Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
- Oversees and manages the day-to-day activities of the Journal.
- Plans and conducts meetings for the Journal.
- Interfaces with school administration and the Student Bar Association.
- Assists and coordinates between the other Editorial Board members as needed.
- Helps coordinate with the rest of the Editorial Board to schedule and attend recruiting events.
- Conducts final review of articles published by the Journal.
- Formats the articles for publication and relays them to the Staff Managing Editor for publication.
Managing Editor
- Assists the Editor-in-Chief in managing the day-to-day activities of the Journal.
- Makes sure that article submissions are reviewed by either a Submissions Editor or the Editorial Board.
- Assists with the editing process as necessary.
- Helps the Editor-in-Chief conduct staff general body and onboarding meetings.
- Tracks article submissions, staff assignments, and article reviews.
- Assists in sending offers to publish authors’ articles.
- Checks staff edits before sending the edited articles back to the authors.
PTAB Managing Editor
Staff Managing Editor
- Develops spreadsheets and Google forms to track the onboarding progress of all staff.
- Tracks staff progress on completing onboarding items and follows up with staff members as needed.
- Checks the article submission portal for new articles received, downloads new submissions, and updates the tracking spreadsheet.
- Reviews newly received articles as needed and provides feedback to the Editorial Board.
- Spot-checks articles edited by staff.
- Sends finalized articles to the library for publishing.
- Oversees student submission process of notes, blog posts, and book reviews with the PTAB Managing Editor.
Staff
Submission Editor
- Performs preliminary reviews of article submissions and reports back to the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor.
- Attends and participates in training meetings, general membership meetings, and any other necessary meetings.
Executive Article Editor
- Supervises and assists Associate Editors in editing assigned articles.
- Ensures that all edits conform to the style, citation, and publishing standards outlined by the Journal and in the Bluebook®.
- Attends and participates in training meetings, general membership meetings, and any other necessary meetings.
Web Editor
- Oversees and creates new website content.
- Edits and publishes blog posts and book reviews written by staff members.
- Recommends to the Executive Board materials to be published on the website.
- Maintains the Journal’s social media profiles.
- Attends and participates in training meetings, general membership meetings, and any other necessary meetings.
Associate Editor
- Edits articles to be published under the supervision of the Executive Article Editor.
- Ensures that all edits conform to the style, citation, and publishing standards outlined by the Journal and in the Bluebook®.
- Attends and participates in training meetings, general membership meetings, and any other necessary meetings.
