Its founding followed the publication of the Albany Law School Journal, the first student-edited legal periodical in the United States.

[7] That issue was initially created in partnership with the State University of New York at Albany's School of Criminal Justice.

Offers of membership are extended based on student class standing or on the results of a writing competition jointly administered by the school's three student-edited journals.

[2] Members are given editorial and research related assignments in their second year of law school, and are required to produce a note or comment of publishable quality.

In their third year, members may be elected to the editorial board, which handles the overall production and publication of the journal.