Those of you who are connected with the National Conference of Law Reviews deserve hearty congratulations. As we mark the turn of the century, Americans can celebrate, among other things, the stability and advances of the United States legal system, an achievement that speaks loudly to the successes of legal institutions, the enduring, yet flexible, nature of our laws, and the soundness of legal education. You—the leading students of our law schools—now carry the heavy mantle and must perpetuate and improve our legal system during the twenty-first century.