All students must complete a substantial writing project during their second or subsequent years of study.

1. The writing requirement may be fulfilled by writing:
   1. a research paper in a seminar or
   2. a note capable of being published for the University of Louisville Law Review, or
   3. a note or comment accepted for publication in another law review, or
   4. appellate briefs, trial court memoranda, or inter-office memoranda that involve significant legal research, organization and analysis, in a course or seminar.
      Other than as specified in Section 1.d., drafting documents, such as complaints, depositions, trial memoranda, or estate plans, shall not fulfill the writing requirement.
2. With respect to seminar papers or course work in fulfillment of the writing requirement:
   1. to ensure that the topic of the paper provides an opportunity for substantial research, the teacher should either choose the topic or be actively involved in the choice of a topic;
   2. to provide for an adequate educational experience, the student shall submit a draft of the paper which shall be reviewed by the teacher, whereupon a consultation between the teacher and the student shall be scheduled in which the draft is reviewed and suggestions for improvements made; and
   3. the paper must not have been used in a previous course nor have been prepared for publication in a law review.
3. To meet the writing requirement, a paper, University of Louisville Law Review note or law review note or comment, or brief or memorandum, must span at least twenty-five (25) pages, exclusive of footnotes or endnotes, and must be supported by footnotes. A paper submitted in a seminar, as well as one submitted for journal publication, must be typed.
4. The person supervising the fulfillment of the writing requirement shall submit to the Student Records Office with the grades or otherwise at the end of each semester the names of the persons who have fulfilled the writing requirement, the title of the writing which was submitted in fulfillment thereof, and the grade therefor. A writing shall not satisfy the writing requirement unless the supervisor awards it a grade of "C" or higher. The Student Records Office shall note the fulfillment of the writing requirement, the title of the writing and the grade on each student's academic record.