ylj-student-editor-review
Use when working with The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) student editors during evaluation and acceptance — the Articles & Essays Committee read, the Notes Development process for student authors, and the source-pull. It explains how the student-edited model works; it does not run the intensive line-edit cycle (ylj-revision-and-editing).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ylj-student-editor-review --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Student-Editor Review (ylj-student-editor-review) YLJ is **edited entirely by Yale Law students** and is **not peer-reviewed**. The people deciding and editing your piece are law students — exceptionally able, reading anonymized, and backed by a rigorous process. Understanding *how they read and verify* changes how you prepare. This skill covers evaluation, acceptance, and the source-pull; the multi-round line editing afterward is `ylj-revision-and-editing`. ## When to trigger - You want to understand who evaluates the piece and on what criteria - You are a Yale Law student starting a **Note or Comment** (Notes Development process) - An offer arrived and the source-pull / verification is beginning - You're unsure why a student-edited review differs from peer review ## How the read works (Articles & Essays) - **Anonymized.** The Articles & Essays Committee evaluates without the author's name, affiliation, or publication history. The manuscript must persuade on its own; reputation is invisible. - **A finished piece is judged.** There is no "revise then we'll consider" peer round — the Committee decides on the submitted, near-final manuscript. A rough draft is read as a rough draft.
- When to trigger
- How the read works (Articles & Essays)
- The student-author path (Notes & Comments)
- The source-pull (what makes student editing distinctive)
- Editor-read packet
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the ylj-student-editor-review skill do?
Use when working with The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) student editors during evaluation and acceptance — the Articles & Essays Committee read, the Notes Development process for student authors, and the source-pull. It explains how the student-edited model works; it does not run the intensive line-edit cycle (ylj-revision-and-editing).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ylj-student-editor-review --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.