Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

The Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy (DJGLP) is an interdisciplinary law journal published by students at the Duke University School of Law.

The journal describes itself as focusing on topics "relating to gender, sexuality, race, and class in the context of law and public policy" and with the mission to "foster debate, to publish work largely overlooked by other law reviews, and to encourage scholarship outside the bounds of conventional law school curricula...[t]aking an expansive view of law, engaging other disciplines including literature, sociology, anthropology, psychology, politics, and critical theory. Our goal is not only to explore what the law was and is, but what it could and should be." [1]

Published twice yearly, DJGLP issues are usually centered on a selected topic which in past years has included "Gender and Race in Adoption," "HIV Law and Policy," "Gender and Sports," "Gender Issues in Divorce," and "Queer Theory." In January 2007, DJGLP published "Makeup, Identity Performance & Discrimination," the largest issue ever published by any journal at Duke Law School. In May 2007, DJGLP published "Gender, Sexuality & the Military," the second largest issue ever published by any journal at Duke Law School.

The staff of DJGLP is 36 student editors, selected for membership based on performance in the 1L Casenote Competition and the 2L Work-on/Note-on Program. The faculty advisor is Professor Catherine Fisk, who provides general guidance and advises the editors in topic and author selection.

Editors-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief Volume Year
Kathryn Branch 1 1994
Kelly Sather 2 1995
Lynn-Anne M. Schow 3 1996
John Donald 4 1997
Julie M. Riewe 5 1998
Evan W. Fuguet 6 1999
Douglas W. Benson 7 2000
Timothy Johnson 8 2001
Jessica Faye Carter 9 2002
Gina Lucky Dizzia 10 2003
Montaye Sigmon McGee 11 2004
Kendra M. Laffe 12 2005
James R. Nowlin, III 13 2006
Ryan Scott Higgins 14 2007
Ambrea N. Watts 15 2008
Amelia Hairston-Porter 16 2009
Adam Murad 17 2010
Amy Rublin 18 2011

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