Many law students enter law school with the goal, hope and dream of making law review. Many law students set this goal without fully understanding what the honor of making law review is all about.

The legal community bestows praise and adulation on law review members --from Supreme Court Justices to authors of popular legal thrillers to America’s most prestigious law firms. Despite the praise, adoration and interest heaped on this institution and the thousands of lawyers who served as law review members and law students who currently serve as law review editors, much of what goes on inside the hallowed halls of America’s law schools remains shrouded in secrecy.

Lrev: shatters the silence, opens the doors and lets it all out. Find out what really happens once the grades are ranked and the writing competition is over. Find out what really happens on law review. Lrev details Roy S. Gutterman’s experiences as the editor of his law school’s law review. With a colorful cast of characters, this book explores the inner workings of law review life: the pressures of publishing a scholarly law journal, the tensions between authors and editors as well as editors and editors, controversies of plagiarism, cheating, law school politics and personal and professional relationships forged and broken.

Along with his personal account, Gutterman also provides a chapter detailing the historical development of law review as an institution in American law schools as well as a glossary of relevant terms.

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Gutterman was an award-winning newspaper reporter for The Cleveland Plain Dealer. As a student of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication, Gutterman worked at several newspapers, including The Boston Globe, The Courier-News, in Bridgewater, New Jersey and The Daily Orange, at Syracuse University.

Upon graduation from law school, Gutterman served as a judicial law clerk in New Jersey Superior Court and has worked in private practice for civil litigation law firms. His law review article won the William C. Burton Award for Legal Achievement in 2000 and currently serves as Chair of the Burton Foundation’s Law Student Committee.

• National Conference of Law Reviews, San Antonio, Texas, March 2004.
• Daily Orange Centennial Banquet, Syracuse, New York, Sept. 2003.
• National Conference of Law Reviews 2003, Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, Washington, March 26-29.
• National Conference of Law Reviews annual convention, Costa Mesa, California, March 2002.
• Society of Professional Journalists, Region I convention, Syracuse, New York, April 2002.
• DO Palooza The Daily Orange Alumni Convention, Syracuse, New York, October 2002.
• Distinguishing Yourself in the Legal Job Market, an address to law students at Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York, October 2002.