Scribes—The American Society of Legal Writers will hold its 2027 National Conference for Law Review Editors virtually on Sunday, April 4, 2027, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time. This year’s theme is “The First 100 Days: Building a Successful Editorial Year.” Designed for incoming student editors, the conference provides practical guidance on leading and managing a student-edited law journal. Scribes invites law professors, law librarians, current and former law review editors, judges, attorneys, journal administrators, publishers, and other experts to submit session proposals. Scribes is particularly interested in programs addressing the following topics: The 100-Day Checklist for New Editors Building a Board That Functions Well Running Effective Editorial Board Meetings Substantive Editing Without Overstepping The Modern Cite Check From Student Note to Publishable Scholarship Publication Ethics for Student-Edited Journals Building an Articles Pipeline Publishing for Impact Effective Symposia Orienting New Staff and Board Members Proposals are due by Monday, November 30, 2026. The planning committee will select presenters and assign session times in mid-December. Submit a proposal for the 2027 NCLRE. Please direct questions to Dean Darby Dickerson at ddickerson@swlaw.edu.

Scribes—The American Society of Legal Writers—is pleased to announce that Akhil Reed Amar has received the 2026 Scribes Book Award for Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840-1920 (Basic Books/ Hachette, 2025). Judith Resnik and Richard Primus were selected as runners-up for Impermissible Punishments: How Prison Became a Problem for Democracy (University of Chicago Press, 2025) and The Oldest Constitutional Question: Enumeration and Federal Power (Harvard University Press, 2025), respectively. The three honorees were selected from dozens of books submitted for consideration. Learn more about this year’s winners in the full press release here. Annual Awards Ceremony and 2027 CLE Scribes will honor Amir, Resnik, and Primus at its Annual Awards Ceremony, which will be held virtually on Zoom on Friday, December 4, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. E.T. / 10:30 a.m. C.T. / 8:30 a.m. P.T. Click here to register for this exciting and complimentary event. Scribes also plans to present a separate one-hour CLE webinar with Amar in Spring 2027. The program will feature discussion of Born Equal and an opportunity for questions and conversation with a member of the Scribes Book Award Committee. The date and registration information will be announced on the Scribes website. Scribes also plans to present a separate one-hour CLE webinar with Amar in Spring 2027. The program will feature discussion of Born Equal and an opportunity for questions and conversation with a member of the Scribes Book Award Committee. The date and registration information will be announced on the Scribes website. About the Scribes Book Award Since 1961, Scribes has presented its annual Book Award to recognize the best work of legal scholarship published during the preceding calendar year. The Book Award Committee gives primary consideration to the quality of the writing and also considers the depth of the research. You can see past winners at www.scribes.org/awards/book-award/.