Editors not only ensure that arguments are well reasoned and supported, but also work with authors to express thoughts clearly and concisely so that readers with a wide array of talents and interests can benefit from the publication. Funding for SLPR comes from subscriptions, individual copy sales, advertising, and sponsorships. Students develop the business plan for the publication, create the budget, and coordinate subscription drives. Students produce SLPR almost entirely with desktop publishing software. Students design the layout and style of the publication and see each article through the editing and production process.
Staff also design some advertising graphics.
Staffing for SLPR comes from all three law school classes. Students can join as editor candidates during their first year. More experienced editors may become article editors responsible for an entire article. The Stanford Law Review was organized in 1948. Each year the Law Review publishes one volume, which appears in six separate issues between November and July.