Interested in becoming a part of The Legality? Our application is now available. Unlike many of the opportunities available to you, this is not just a line on your resume — it’s experience you simply can’t get anywhere else. You’ll rapidly see improvement in your writing samples, you’ll be part of a team environment, and you’ll improve your visibility online.

The Legality Online Law Journal Application Form

The application consists of four parts:

• the application form,
• a writing component (explained below),
• your resume,
• and an interview.

The writing sample consists of two “Word of the Week” features like those published by The Legality every Monday. Applicants are expected to research, write, and edit their own pieces without outside assistance. Each of the two samples should be between 300 and 500 words. Citations should be to web-based sources (try to avoid Wikipedia), and their quantity should be similar to past published Words of the Week. You can see a full list of previous Words of the Week for style guidance here. Please write your sample on two of the three following words:

• Privity
• Parol Evidence
• Extended Personality

All materials should be submitted in a single email to editor@theLegality.com. An interview will be scheduled for candidates after all materials have been received.

No submissions will be accepted after May 17th at Midnight.

Please note: this application is currently only open to law students at the University of Oregon. Any questions about the application process can be addressed to editor@theLegality.com.

Oregon Law Review has published Volume 86, No. 1. In operation since 1921, the journal is the largest at the University of Oregon.

To read their newest and past issues online, or for subscription information, visit their website.

For Immediate Release

LAW STUDENTS MAKE SENSE OF CURRENT LEGAL ISSUES
Oregon Law Students Create Online Journal to Combat Legal Inscrutability

With the law ever-increasing in complexity, students at the University of Oregon School of Law are fighting back. As the speed of the media has increased, the rate at which incorrect legal information can spread has outpaced the rate of knowledgeable legal opinion, leaving The Legality (www.theLegality.com), a new online law journal to tackle current events with a legal slant.

“A quick look at the message boards of the internet by anyone with a legal eye is like a punch in the face: one person claims their uncle once told them it was so, another claims how they think it should be, and everyone else jumps on board,” said Alexander JL Theoharis, creator and Editor-in-Chief of The Legality. “A big part of the problem is that–for current news stories in particular–there’s nowhere for them to turn to get a grasp of what the law actually is in a readable format.”

The Legality is the combined forces of eleven second-year law students at the University of Oregon. The site launched February 4th, and has already simplified complex events like the Hollywood Writer’s Strike, the Scrabulous Copyright Infringement Claims, and Police Search and Seizure. The site targets potential law students, lawyers who want to read analysis in various areas of law, the intellectually curious, and the media (who may be looking for depth on a story). Unlike traditional paper journals which can take more than a year to publish articles, The Legality’s coverage of popular events is made possible by a quick turnaround. Each week a topic in the public eye is selected, and over the course of four days the team assembles a comprehensive legal analysis in a style accessible even to those unfamiliar with the law.

The Legality updates three times each week with original content. New main articles are posted each Wednesday.

If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview, please contact Alexander JL Theoharis at (206)-984-3119, or email editor@thelegality.com.

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You can read the past three weeks worth of articles by selecting among the categories to the right.

This morning The Legality writer Steve Glista was interviewed regarding the Scrabulous article he wrote on CBC Radio. He gave an admirable performance, and helped provide a legal perspective on what’s becoming an emotional battle between the fans of Scrabulous and Hasbro. It was rebroadcast every hour across the country.

You can listen to just Steve’s segment here (in MP3 format).

You can listen to the full interview here (Steve is the middle interview, about seven minutes in). Real Player or equivalent is required.