The Yale Law Journal
The Yale Law Journal is a student-run law review affiliated with 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 United States and is in the top four for the number of citations per published article.
The journal, which is published eight times per year, contains articles, essays, features, and book reviews by professional legal scholars as well as student-written notes and comments. It is edited entirely by students. The journal has an online companion, the Yale Law Journal Forum, which features shorter pieces and responses from scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.
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
Alumni of The Yale Law Journal have served at all levels of the federal judiciary. Alumni include Supreme Court justices and numerous judges on the United States courts of appeals.Alumni have also served as United States Attorneys General and United States Solicitors General. In addition, numerous editors have gone on to serve as high-ranking public officials.
Former editors also include prominent law professors, as well as the deans of Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School, Brooklyn Law School, Northwestern University School of Law, Bates College, Michigan Law School, New York University School of Law, Georgetown Law Center, Emory University School of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law, and Stanford Law School.
Notable articles
- Fiss, Owen. . The Yale Law Journal. 93 : 1073–1090..