[5] The Penn State Law Review is a general-interest journal that is run entirely by students, publishing a broad range of legal scholarship without limiting submissions to any specific topic.

Every year, as part of a stringent selection process, the journal evaluates a host of article submissions from outside scholars and comments written by second-year associate editors; articles and comments meeting the standards of the editorial board are selected and published in the print edition of the Law Review.

The Penn State Law Review extends annual membership invitations to rising second-year students at the conclusion of the spring semester.

Duties of the associate editors include checking sources cited in the articles pending publication to ensure accuracy and compliance with the most recent edition of the Bluebook and Law Review local rules.

The associate editors are also required to produce a legal comment of publishable quality on a topic of their choosing.