Boston College Law Review

Infobox Journal


discipline = Legal studies
abbreviation = B.C. L. Rev.
publisher = Boston College Law School
country = USA
frequency = Five times per year
history = 1959 -
openaccess =
website = http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/lawreviews/bclawreview.html
ISSN = 0161-6587The "Boston College Law Review" is a journal of legal scholarship and student organization at Boston College Law School. It has been continuously published since 1959. Up until 1977, it was known as the "Boston College Industrial & Commercial Law Review". Among student-edited general-interest law reviews, it is currently ranked 23rd in the country based on citations per article. [Washington & Lee Law School Law Review Impact Rankings, [http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/index.aspx http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/index.aspx] .] The Law Review publishes five issues each year—in January, March, May, September, and November (starting in 2007). Each issue typically includes two articles concerning legal issues of national interest written by prominent outside authors, as well as three student-written notes. The Law Review has published articles on such wide-ranging topics as the legal issues involved in managing the lives of ex-offenders (an article cited by Justice Stephen Breyer in his dissenting opinion in "Blakely v. Washington", 2004), the compensation of fund managers in the mutual fund industry, and the contributions of interdisciplinary evidence scholarship. Past authors have included Profs. Roger Park, Michael J. Saks, Martha Minow, Edward Imwinkelried, John Bogle (the retired CEO of Vanguard Investments), the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. The Law Review also hosts annual or semi-annual symposia. In 2006, the Law Review symposium addressed the legal ramifications of owning private and public standards.

The Law Review is staffed by second- and third-year law students. Positions on the Law Review are filled by students who either attain the top 10% of grades in first-year classes, or who score the highest based on a first-year writing competition. The staff is comprised of approximately fifty law students.

ampling of significant articles

*cite journal |last=Higginbotham |first=A. Leon, Jr. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1995 |month= |title=Violence in America: ‘Contracts,’ Myths and History |journal=Boston College Law Review |volume=36 |issue= |pages=899 |id= |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Jackson |first=Jesse |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1995 |month= |title=Reclaiming Our Youth from Violence |journal=Boston College Law Review |volume=36 |issue= |pages=913 |id= |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Brudney |first=Victor |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1997 |month= |title=Contract and Fiduciary Duty in Corporate Law |journal=Boston College Law Review |volume=38 |issue= |pages=595 |id= |url= |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Bogle |first=John C. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2004 |month= |title=Remutualizing the Mutual Fund Industry—The Alpha and the Omega |journal=Boston College Law Review |volume=45 |issue= |pages=391 |id= |url=http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/lawreviews/meta-elements/journals/bclawr/45_2/03_FMS.htm |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Horwitz |first=Paul |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2005 |month= |title=Grutter’s "First Amendment" |journal=Boston College Law Review |volume=46 |issue= |pages=461 |id= |url=http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/lawreviews/meta-elements/journals/bclawr/46_3/volume_46_3_web.pdf |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Minow |first=Martha |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2005 |month= |title=Outsourcing Power: How Privatizing Military Efforts Challenges Accountability, Professionalism, and Democracy |journal=Boston College Law Review |volume=46 |issue= |pages=989 |id= |url=http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/lawreviews/meta-elements/journals/bclawr/46_5/bclr_46_5_web.pdf |accessdate= |quote=
*cite journal |last=Park |first=Roger C. |authorlink= |coauthors=Saks, Michael J. |year=2006 |month= |title=Evidence Scholarship Reconsidered: Results of the Interdisciplinary Turn |journal=Boston College Law Review |volume=47 |issue= |pages=949 |id= |url=http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/lawreviews/meta-elements/journals/bclawr/47_5/bclr_47_5_web.pdf |accessdate= |quote=

References

External links

* [http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/lawreviews/bclawreview.html Boston College Law Review website]
* [http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/ Boston College Law School website]