[dandiegirl]

I saw a post here earlier that said that he was president of the law review not editor.

[outpostinmass2]

From the New York Times article linked above:

“The Harvard Law Review, generally considered the most prestigious in the country, elected the first black president in its 104-year history today. The job is considered the highest student position at Harvard Law School.”

I don’t know what his duties were as president but I assume it is much different then editor. From the description in the article it appears to be a figure head post.

[Kenny Bunk]

He also doubted whether he was legitimately an editor on the Harvard Law Review, because if he was, he would be the first and only editor of an Ivy League law review to never be published while in school (publication is or was a requirement).

You are correct. He was PRESIDENT of the Harvard Law Review. That is quite an accomplishment. However, the President of the Law Review is an administrative post, not an editorial one, and in the rarefied halls of Harvard Law, nowhere as prestigious as being the Editor. Publishing articles, or editing them is not part of the job. Scheduling meetings, printing the journal, meetings, and more meetings, handled by a staff, is the job, which is actually more of a title.

To give old what's-his-name his due, he is reputed to have handled the minimal tasks required fairly well.

N.B.: One may be President of the Harvard Law Review without being a Natural Born Citizen.