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Membership in the International Law Journal is open to all interested Harvard Law School students including 1Ls, transfer students, and LLM candidates.  Some ILJ positions require an application process, and selection to these positions is typically based on previous ILJ experience, level of commitment, and attention to detail, among other factors. Transfer students and LLM candidates will receive information regarding the application process in the beginning of the Fall semester.

First-year students who are interested in the publication side of the journal are encouraged to become sub-citers. Sub-citing involves verifying the accuracy of an article’s citations and ensuring they are in correct Bluebook format.  Sub-cites typically occur on one or two Sundays in the fall and spring semesters.  After one semester of sub-citing, 1L students can apply to become editors on either the Print or Online sides of the journal during the Spring semester.

There are also opportunities for 1L students to become more involved in ILJ through additional positions. Students may become Submissions Readers and take part in the process of selecting articles for the print edition, join the Development committee, which coordinates outreach and social events for the journal, and the Symposium committee, which organizes the annual Symposium that takes place every Spring semester.

For more information about opportunities in the different parts of the journal, please feel free to contact hlsilj@mail.law.harvard.edu.