Editor in Chief

The Editor-in-Chief of the Wisconsin Undergraduate Law Review serves as the organization’s editorial director, ensuring the quality, integrity, and success of its publications and initiatives. This role oversees content and style guide development for The Journal and The Legal Beagle. The Editor-in-Chief collaborates with board members to ensure content is accurate, high-quality, and impactful, while also guiding the team to fulfill the broader goals of WULR. 

Key Duties

• Maintain WULR’s standing as a Registered Student Organization (RSO) with the University of Wisconsin-Madison [Shared with President].

• Supervise The Journal editorial team. Ensuring that the editing flow is happening correctly and meeting the standards set forth at the beginning of each academic year in the style guide.

• This includes meeting with editors independently to support their work and engaging with them in the event their content is not to standard.

• Supervise The Journal writing team. Ensuring that writing pieces are submitted on time and in accordance with the standards set forth at the beginning of each academic year in the style guide.

• Oversee the published content created by The Legal Beagle team. Ensuring that writing pieces are submitted on time and in accordance with the standards set forth at the beginning of each academic year in the style guide. This includes overseeing the final works by the Director of Affairs.

• Ensuring that the Director of Affairs is correctly fulfilling their responsibilities and upholding the academic integrity of the organization set forth at the beginning of each academic year in the style guide.

• Ensuring that the Director of Publishing correctly fulfilling their responsibilities and actively engaging the writing body through the entire publishing process.

• Support long-term organizational growth and continuity, including leadership development and succession planning.