Send In Those Submissions For Above The Law’s 15th Annual Law Revue Video Contest!

Spring has sprung, and what which means: we’re now searching for submissions for our annual legislation revue video contest. So far as final 12 months’s submissions are involved, a few of them had been humorous, a few of them had been “meh,” and a few of them made us need to shut our heads inside our laptops. Belief us once we say you do NOT need to be within the final class.

Should you suppose you’ll be able to carry a tune or inform a joke, we ask that you simply ship us your best legislation revue movies in order that we — and the Above the Legislation viewers — might go judgment upon them. Put together for the worst, however hope for the perfect.

These chargeable for the successful video will get Above the Legislation prizes and the pleasure of realizing they’re the envy of their legislation college friends. As all the time, there can be full and complete exoneration for the losers. There’s all the time subsequent 12 months.

Earlier than you begin sending us your movies, we’ve acquired some guidelines. As future members of the authorized career, we hope you’ll be capable of observe them.

1. Your video should be publicly out there on-line someplace. Ship us the hyperlink at tips@abovethelaw.com with the topic line “Legislation Revue Video Contest Submission – [School Name].” We’ll settle for submissions of any movies posted after April 28, 2023 (the deadline for our final contest).
2. To keep away from complaints from rivals (see, e.g., West Virginia’s 2013 winning entry), your major performers should come from throughout the legislation college neighborhood (however cameos from outsiders are okay). How will we outline a “major performer”? Don’t take a look at us, gunners. We’ll know a violation once we see it.
3. Ship us your submission by FRIDAY, APRIL 26, at 5:00 P.M. (Jap time). That’s not a gentle, legislation college deadline; it’s a tough, legislation agency deadline. (NO EXCEPTIONS, so don’t even attempt pleading with us; if you happen to’re studying this publish after the deadline, you don’t learn ATL incessantly sufficient.)
4. Your editors right here at ATL will make an inventory of our favorites, the competitors finalists, and publish them.
5. We are going to NOT watch movies longer than 5 minutes. Use enhancing instruments, individuals.
6. Please submit not more than two entries per college (one per college is even higher). Attempt to collaborate together with your fellow college students and submit not more than two entries. If the management of Legislation Revue can give you “official” submissions, that will be perfect.
7. ATL readers will then vote to decide on the funniest of the finalists. The successful workforce will obtain ATL prizes (restrict 5 prizes).

Listed here are some unofficial guidelines:

• Please ship humorous movies solely.
• You don’t have any concept how brief our consideration spans are. Should you use the total 5 minutes, it higher be completely freakin’ HILARIOUS.
• Gratuitous shout-outs to Above the Legislation are appreciated and inspired.
• Video high quality issues. A shaky clip shot on a handheld from a third-floor balcony might be not going to make the lower.
• Don’t make us hate you.

Ship these movies in. Better of luck — the competitors can be even fiercer than normal, so that you’re going to want it!!! We look ahead to judging you.

Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Legislation, the place she’s labored since 2011. She’d love to listen to from you, so please be happy to email her with any ideas, questions, feedback, or critiques. You possibly can observe her on Twitter and Threads or join along with her on LinkedIn.