Academic journal
The New York University Law Review is a bimonthly general law review covering legal scholarship in all areas, including legal theory and policy, environmental law, legal history, and international law. The journal was established in 1924 as a collaborative effort between law students and members of the local bar.[1] Its first editor-in-chief was Paul D. Kaufman. Between 1924 and 1950, it was at various times known as the Annual Review of the Law School of New York University[2] and the New York University Law Quarterly Review[3] before obtaining its current name in 1950.
Selection
Each year, the journal selects 52 new members from a class of approximately 450. Members are selected using a competitive process, which takes into account an applicant's first-year grades, performance in a writing competition, and potential to contribute to diversity on the journal.[4]
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 2.427.[8]
Lawsuit over discrimination against white males
On October 6, 2018, a group called "Faculty, Alumni, and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences" filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the review over discrimination against white males in selecting staff editors and articles to publish.[9] The challengers lost at trial [10] and again on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.[11] The Supreme Court of the United States declined to review the case.[12]
Alumni
Prominent alumni of the New York University Law Review include:
- Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Leader of the 118th Congress[13]
- Breon Peace, United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York.[14]
- Phil Weiser, 39th Attorney General of Colorado[15]
- Rudy Giuliani, 107th Mayor of New York City
- Evan Chesler, former chairman of Cravath, Swaine & Moore
- Martin Lipton, co-founder of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz,[16]
- Leonard Rosen, co-founder of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz[16]
- Herbert Wachtell, co-founder of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz[16]
- George Katz, co-founder of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz[16]
Notable articles
The journal has published the following notable articles:[17]
- Karl N. Llewellyn, Through Title to Contract and a Bit Beyond, 15 N.Y.U. L.Q. Rev. 159 (1938)
- Hugo L. Black, The Bill of Rights, 35 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 865 (1960)
- Earl Warren, The Bill of Rights and the Military, 37 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 181 (1962)
- Clyde W. Summers, Individual Rights in Collective Agreements and Arbitration, 37 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 362 (1962)
- Henry J. Friendly, In Praise of Erie--And of the New Federal Common Law, 39 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 383 (1964)
- Robert A. Leflar, Choice-Influencing Considerations in Conflict Law, 41 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 267 (1966)
- Anthony G. Amsterdam, The Supreme Court and the Rights of Suspects in Criminal Cases, 45 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 785 (1970)
- Ronald Dworkin, The Forum of Principle, 56 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 469 (1981)
- William J. Brennan, Jr., The Bill of Rights and the States: The Revival of State Constitutions as Guardians of Individual Rights, 61 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 535 (1986)
- Richard L. Revesz, Rehabilitating Interstate Competition: Rethinking the 'Race-to-the-Bottom' Rationale for Federal Environmental Regulation, 67 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1210 (1992)
- Russell G. Pearce, The Professionalism Paradigm Shift: Why Discarding Professional Ideology Will Improve the Conduct and Reputation of the Bar, 70 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1229 (1995)
- Yochai Benkler, Free as the Air to Common Use: First Amendment Constraints on Enclosure of the Public Domain, 74 L. Rev. 354 (1999)
- Jon D. Hanson & Douglas A. Kysar, Taking Behavioralism Seriously: The Problem of Market Manipulation, 74 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 630 (1999)
- Jody Freeman, The Private Role in Public Governance, 75 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 543 (2000)
- Stephen Breyer, Our Democratic Constitution, 77 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 245 (2002)
- Lisa Schultz Bressman, Beyond Accountability: Arbitrariness and Legitimacy in the Administrative State, 78 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 461 (2003)
- Jack M. Balkin, Digital Speech and Democratic Culture: A Theory of Freedom of Expression for the Information Society, 79 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1 (2004)
- Richard A. Nagareda, Class Certification in the Age of Aggregate Proof, 84 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 97 (2009)
- Arthur R. Miller, Simplified Pleading, Meaningful Days in Court, and Trials on the Merits: Reflections on the Deformation of Federal Procedure, 88 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 286 (2013)
