Welcome back to Ahead of the Curve. I’m Karen Sloan, legal education editor at Law.com, and I’ll be your host for this weekly look at innovation and notable developments in legal education.

This week, I’m highlighting some important firsts at flagship law reviews. Journals at the University of Virginia; the University of Minnesota; Fordham University and Tulane University have elected their first-ever Black editors-in-chief. Meanwhile, the Stanford Law Review and the Harvard Law Review have elected their first Muslim editors-in-chief. Next, a Howard college student goes viral after getting into Harvard Law (and a dozen other top law schools.) Read on!