The first article was titled “The 125th Anniversary of the Drafting of the Constitution of the United States.” In a three-paragraph statement of purpose, the editors of the new Journal proclaimed: When a school has gathered to itself some thousand potential lawyers, its efforts in the line of literary endeavor should find some proper expression; when a law school has reached the rank to which Georgetown has attained, it should be represented by a review that would take a place as high; and when we scan the names that make up the list of Georgetown’s faculty and the roster of her alumni, we can see no room for fear but that a journal representing her would take its proper rank.Today, the Journal employs approximately 120 second- and third-year law students—about 60 in their graduating year who serve in editorial positions and 60 in intermediate years who serve as staff.

In order to gain journal membership, first-year students are permitted to participate in the Write On competition after completing their final exams in the spring semester.

The goal of the ARCP—which is written, updated, and edited by members of The Georgetown Law Journal—is to provide readers with an objective, concise, and accurate overview of criminal procedure in the federal courts.

[4] The 2015 preface, written by Judge Alex Kozinski of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, critiqued many aspects of the criminal justice system.

[5] The United States Department of Justice published a letter responding to Judge Kozinski's preface,[6] and the dispute generated significant media coverage.