Law Review is a student-run publication that engages all topics of legal scholarship, with special attention given to articles that show the connections among public interest, innovation, and the practical application of law. The Law Review is published twice a year and includes articles by legal and interdisciplinary academics, attorneys, and law students. The Law Review also publishes content through its online publications, Extra Legal and the Online Forum. Extra Legal is a platform for shorter pieces meant to engage authors and their readers in current legal issues, many dealing with breakout topics and evolving areas of law. The Online Forum is focused on facilitating discourse around current legal topics in a blog format. It provides a space to respond to contemporary legal challenges, analyze developments of law and policy, and define opportunities for change. All School of Law students are encouraged to contribute to Extra Legal and the Online Forum.
The Law Review staff consists of second- and third-year JD students, LLM students, and JD—Part-Time Program ("FlexJD") students, and Law Review membership is open to all Northeastern University School of Law students who have completed first-year exams at NUSL or another ABA-accredited law school. Students are offered membership to the Law Review on the basis of a blind application process, which typically takes place at the conclusion of the spring semester. LLM students and transfer students who are accepted to the School of Law after the spring application deadline passes will undergo the same blind application process, which typically takes place at the conclusion of the summer semester.