The ability to plan, outline, and write an essay are invaluable to the language learner at the university level. Many writing programs also have students help each other develop their writing skills through the act of peer-editing. Unfortunately, not all writing programs invest the time and energy in training their students that is necessary to make peer-editing successful (Rollinson, 2005). This presentation will detail the implementation of a successful peer-editing system in a first-year writing course at a Japanese University. The presentation will begin by explaining the initial training the students undergo to prepare them for peer-editing. Then, the actual step-by-step process for conducting peer-editing will be clearly laid out. Finally, the student-to-student counseling sessions will be examined.