The Yale Law Journal
| Yale Law Journal cover | |
| Discipline | Legal studies |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Benjamin Taibleson (Volume 119) |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1891 to present |
| Publisher | The Yale Law Journal Company, Inc. (United States) |
| Frequency | Monthly (eight times a year from October through June) |
| 4.05 (2005) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | YLJ |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0044-0094 (print) 1939-8611 (web) |
| Links | |
The Yale Law Journal is a student-run journal of legal scholarship 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.[citation needed][1]
The journal, which is published eight times per year, contains articles, essays, and book reviews by professional legal scholars as well as student-written notes and comments. It is edited entirely by students. The journal was the first to launch an online companion, The Pocket Part, which features op-ed length versions of journal articles and responses from leading practitioners, policymakers, and scholars, and also serves as a forum for the journal's readers and authors to discuss legal scholarship. 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.
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, Roberta Romano, Reiner Kraakman, Tomiko Brown-Nagin, and John Yoo), the deans of Harvard Law School (Martha Minow), Columbia Law School (David Schizer), Michigan Law School (Evan Caminker), New York University School of Law (Richard Revesz) and Georgetown Law Center (T. Alexander Aleinikoff), political figures (journalists Michael Barone and Jeff Greenfield, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, Senator Arlen Specter), Supreme Court justices (Abe Fortas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor), and other judges (Guido Calabresi, Robert Katzmann).
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.
Selected articles published in YLJ
Some of the most cited articles published by the Yale Law Journal 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.
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{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - 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.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Emerson, Thomas I. (1963). "Toward a General Theory of the First Amendment". Yale Law Journal. 72 (5): 877–956. doi:10.2307/794655.
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{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - Mnookin, Robert H. (1979). "Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: The Case of Divorce". Yale Law Journal. 88 (5): 950–997. doi:10.2307/795824.
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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: 1202.
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References
Further reading
- Shapiro, Fred R. (1991). "The Most-Cited Articles from The Yale Law Journal". Yale Law Journal. 100 (5): 1449–1514. doi:10.2307/796696.
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