Wilmington University Law Students Launch Law Review
Law Review Editorial Board. Top left to right: Elijah Westog, Andrew Glover, Marisa A. Rauscher, Britton Ody. Botton left to right: Christine Sauers, Héctor L. Torres-Díaz, Marrissa Nardo, Andrea Rothbart. Not pictured: Mary Macmillan, Dalton Lahti, Erin Buskell
Wilmington University School of Law students have launched the Wilmington Law Review, a student-edited journal that published its inaugural volume on March 20, 2026.
Bringing the publication to life required students to build its structure, processes and editorial foundation from the ground up, says law student and Editor-in-Chief Dr. Marisa Rauscher, who holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and teaches at Neumann University. “I’m honored to be on this journey,” she says. “Building a law review from scratch is akin to creating a start-up. None of the mechanisms existed, and our editorial board built the foundation for something that will serve WilmU Law.”
For law student Christine Sauers, an articles editor and president of the Better Business Bureau Serving Delaware, the journal creates space for student and expert legal scholarship. “To me, a law review is a quintessential part of law school,” she says. “It’s a forum for scholarly articles authored both by outside experts and student writers. Launching the law review felt like we were establishing an important part of the law school.”
That effort required students to take on responsibilities across the publication’s operations, says Law Review Faculty Advisor Professor Alisa Klein. “Their projects have included writing the law review’s bylaws, designing websites, soliciting and screening articles by outside authors, crafting author contracts, developing and implementing editorial protocols, supervising junior staff members, and writing scholarly papers,” she says.
That foundation also reflects the law school’s commitment to building a publication that serves students, the profession, and the broader legal community, says Mike Nestor, vice chair and partner at Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP and co-chair of the Wilmington University Restructuring Institute Advisory Board. “They have laid the groundwork for future law journal members to come,” he says.
As the inaugural volume was completed, editorial board members prepared the next group of students to carry the publication forward, reinforcing Wilmington University’s emphasis on editorial excellence through the Wilmington Law Review.
“The publication of the School of Law’s first volume is an exciting and monumental event,” says Law School Dean Jan Jurden. “We are so proud of the Law Review leadership and staff who have devoted so much time and effort to this endeavor. Their significant contributions in building the Law Review and publishing the inaugural volume will have a lasting influence and impact on legal scholarship.”
The Wilmington Law Review is available online at law.wilmu.edu/law-review.
Law Review Editorial Board. Top left to right: Elijah Westog, Andrew Glover, Marisa A. Rauscher, Britton Ody. Botton left to right: Christine Sauers, Héctor L. Torres-Díaz, Marrissa Nardo, Andrea Rothbart. Not pictured: Mary Macmillan, Dalton Lahti, Erin Buskell
Wilmington University School of Law students have launched the Wilmington Law Review, a student-edited journal that published its inaugural volume on March 20, 2026.
Bringing the publication to life required students to build its structure, processes and editorial foundation from the ground up, says law student and Editor-in-Chief Dr. Marisa Rauscher, who holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and teaches at Neumann University. “I’m honored to be on this journey,” she says. “Building a law review from scratch is akin to creating a start-up. None of the mechanisms existed, and our editorial board built the foundation for something that will serve WilmU Law.”
For law student Christine Sauers, an articles editor and president of the Better Business Bureau Serving Delaware, the journal creates space for student and expert legal scholarship. “To me, a law review is a quintessential part of law school,” she says. “It’s a forum for scholarly articles authored both by outside experts and student writers. Launching the law review felt like we were establishing an important part of the law school.”
That effort required students to take on responsibilities across the publication’s operations, says Law Review Faculty Advisor Professor Alisa Klein. “Their projects have included writing the law review’s bylaws, designing websites, soliciting and screening articles by outside authors, crafting author contracts, developing and implementing editorial protocols, supervising junior staff members, and writing scholarly papers,” she says.
That foundation also reflects the law school’s commitment to building a publication that serves students, the profession, and the broader legal community, says Mike Nestor, vice chair and partner at Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP and co-chair of the Wilmington University Restructuring Institute Advisory Board. “They have laid the groundwork for future law journal members to come,” he says.
As the inaugural volume was completed, editorial board members prepared the next group of students to carry the publication forward, reinforcing Wilmington University’s emphasis on editorial excellence through the Wilmington Law Review.
“The publication of the School of Law’s first volume is an exciting and monumental event,” says Law School Dean Jan Jurden. “We are so proud of the Law Review leadership and staff who have devoted so much time and effort to this endeavor. Their significant contributions in building the Law Review and publishing the inaugural volume will have a lasting influence and impact on legal scholarship.”
The Wilmington Law Review is available online at law.wilmu.edu/law-review.
