Yale Law Journal
| Yale Law Journal | |
|---|---|
| Discipline | Legal studies |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Daniel J. Hemel |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | The Yale Law Journal Company, Inc. (United States) |
| Publication history | 1891-present |
| Frequency | 8/year |
| Impact factor (2009) |
4.109 |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0044-0094 (print) 1939-8611 (web) |
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The Yale Law Journal is a student-run law review affiliated with the Yale Law School. Published continuously since 1891, it is the most widely known of the eight law reviews published by students at Yale Law School. The journal is one of the most cited legal publications in the nation and usually generates the highest number of citations per published article.[1]
The journal, which is published eight times per year, contains articles, features, and book reviews by professional legal scholars as well as student-written notes and comments. It is edited entirely by students. The journal has an online companion, The Pocket Part, which features op-ed length versions of journal articles and responses from practitioners, policymakers, and scholars. In 2009, the journal announced that The Pocket Part would be integrated into a new online platform, The Yale Law Journal Online.
The Yale Law Journal, in conjunction with the Harvard Law Review, the Columbia Law Review, and the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, publishes the Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, the most widely followed authority for legal citation formats in the United States.
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[edit] Notable alumni
Past editors of the Yale Law Journal include prominent law professors (Akhil Amar, Ian Ayres, Stephen L. Carter, Alan Dershowitz, John Hart Ely, Dawn Johnsen, Randall Kennedy, Kris Kobach, Joseph Goldstein, and John Yoo), the deans of Harvard Law School (Martha Minow), Columbia Law School (David Schizer), Northwestern University School of Law (David E. Van Zandt, now the president of The New School), Michigan Law School (Evan Caminker), New York University School of Law (Richard Revesz), Washington and Lee University School of Law (Nora Demleitner), Georgetown Law Center (T. Alexander Aleinikoff) and Stanford Law School (Bayless Manning),[2] political figures (journalists Michael Barone and Jeff Greenfield, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, Senator Arlen Specter, Senator Michael Bennet, Senator Richard Blumenthal), Supreme Court justices (Abe Fortas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor), and other judges (Guido Calabresi, Steven M. Colloton, Robert Katzmann, Brett Kavanaugh, Sidney Stein).
[edit] Admissions
The journal holds a two-part admissions competition each spring, consisting of a "bluebooking exam" followed by a traditional writing competition. The general membership of the Journal determines the size of each incoming class of editors. Students may also join the staff if they publish a note in the journal. Due to the relatively small size of Yale Law School, a higher percentage of the student body is a member of the journal than at other top-tier law schools.
[edit] Notable articles
Some of journal's most cited articles include:
- Hohfeld, Wesley N. (1913). "Some Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning". Yale Law Journal 23 (1): 16–59. doi:10.2307/785533.
- Llewellyn, Karl N. (1931). "What Price Contract? — An Essay in Perspective". Yale Law Journal 40 (5): 704–751. doi:10.2307/790659.
- Douglas, William O.; Bates, George E. (1933). "The Federal Securities Act of 1933". Yale Law Journal 43 (2): 171–217. doi:10.2307/791346.
- Lasswell, Harold D.; McDougal, Myres S. (1943). "Legal Education and Public Policy: Professional Training in the Public Interest". Yale Law Journal 52 (2): 203–295. doi:10.2307/792244.
- Prosser, William L. (1960). "The Assault upon the Citadel (Strict Liability to the Consumer)". Yale Law Journal 69 (7): 1099–1148. doi:10.2307/794385.
- Calabresi, Guido (1961). "Some Thoughts on Risk Distribution and the Law of Torts". Yale Law Journal 70 (1): 499–553. doi:10.2307/794261.
- Reich, Charles A. (1964). "The New Property". Yale Law Journal 73 (5): 733–787. doi:10.2307/794645.
- Ely, John Hart (1973). "The Wages of Crying Wolf: A Comment on Roe v. Wade". Yale Law Journal 82 (5): 920–949. doi:10.2307/795536.
- Easterbrook, Frank H.; Fischel, Daniel R. (1982). "Corporate Control Transactions". Yale Law Journal 91 (4): 698–737. doi:10.2307/796036.
- Ackerman, Bruce A. (1984). "The Storrs Lectures: Discovering the Constitution". Yale Law Journal 93 (6): 1013–1072. doi:10.2307/796204.
Both Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor published Notes with the Journal, which were scrutinized during their nomination processes to the Supreme Court of the United States.
- Alito, Jr., Samuel A. (1974). "The Released Time Cases Revisited: A Study of Group Decisionmaking by the Supreme Court". Yale Law Journal 83 (6): 1202. doi:10.2307/795480.
- Sotomayor, Sonia (1979). "Statehood and the Equal Footing Doctrine: The Case for Puerto Rican Seabed Rights". Yale Law Journal 88 (4): 825. doi:10.2307/795781.
[edit] References
- ^ Law journals' ranking, Washington & Lee Law School.
- ^ Forester, Sandra (2011-09-21). "Bayless Manning, former dean of the Stanford Law School, dies". Idaho Statesman. http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/09/21/1807357/bayless-manning-the-shiniest-fish.html. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
[edit] Further reading
- Shapiro, Fred R. (1991). "The Most-Cited Articles from The Yale Law Journal". Yale Law Journal (The Yale Law Journal Company, Inc.) 100 (5): 1449–1514. doi:10.2307/796696. JSTOR 796696. http://www.yalelawjournal.org/history.html.
