Law School Public Interest Programs - Public Interest Journals
The Government Law & Policy Journal is a scholarly, yet dynamic, periodical covering issues of importance to attorneys working in government and for non-profit organizations. It is published twice yearly by the NY State Bar Assn Committee on Attorneys in Public Service and is produced by ALS's Government Law Center. Several students serve on the Journal's editorial board under the direction of ALS professor and editor-in-chief Vincent Bonventre.
American University Washington College of Law
The American University International Law Review is produced by law students and publishes six issues per year, focusing on issues such as: Arms Control; Labor; Environmental Justice; Gender; Human Rights; Immigration; Ethics; International Crime; and more. ( http://www.wcl.american.edu/pub/ilr/home.htm)
The American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law was founded in 1992 to provide a forum for those interested in gender issues and feminist legal studies. In 1998, the Journal expanded its mission to include social policy as well as gender issues. ( http://www.wcl.american.edu/pub/journals/genderlaw/)
The Human Rights Brief is a publication of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the Washington College of Law. The Human Rights Brief reports about developments in international human rights and humanitarian law, as well as provides concise legal analysis of current human rights issues. ( http://www.wcl.american.edu/hrbrief/)
The American Jurist
Sustainable Development Law and Policy
The Appalachian Journal of Law’s mission statement focuses, in part, on scholarship related to community service. The Appalachian Natural Resources Law Journal promotes the understanding of issues in the field of natural resources law.
Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Barry University School of Law
Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
First published in 1971, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review (EA) is one of the nation's two oldest law reviews dedicated to environmental law. Having developed and maintained a national reputation as one of the country's leading environmental and land use journals, EA has the highest subscription rate among the law reviews at Boston College Law School.
Third World Law JournalFounded in 1978, the Third World Law Journal is a unique legal periodical that fills the need for a progressive, alternative legal perspective on issues both within the United States and in the developing world. The Journal's scope includes issues affecting underrepresented populations, human and civil rights, immigration, women's and children's issues, and issues of disproportionate economic impact. Published twice annually, the Journal contains articles by outside authors, student notes, and student book reviews. The founders of the Journal envisioned it as a forum for discussing legal issues affecting people, cultures, and institutions that share a common history of colonialism, oppression, under-representation, and marginalization in the political and economic processes.
For a complete listing of BC Law journals and for more detailed information about the journals, visit: www.bc.edu/schools/law/lawreviews
Boston University School of Law
The Public Interest Law Journal (PILJ) is a non-partisan publication dedicated to the academic discussion of legal issues within the public interest. The PILJ focuses on constitutional law, criminal law, and family law, as well as legal ethics, environmental issues, education law, and civil rights law. Edited by second and third-year students, the PILJ features articles relating to public interest written by practicing lawyers, professors, judges, scholars and public officials, as well as book reviews, current developments in the law, and other commentaries. The Journal also publishes student-written Notes on current public interest issues.
In addition to PILJ , there are several other scholarly journals which offer students the opportunity to research and write about current legal topics in the field of public interest law. The other law school journals are the Boston University Law Review, American Journal of Law and Medicine, Annual Review of Banking & Financial Law, Boston University International Law Journal and Journal of Science & Technology Law. http://www.bu.edu/law/central/jd/organizations/journals/pilj/index.html
Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School
Education and Law Journal: The journal focuses on education issues. Student editors have the option of participating in public school mentoring programs. Faculty Advisor: Professor Scott Ferrin, scott_ferrin@byu.edu, (801) 422-4804.
Journal of Public Law: This student-edited journal focuses on issues arising in public law. Faculty Advisor: Professor Lynn Wardle, wardlel@lawgate.byu.edu, (801) 422-2617.
Articles in The Brooklyn Law Review, Brooklyn Journal of International Law and particularly The Journal of Law and Policy often address issues relevant to the public interest community. In addition, website users can access the section on public service directly from the School’s homepage. That section provides a wealth of information about many aspects of the public service program including pro bono opportunities, clinics, faculty, curriculum, funding, fellowships and internships, and others topics. Employment and job search resources are also available in the Public Service section of the website. As of the Fall of 2009, Brooklyn Law School’s website will include an internal portal for enrolled students, and sections of the website intended for their use will not be viewable on the external website.
California Western School of Law
Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
Case Western Reserve University Law School
Catholic University of America School of Law
Chapman University School of Law
City University of New York Law at Queens College
New York City Law Review http://www.law.cuny.edu/academics/LawReview.html
Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Columbia University School of Law
Columbia Journal of Gender and Law
Columbia Human Rights Law Review, including the Jailhouse Lawyers Manual
Columbia Journal of Environmental Law
Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems
Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts
The National Black Law Journal
Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy:
Volume 14 Number 1, Fall 2004
Volume 14 Number 2, Summer 2005
Volume 14 Number 3, Summer 2005
Cornell Law Review:
Volume 90 Number 1, November 2004
Volume 90 Number 2, January 2005
Volume 90 Number 3, March 2005
Cornell International Law Journal:
Volume 37 Issue 1
Volume 37 Issue 3
Volume 38 Issue 1
Creighton University School of Law
DePaul University College of Law
Journal for Social Justice - The Journal for Social Justice is a new publication of the Center for Public Interest Law. It promotes discussion of public policy issues, encouraging submissions of interdisciplinary work. The journal offers legal practitioners, community leaders, academics and students, the opportunity to voice their concerns, share their unique experiences, offer radical viewpoints and propose solutions. Journal articles are meant to reflect the experiences of the author. The Journal also explores alternative publication formats and expands content options to broaden access and better engage readers.
Center for Public Interest Law Newsletter - http://www.law.depaul.edu/centers_institutes/public_interest/newsletter.asp
Drake University School of Law
Constitutional Law Symposium http://www.law.drake.edu/centers/conLaw/#conLawSymposium
Drake Journal of Agricultural Law http://students.law.drake.edu/agLawJournal/
Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law
All the journals regularly feature public interest articles. Sample public interest articles for 2004-2005 can be found at http://www.law.duke.edu/journals
Duquesne University School of Law
Emory University School of Law
For a complete list, visit www.law.emory.edu/pi.
Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law
Florida A&M University College of Law
No journals. Information about the law school clinics can be found at http://www.fcsl.edu/clinic/clinical-programs.
Florida International University College of Law
Florida State University College of Law
Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law
Journal of Transnational Law and Policy
Fordham University School of Law
See http://law.fordham.edu/publications.htm
George Mason University School of Law
George Washington University Law School
Georgetown University Law Center
Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy (Geo. J. on Poverty Law & Pol'y)
Georgetown Journal on Gender & the Law (Geo. J. Gender & L.)
Georgetown Immigration Law Journal (Geo. Immigr. L. J.)
American Criminal Law Review, (Am. Crim. L. Rev.) vol 42, #1 (Winter 2005) and vol 42,#2 (Spring 2005)
Georgetown International Environmental Law Review (Geo. Int'l Envtl L Rev.) Volume XVI, Issue 4 (Summer 2004) & Volume XVII, Issue 3 (Spring 2005)
Georgetown Law Journal (Geo. L.J.), Annual Review of Criminal Procedure, 2004)
Georgia State University College of Law
Golden Gate University School of Law
Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal http://www.GGU.edu/lawlibrary/environmental_law_journal
The Annual Survey of International and Comparative Law http://www.GGU.edu/lawlibrary/annual_survey
Gonzaga University School of Law
Hamline University School of Law
Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy - http://law.hamline.edu/jplp/index.html
BlackLetter Law Journal
Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
Environmental Law Review
Human Rights Journal
Journal of Law and Public Policy
Latino Law Review
Women's Law Journal
UnBound
Hofstra University School of Law
HOFSTRA LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW JOURNAL, Volume 22, No. 2 (Spring 2005) - The 40th Anniversary of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
http://law.hofstra.edu/Academics/Journals/LaborAndEmploymentLawJournal/labor_vol22no2.html
Howard University School of Law
Human Rights & Globalization Law Review
Illinois Institute of Technology: Chicago-Kent College of Law
The A2J Student Editorial Board is a student-run initiative directed at training students in the use of A2J Author®, creating A2J Guided Interviews® and conducting research to increase access to justice. The A2J Student Editorial Board is comprised of a Chief Editor, Executive Editor, Senior Editors and Associate Editors.
Indiana University Maurer School of Law (Bloomington)
Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis
Inter American University of Puerto Rico: Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law
John Marshall Law School – Atlanta
Lewis & Clark College School of Law
Animal Law Review
Liberty University School of Law
None at this time.
Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Loyola Law School: Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
37 Loyola Law Review - Social Justice Symposium
Loyola University Chicago: Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Loyola Public Interest Law Reporter, a student-edited national magazine of news and features on the law of human rights, economic justice, criminal justice, the environment, and government operations.
Loyola University New Orleans: Loyola University New Orleans School of Law
Loyola University New Orleans Journal of Public Interest Law
http://law.loyno.edu/%7Epublaw. Printing costs and $12,000 in scholarships for editorial board members are provided by the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center.
Marquette University Law School
Established in 1999 Marquette University Law School Elder's Advisor is a quarterly, national journal devoted to law and policy issues of later life, retirement, disability and financial planning. Elder's Advisor is produced biannually by student staff members and is a publication of Marquette University Law School. Marquette Law students have the opportunity to work closely with experts in the field to bring to publication a readable compendium of current issues, complex policy problems, and counseling for elder clients and constituents.
The Marquette Law School Office of Public Service maintains a substantial presence on the law school website under its Public Service tab: http://law.marquette.edu/jw/publicservice Found within the pages of this website is information on: mission, service, public interest careers, community outreach, the Pro Bono Society, the Restorative Justice Initiative, and many special public interest programs sponsored by Marquette Law School.
Mercer University School of Law
Michigan State University College of Law
Mississippi College: Mississippi College School of Law
New England School of Law: New England School of Law
The Center for Law and Social Responsibility, http://www.nesl.edu/clsr/
The Center for International Law and Policy, http://www.nesl.edu/center/
The New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement, http://www.nesl.edu/journal/
The New England Journal of International and Comparative Law, http://www.nesl.edu/intljournal/
New York Law School: New York Law School
Justice Action Center Student Capstone Journal
CityLand
Lawyers Without Borders Global Human Rights Bulletin
New York University: New York University School of Law
For a complete list of NYU’s journals, see http://www.law.nyu.edu/journals/.
Environmental Law Journal- http://www1.law.nyu.edu/journals/envtllaw/
Journal of International Law and Politics - http://www.law.nyu.edu/journals/jilp/index.htm
Journal of Legislation and Public Policy - http://www.law.nyu.edu/journals/legislation/index.htm
Law Review - http://www.law.nyu.edu/journals/lawreview/index.htm
Review of Law and Social Change - http://www.law.nyu.edu/journals/reviewoflawandsocialchange/index.htm
North Carolina Central University School of Law
Northeastern University: Northeastern University School of Law
Northeastern University Law Journal
Northern Illinois University: Northern Illinois University College of Law
None
Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law
Northwestern University: Northwestern University School of Law
Journal of Law and Social Policy
Journal of International Human Rights
Notre Dame: Notre Dame Law School
Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy
The Journal, which directly analyzes law and public policy from an ethical perspective, is published by the Thomas J. White Center. http://www.nd.edu/~ndlaw/student/journals.html
Journal of College and University Law
This is the only U.S. law review devoted solely to the law of higher education. http://www.nd.edu/~ndlaw/student/journals.html
Nova Southeastern University: Shepard Broad Law Center
Ohio Northern Claude W. Pettit College of Law
Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Oklahoma City University: Oklahoma City University School of Law
Pace Law Review Volume 24.2
21 Pace Envtl. L. Rev. 1 & 2
Pennsylvania State University The Dickinson School of Law
While Penn State Law does not have a specific public interest journal, it does have a number of public interest publications including an annually updated “Guide to Public Interest Opportunities”, weekly public interest updates, bi-annual newsletters, and the Penn State Journal of Law and International Affairs.
Pepperdine University: Odell McConnell Law Center
None
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Regent University: School of Law
None
Roger Williams University: School of Law
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Center for Law and Justice (Newark)
Women's Rights Law Reporter
Race and the Law Review
Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey School of Law, Camden
Rutgers Journal of Law & Religion
Rutgers Journal of Law & Urban Policy
Saint John's University School of Law
Saint Louis University: Saint Louis University School of Law
Public Law Review
Saint Mary’s University of San Antonio: St. Mary’s University of San Antonio School of Law
The Scholar is a law review that focuses on minority issues.
Saint Thomas University: St. Thomas University School of Law (FL)
Human Rights Institute - workshops and legal scholarship/writing opportunities.
Samford University: Cumberland School of Law
None
Santa Clara University: Santa Clara University School of Law
The Santa Clara Law Review dedicated a symposium to Social Justice: Meeting Human Needs, Examining the Social Safety Net for Working America. This issue can be found at 44 Santa Clara Law Review, Number 4, 2004.
Seattle University: Seattle University School of Law
The Seattle Journal for Social Justice is a peer-reviewed, student-edited, interdisciplinary journal. The SJSJ publishes writings that reflect theoretical, literary and hands-on approaches toward achieving social justice. Traditional academic articles are welcome. Non-traditional formats such as narrative, commentary, interview, essay and artwork are also encouraged. www.law.seattleu.edu/sjsj
Seton Hall University: Seton Hall University School of Law
Certain faculty teach classes in which students participate in public interest litigation projects.
South Texas College: South Texas College of Law
Southern Illinois University School of Law
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
Southern University Law Center
Southwestern University: Southwestern Law School
34 Southwestern Law Review 575
Stanford Law School offers several journals that cover substantive issues relating to public policy and public interest matters.
Environmental Law Journal (ELJ), which was founded in 1978, is a semiannual scholarly periodical dedicated to analyses of current environmental legal issues and policies.
Compiled and edited entirely by Stanford Law School students, ELJ publishes articles, and sometimes essays, on timely and important issues in natural resources law, environmental policy, law and economics, international environmental law, and other topics relating to law and the environment. For example, ELJ has covered such topics as hazardous waste, energy development, natural resources conservation and regulation, global warming, and environmental justice. In particular, ELJ seeks to educate regarding the complexities of the natural world as reflected in the law, and to impart an understanding of the environment within the framework of the legal system.
ELJ solicits submissions from academics, practitioners, and others; it also accepts student articles. ELJ publishes in January and June.
Stanford Journal of Animal Law and Policy was founded in August 2007 to provide a widely accessible forum for the publication and discussion of animal law scholarship.
The Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (SJCRCL) is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to civil rights and liberties issues both domestically and internationally. It seeks to explore the changing landscape of the civil rights and civil liberties dialogue, the real world implications of these changes on society, and the larger structural and systemic implications of these issues.
The Stanford Journal of International Law (SJIL) is a scholarly periodical devoted to analyses of current international legal issues. The student-run biannual prints articles by professors, practitioners, and students on a wide range of legal topics, including public international law, human rights, international trade, and comparative law. SJIL also publishes book reviews.
Within the law school community, SJIL exposes students to cutting-edge issues in international law and develops their research, writing, and editing skills. Outside the law school, it provides a resource for the exchange of scholarly ideas among practitioners, professors, judges, and holders of political office.
SJIL particularly encourages students to write and publish both full-length "notes" and shorter "recent developments." These shorter pieces are half the length of regular notes and discuss the legal significance of an important recent event in international law.
The Stanford Journal of Law, Science, and Policy is a peer reviewed journal for innovative interdisciplinary scholarship that bridges the divide between legal and scientific scholarship. The semiannual journal provides a unique opportunity for scientists and legal scholars to write together and is freely available online to ensure a broad readership.
The Stanford Law & Policy Review (SLPR) publishes academic articles that analyze the intersection of local and national policy with our legal system. While maintaining the scholarly standards of other law journals, SLPR is written for and distributed to the nation's policymakers: lawyers, judges, government officials, scholars in law and the social sciences, and leaders in the business world. Each issue features a symposium on a current policy topic.
Stetson University: Stetson University College of Law
Although Stetson does not have a journal dedicated specifically to public interest, specific editions of the Stetson Law Review have focused on issues pertinent to the public interest, such as non-profit symposiums issues and local government issues.
ABA Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law (housed at UB Law School) http://www.abanet.org/forums/affordable/writing/home.shtml
Buffalo Environmental Law Journal http://wings.buffalo.edu/law/belj/
Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal http://wings.buffalo.edu/law /bpilj/
Buffalo Human Rights Law Journal http://wings.buffalo.edu/law /bhrlc/
Buffalo Women's Law Journal http://wings.buffalo.edu/law/bwlj/
Syracuse University: College of Law
Impunity Watch - Impunity Watch's fundamental goal is to provide a means of casting
a light on perceived injustices and providing a voice for the voiceless. This is achieved by providing an open forum, real-time unbiased objective reporting, and reflection on impunity issues throughout the world. Further, they endeavor to foster awareness and build readership by publishing timely, scholarly articles written by academic, professional, and student authors on impunity issues. The publication’s true hope is to inspire awareness and to immediately alert the world to impunity issues as they arise. It is the goal of the publication to give the modern day Anne Frank a medium to instantaneously share her story while there is still time to make a difference.
http://www.law.syr.edu/students/publications/impunitywatch/
Temple University: James E. Beasley School of Law
Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review
Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Texas Tech University School of Law
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
Thomas Jefferson School of Law: Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Cooley's public interest journal is the Journal of Practical and Clinical Law. Cooley's Center for Ethics, Service, and Professionalism also maintains its own website focusing on its programs and opportunities: www.cooley.edu/ethics/.
Touro College: Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
None.
Tulane University: Tulane University School of Law
The Tulane Environmental Law Journal – http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsstudentlife/index.aspx?id=626&terms=environmental+law+journal
Law & Sexuality – http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsjournals/tlas/index.aspx?id=3598&terms=law+and+sexuality
University of Akron: C. Blake McDowell Law Center
University of Alabama: University of Alabama School of Law
Alabama Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Law Review Alabama Law Review Journal of the Legal Profession Law & Psychology Review
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
The Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law
University of Arkansas at Little Rock: William H. Bowen School of Law
None.
University of Arkansas School of Law
Legal Services of Arkansas
Arkansas Access to Justice Commission
Arkansas Bar Association Publications-Pamphlets for the Public
University of Baltimore School of Law
University of California - Irvine School of Law
University of California - Los Angeles
University of California at Davis: University of California at Davis School of Law
Although the law school does not have a journal dedicated to public interest, all journals
at UC Davis support public interest research and writing.
UC Davis Journal of International Law & Policy
http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/jilp/about_us.htm
UC Davis Journal of Juvenile Law and Policy
http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/jjlp/default.html
UC Davis Law Review
http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/lawreview/
Environs (Biannual environmental law and policy journal). http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/environs/
University of California, Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
Links to journal websites can be found at: http://www.law.berkeley.edu/228.htm
University of California-Hastings College of the Law
Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal Hastings Women's Law Journal Hastings West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law and Policy
University of Chicago: University of Chicago Law School
University of Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati College of Law
University of Colorado: School of Law
Colorado Journal on International Environmental Law and Policy, http://www.colorado.edu/law/cjielp/
University of Connecticut: University of Connecticut School of Law
The Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal maintains a website at http://www.law.uconn.edu/journals/cpilj.
The Journal is managed exclusively by students and is aimed at bringing greater attention to
public interest legal scholarship.
University of Dayton: University of Dayton School of Law
The School of Law sponosrs a quarterly social justice column in the Dayton Lawyer Magazine, a publication for law graduates and others in community.
University of Denver: Sturm College of Law
The College of Law is currently in the process of developing a public interest website at: http://www.law.du.edu/publicinterest
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
University of Florida: Fredric G. Levin College of Law
The Journal of Law and Public Policy - http://www.law.ufl.edu/news/publications.shtml
University of Georgia School of Law
None
University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law
University of Houston Law Center
University of Idaho: College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
The Elder Law Journal
The Journal is an academic publication published twice annually by the students of the University of Illinois College of Law. The Elder Law Journal is the only scholarly publication addressing elder law issues in the country. The Journal publishes manuscripts that not only address policy decisions, but also serve as guides to attorneys practicing in the field. The members of The Elder Law Journal are also quite active in bringing leading experts to the College of Law to address significant topics in this area.
The Comparative Labor Law Journal
The Journal was founded in 1976 to provide a venue for the very best scholarship in the comparative analysis of labor law, employment policy, and social security issues. In 1997, the Journal moved to the University of Illinois where it was renamed Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal and its Editorial Advisory Board broadened better to reflect its mission.
With an extensive world-wide circulation, the Journal has become a major international forum for research, theoretical and applied, in an area of growing importance to the developed and in the developing world.
Prisoners' Rights Research Project
Indigent prisoners incarcerated across the country write to the Project requesting answers to specific legal problems. Working under a student supervisor and faculty advisor, volunteers hone their research skills and gain significant insight into our corrections system by answering these complex questions.
Illinois Law & Economics Papers
Faculty members at the College of Law have published their recent scholarly papers online through the Legal Scholarship Network of the Social Science Research Network. Many of the submissions by the faculty include cutting edge analysis of topics of critical public interest value.
The Bushong Student Award
The Award is a writing competition wherein College of Law students will compete for the scholarship based on a written article or other paper dedicated to presenting topics relating to gay and lesbian legal rights issues.
Additional Publications
Other well respected publications at the College of Law, including the University of Illinois Law Review, generally regarded as one of the preeminent law reviews in the country, and the Illinois Law Update, frequently address emerging issues and critical analysis of laws relevant to the field of public interest.
University of Iowa College of Law
Journal of Gender, Race & Justice – http://www.law.uiowa.edu/journals/grj/
Mission Statement:
“The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice is not for the weak of heart or the timid in spirit. Feminist inquiry and critical race analysis are the touchstones of our endeavor. Our building blocks are new forms of analysis that reach beyond traditional conceptions of legal thought. We challenge our writers, our readers, and ourselves to question who we are and how the law defines us. We strive to be a transformative experience. In a spirit of openness, we explore how we are classified, stratified, ignored and singled out under the law because of our race, sex, gender economic class, ability, sexual identity and the multitude of labels applied to us. Identity is a matrix of experiences; when the law fails to recognize any one facet of our identity, both the law and the person lose invaluable dimension. Our challenge is to examine how we negotiate our identities, how the legal system negotiates them for us and how these negotiations affect our ability to attain justice.
Our conception of justice looks beyond legal rights to how fairness, equity and respect delineate the boundaries of what legal justice must, at a minimum, entail. We include all struggles against oppression within this conception. We seek to invoke a vision of justice that is without fear, a vision that allows us to be who we are as we are, without sanction or penalty. We encourage personal and social responsibility towards achieving this vision, and we welcome all viewpoints and ideas that are expressed with respect and collegiality.
Finally, we are a journal that promotes living discussion. Through our annual symposium, we will test, shape and strengthen our scholarship by bringing a myriad of experiences into the realm of legal thought. We intend to build alliances across differences, to rub ideas together and watch the sparks fly. We invite you to help us fan the flames, to set the legal community on fire.”
University of Kansas: School of Law
The Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy www.law.ku.edu/publications/journal/issues/.
University of Kentucky College of Law
University of La Verne College of Law
University of Louisville: Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
None.
University of Maine School of Law
University of Maryland: University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
http://www.law.umaryland.edu/academics/journals/
University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
University of Miami School of Law
University of Michigan: University of Michigan Law School
OPS publishes a web-based job search engine called Jobnet http://cgi2.www.law.umich.edu/_JobNet/.
Michigan Law School has a number of scholarly journals that regularly focus on public interest issues. For additional information, visit http://www.law.umich.edu/journalsandOrgs/orgs.htm
University of Minnesota: University of Minnesota Law School
The U of M Law School has a student-edited, faculty-edited, and student- and faculty-edited scholarly journals. xAll seven journals are open to articles related to public interest but the most relevant journals to public interest include:
http://w3.uchastings.edu/hrplj/
http://w3.uchastings.edu/wlj
http://w3.uchastings.edu/wnw
University of Mississippi School of Law
University of Missouri - Columbia: School of Law
None.
University of Missouri Kansas City University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law
University of Montana: University of Montana School of Law
None
University of Nebraska: University of Nebraska College of Law
None.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas: William S. Boyd School of Law
5 Nev. L.J. (Fall 2004) (Symposium Issue: Pursuing Equal Justice in the West)
Nevada Law Journal, Volume 6, (Spring 2006), Number 3 – Special Issue on Legal Representation of Children
University of New Hampshire School of Law
University of New Hampshire Law Review:
In the Spring of 2011, the University of New Hampshire Law Review is dedicating its final issue as a Social Justice Symposium. Additionally, Luke Nelson, a third-year law student and Editor-and-Chief of the Law Review, will publish an article addressing Al Maqaleh v. Gates , 605 F.3d 84 (D.C. Cir. 2010)—the latest case applying the detainee test to determine the reach of the Suspension Clause and ability for detainees captured during the “War on Terror” to challenge their detention through habeas corpus petitions.
The Law Review anticipates dedicating a volume issue—each year—to a social justice concern.
University of New Mexico School of Law
University of North Carolina: University of North Carolina School of Law
None.
University of North Dakota School of Law
University of Oklahoma College of Law
University of Oregon: University of Oregon School of Law
Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation -- http://www.law.uoregon.edu/org/jell/
Western Environmental Law Update -- http://www.pielc.org/LAW.html
University of Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Law School
Constitutional Law Journal
HYBRID: Journal of Law and Social Change
University of Pittsburgh: School of Law
Pittsburgh Journal of Environmental and Public Health Law
University of Puerto Rico School of Law
University of Richmond T. C. Williams School of Law
Richmond Journal for Law and the Public Interest
The Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest is the scholarly voice for issues pertaining to social welfare, public policy, and a broad spectrum of jurisprudence. Published four times a year, the Journal publishes its content online to reach the widest audience possible, while also publishing one annual print issue focused on the work of the Virginia General Assembly. Our authors have included experienced practitioners, esteemed legal professors, and insightful individuals working to change the world around them.
http://rjolpi.richmond.edu/
University of Saint Thomas: School of Law (MN)
University of San Diego School of Law
The law school's Children's Advocacy Institute (CAI) publications include:
- California Children's Budget 2004-05 (San Diego, CA; 2004)
- 2004 Children's Legislative Report Card (San Diego, CA; 2004)
- 2004 CAI Annual Report (San Diego, CA; 2005)
- Children's Regulatory Law Reporter, Vol. 5, No. 2 (San Diego, CA; 2005)
University of San Francisco School of Law
University of South Carolina: University of South Carolina School of Law
None.
University of South Dakota School of Law
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice, The Review of Law and Social Justice has as its purpose the exploration of legal issues from a social justice perspective. The Review focuses on an interdisciplinary examination of social legal issues and solicits papers from scholars in a variety of fields. For more information visit http://law.usc.edu/why/students/orgs/rlsj/index.cfm.
University of Tennessee College of Law
None
University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Texas Environmental Law Journal, http://www.texenrls.org/publications_journal.cfm
Texas Hispanic Journal of Law & Policy, http://www.utexas.edu/law/journals/thjlp/
Texas International Law Journal, http://www.tilj.org/
Texas Journal of Women and the Law, http://www.tjwl.org
Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights, http://www.utexas.edu/law/journals/tjclcr/
University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law
University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Journal of National Security Law & Policy
The Journal of National Security Law & Policy is devoted exclusively to national security law and policy. Issues feature current articles by creative thinkers from a range of disciplines other than law such as military, intelligence, law enforcement, public health, and civil liberties communities. The Journal's mission is to publish rigorous analysis of the our nation’s greatest challenges and contribute to the formulation of fair, credible solutions that balance our need for liberty and security.
Unlike most law journals, the Journal is peer-reviewed and faculty edited. The Journal involves the national security law and policy experts on its distinguished Editorial Team.
University of Toledo: College of Law
The Legal Institute of the Great Lakes publishes a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal called the Toledo Journal of Great Lakes Law, Science and Policy. In addition, the institute publishes LakeLinks, a regionally distributed newsletter.
University of Tulsa: College of Law
Boesche Legal Clinic http://www.utulsa.edu/academics/colleges/college-of-law/Centers%20and%20Institutes/Boesche%20Legal%20Clinic.aspx
Pro Bono http://www.utulsa.edu/academics/colleges/college-of-law/Student%20Services/Pro%20Bono%20Program.aspx
University of Utah College of Law
University of Virginia School of Law
University of Washington: University of Washington School of Law
Disorient: Critical Legal Journal of Pacific Northwest: http://students.washington.edu/dislaw/
Disorient is a student-run, on-line, interdisciplinary law journal at the University of Washington School of Law. The journal is a forum that will support the development of theory and praxis affecting those traditionally marginalized by the legal academy and dominant social formations. Disorient's primary goal is to initiate a dialogue between scholars, activists and organizations. It will expose the many intersections between the law and race, gender, sexuality and class-based oppression, and will foster change through a multidisciplinary analysis. The journal works to increase local and global cooperation, promote discussion between those working in related fields, and encourages progressive, institutional changes to confront the effects of systematic oppression. Disorient maintains a commitment to historically, socially, and politically grounded modes of critique and attempts to close the divide between transformative intellect and community engagement.
University of Wisconsin: Law School
Wisconsin Law Review
The Wisconsin Law Review is a student-run journal of legal analysis and commentary that is used by professors, judges, practitioners, and others researching contemporary legal topics. The Law Review, which is published six times each year, includes professional and student articles, with content spanning local, state, national, and international topics. In addition to publishing the journal, the Law Review sponsors an annual symposium at which leading scholars debate a significant issue in contemporary law. Students earn membership on the Law Review through a writing competition at the end of their first year.
http://wisconsinlawreview.org/
The Wisconsin International Law Journal
The Wisconsin International Law Journal established in 1982, is written by both professionals in the field and by law students. The Journal offers articles of scholarly and practical interest in various areas of international law. Student members of the Journal edit articles of interest in various areas of international law and draft articles for submission and possible publication. Each spring, the student members coordinate a conference on recent topics of interest in international law.
http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/wilj/
Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society
The Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society is a student-edited journal with a national scope. The Journal, which was established in 1985, publishes contributions from faculty, students, and practitioners on a wide-range of legal topics. Its focus is on scholarship that examines the intersection of law and gender with issues of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientation. The Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society is open to all students.
http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wjlgs/
University of Wyoming School of Law
Valparaiso University: Valparaiso University School of Law
Vanderbilt University Law School
Vermont Journal of Environmental Law -- http://www.vjel.org/about.html
Villanova University: Villanova University School of Law
Environmental Law Journal: Members of the Journal write scholarly articles on topics relating to environmental law and edit and prepare for publication articles written by outside authors. The Journal publishes two issues each year and presents a symposium on a current topic. Students are selected for the Journal at the end of their first or second year through an open writing competition.
Women's Law Forum: The Women's Law Forum (WLF) is an electronic legal publication. It is the first on-line journal at the Villanova University School of Law, and it is designed, edited and published by Villanova Law Students. The WLF serves as a forum for legal scholarship and seeks to educate on legal issues affecting women, to provide a source of information about recent developments in the field and to be a research tool for the legal community. The WLF intends to supplement and expand upon the offerings of traditional print journals. The WLF offers law professors, practicing attorneys, judges and other professionals an opportunity to publish their articles on-line and to electronically engage in discourse with the legal community to discuss and debate these issues. In addition, the WLF seeks to provide law students with the opportunity to comment and respond to publications posted by legal scholars.
The Journal of Catholic Social Thought is jointly published by Villanova University School of Law and the Office of Mission Effectiveness of Villanova University. The Journal is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary publication that brings together authors from the fields of law, theology, philosophy and political theory. Its focus is the rich field of Catholic social teaching and its implications for both theory and practice. Each year the Journal holds an annual symposium on Catholic Social Thought and the Law, and publishes the papers in a special symposium issue. That issue is edited by Villanova law students under the supervision of Dean Mark Sargent.
Wake Forest University School of Law
Students interested in promoting the public interest through academic scholarship can compete for a spot on the Journal of Law and Policy, which is an interdisciplinary publication that explores the intersection of legal issues with public and social policy. Consistent with Wake Forest’s motto of “Pro Humanitate,” the Journal’s mission is to introduce, maintain, and advance discourse so as to uncover policies that will engender equality and the true administration of justice. The Journal seeks submissions that, among other goals, address various societal needs through legal doctrines and systems and hosts dynamic and engaging Symposiums on campus.
For further information see, http://lawpolicyjournal.law.wfu.edu/
Washburn University School of Law
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Washington and Lee University: School of Law
The Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice http://law.wlu.edu/crsj/
Washington University: Washington University School of Law
The Washington University Journal of Law & Policy dedicates one of its volumes to the Public Interest Speakers Series.
Wayne State University Law School
Journal of Law in Society http://www.law.wayne.edu/organization/lawjournal/default.htm
West Virginia University College of Law
Western New England College: School of Law
Western State University College of Law
Public Service webpage is a component of the Career Services website.
Whittier Law School: Whittier Law School
Whittier Journal of Child and Family Advocacy.
Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy.
Widener University School of Law--Delaware Campus
Willamette University: Willamette University College of Law
William and Mary School of Law
There are no journals that are exclusively public interest-oriented. However, the subject area of these journals often encompasses public interest issues: William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal , the William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review , the William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law . See http://law.wm.edu/studentlife/studentorganizations/publish/index.php for information about journals.
William Mitchell College of Law: William Mitchell College of Law
Yale University: Yale Law School
- Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal
- Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics
- Yale Journal of International Law
- Yale Journal of Law and Feminism
- Yale Law & Policy Review
- Yale Journal on Regulation
- Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities
Yeshiva University: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo Public Law, Policy, and Ethics Journal examines how lawyers can advocate in the public interest, how legal issues affect the commonwealth, and how ethical choices affect the law and public at large.
Cardozo Journal of Law and Gender offers challenging and alternative perspectives on such subjects as health care, family law, and civil rights. It was the first journal to publish a women’s annotated legal bibliography.
Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution focuses on topics in alternative dispute resolution and mediation and sponsors the annual International Advocate for Peace Award.
