Legal writing is an essential element to the study of law, a concept the Board of 2011 understood. Nicole, Thandi, Serena, Jared, Clare, Chastin, Kenneth, Natasha and Mark committed to ensuring that this young legal journal produced passionate and professional articles. The Board never wavered from their task of guaranteeing that the authors flourished in their ndividuality. Topics vary from Osama bin Laden to environmental law, from a desperate plea for legal inspiration and passion to stellar philosophical arguments diffusing complex situations. The essence of legal writing has been laid out for the reader/researcher in this journal — the fifth (2011) edition of the Pretoria Student Law Review (PSLR).