University of Chicago Legal Forum
DisciplineLaw
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
History1985–present
Publisher
Standard abbreviations
BluebookU. Chi. Legal F.
ISO 4Univ. Chic. Leg. Forum
Indexing
ISSN0892-5593
LCCN88646252
OCLC no.818992631
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The University of Chicago Legal Forum is a student-edited journal published by the University of Chicago Law School. It focuses on a single, highly relevant, legal issue every year, presenting an authoritative and timely approach to a particular topic. To facilitate discussion, the Legal Forum hosts a symposium each fall and the participants contribute articles for the volume.

History

The University of Chicago Legal Forum was first published in 1985, making it the University of Chicago Law School’s second-oldest journal. The Legal Forum is a student-edited journal that hones in on a single cutting-edge legal topic every year.

Each fall, the Legal Forum hosts a symposium, with the participants then contributing articles for the volume that will ultimately be published. For November 2015, the Symposium is entitled "Policing the Police" and will subsequently be published as Volume 2016. Additional topics in others years have included "Does Election Law Serve the Electorate?", "The Civil Rights Act at 50 Years", "Frontiers of Consumer Protection", "Combating Corruption", "Governance and Power", "Crime Criminal Law and the Recession", "Law in a Networked World", "Immigration Law and Policy, Law and Life: Definitions and Decisionmaking", and "Cutting-Edge Issues in Class Action Litigation."

Since its founding and each year thereafter, members of academia, the judiciary, and the bar have participated in the Legal Forum symposia. Past participants and published authors have included Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Judge Richard Posner, Judge Frank Easterbrook, Judge Diane Wood, Judge Abner Mikva, Judge Patricia Wald, Judge Danny Boggs, Dean Lee Bollinger, Professor Randall Kennedy, Professor Cass Sunstein, Professor Lani Guinier, Professor Richard Epstein, Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, and Professor Akhil Reed Amar.

Legal Forum articles have also been cited in numerous judicial opinions. In addition, the Legal Forum has been mentioned in publications such as the New York Times[2] and Irish Examiner.[3] The Legal Forum and its authors have also been featured on the University of Chicago's main website.[4]

Past Issues

Past issues can be found online through HeinOnline, a well-regarded academic database.[6]

References

  1. ^ "University of Chicago Legal Forum - About Legal Forum".
  2. ^ Hess, Amanda (7 February 2017). "How a Fractious Women's Movement Came to Lead the Left". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "The new feminism: How the Women's March led the charge in Washington". Irish Examiner. 2017-03-04. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  4. ^ "Law scholar leads charge for equal justice | The University of Chicago". Uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  5. ^ "University of Chicago Legal Forum - Past Issues".
  6. ^ "University of Chicago Legal Forum | HeinOnline". Home.heinonline.org. Retrieved 2017-04-19.


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