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Directory of Law School Public Interest and Pro Bono Programs

Law School Public Interest Programs - Public Interest Journals

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Albany Law School

The Government Law & Policy Journal is a scholarly, yet dynamic, periodical covering issues of importance to attorneys working in government and for non-profit organizations. It is published twice yearly by the NY State Bar Assn Committee on Attorneys in Public Service and is produced by ALS's Government Law Center. Several students serve on the Journal's editorial board under the direction of ALS professor and editor-in-chief Vincent Bonventre.

American University Washington College of Law

The American University International Law Review is produced by law students and publishes six issues per year, focusing on issues such as: Arms Control; Labor; Environmental Justice; Gender; Human Rights; Immigration; Ethics; International Crime; and more. (http://www.wcl.american.edu/pub /ilr/home.htm)

The American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law was founded in 1992 to provide a forum for those interested in gender issues and feminist legal studies. In 1998, the Journal expanded its mission to include social policy as well as gender issues. (http://www.wcl.american.e du/pub/journals/genderlaw/)

The Human Rights Brief is a publication of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the Washington College of Law. The Human Rights Brief reports about developments in international human rights and humanitarian law, as well as provides concise legal analysis of current human rights issues. (http://www.wcl.american.edu/hrbrief/)

Public Interest Wire Newsletter

The American Jurist

Sustainable Development Law and Policy

Appalachian School of Law

In the summer of 2002, ASL published the first issue of the Appalachian Journal of Law. The Journal's mission statement focuses, in part, on scholarship related to community service.

Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

Ave Maria School of Law

Barry University School of Law

Baylor University Law School

Boston College Law School

Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review

First published in 1971, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review (EA) is one of the nation's two oldest law reviews dedicated to environmental law. Having developed and maintained a national reputation as one of the country's leading environmental and land use journals, EA has the highest subscription rate among the law reviews at Boston College Law School.

Third World Law Journal

Founded in 1978, the Third World Law Journal is a unique legal periodical that fills the need for a progressive, alternative legal perspective on issues both within the United States and in the developing world. The Journal's scope includes issues affecting underrepresented populations, human and civil rights, immigration, women's and children's issues, and issues of disproportionate economic impact. Published twice annually, the Journal contains articles by outside authors, student notes, and student book reviews. The founders of the Journal envisioned it as a forum for discussing legal issues affecting people, cultures, and institutions that share a common history of colonialism, oppression, under-representation, and marginalization in the political and economic processes.

For a complete listing of BC Law journals and for more detailed information about the journals, visit: www.bc.edu/schools/law/lawreviews

Boston University School of Law

The Public Interest Law Journal (PILJ) is a non-partisan publication dedicated to the academic discussion of legal issues within the public interest. The PILJ focuses on constitutional law, criminal law, and family law, as well as legal ethics, environmental issues, education law, and civil rights law. Edited by second and third-year students, the PILJ features articles relating to public interest written by practicing lawyers, professors, judges, scholars and public officials, as well as book reviews, current developments in the law, and other commentaries. The Journal also publishes student-written Notes on current public interest issues.

In addition to PILJ , there are several other scholarly journals which offer students the opportunity to research and write about current legal topics in the field of public interest law. The other law school journals are the Boston University Law Review, American Journal of Law and Medicine, Annual Review of Banking & Financial Law, Boston University International Law Journal and Journal of Science & Technology Law. http://www.bu.edu/law/central/jd/organizations/journals/pilj/index.html

Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School

  • Education and Law Journal: The journal focuses on education issues. Student editors have the option of participating in public school mentoring programs. Faculty Advisor: Professor Scott Ferrin, scott_ferrin@byu.edu, (801) 422-4804.

  • Journal of Public Law: This student-edited journal focuses on issues arising in public law. Faculty Advisor: Professor Lynn Wardle, wardlel@lawgate.byu.edu, (801) 422-2617

Brooklyn Law School

Articles in The Brooklyn Law Review, Brooklyn Journal of International Law and particularly The Journal of Law and Policy often address issues relevant to the public interest community. In addition, website users can access the section on public service directly from the School’s homepage. That section provides a wealth of information about many aspects of the public service program including pro bono opportunities, clinics, faculty, curriculum, funding, fellowships and internships, and others topics. Employment and job search resources are also available in the Public Service section of the website. As of the Fall of 2009, Brooklyn Law School’s website will include an internal portal for enrolled students, and sections of the website intended for their use will not be viewable on the external website.

California Western School of Law

Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law

Capital University Law School

Case Western Reserve University Law School

Catholic University of America School of Law

Chapman University School of Law

Charleston School of Law

Charlotte School of Law

City University of New York Law at Queens College

New York City Law Review is a student-run law review that focuses on articles and writings that concern the public sector.

Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law

Columbia University School of Law

Columbia Journal of Gender and Law

Columbia Human Rights Law Review, including the Jailhouse Lawyers Manual

Columbia Journal of Environmental Law

Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems

Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts

The National Black Law Journal

Cornell Law School

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy:

Volume 14 Number 1, Fall 2004

Volume 14 Number 2, Summer 2005

Volume 14 Number 3, Summer 2005

Cornell Law Review:

Volume 90 Number 1, November 2004

Volume 90 Number 2, January 2005

Volume 90 Number 3, March 2005

Cornell International Law Journal:

Volume 37 Issue 1

Volume 37 Issue 3

Volume 38 Issue 1

Creighton University School of Law

DePaul University College of Law

Journal for Social Justice - The Journal for Social Justice is a new publication of the Center for Public Interest Law. It promotes discussion of public policy issues, encouraging submissions of interdisciplinary work. The journal offers legal practitioners, community leaders, academics and students, the opportunity to voice their concerns, share their unique experiences, offer radical viewpoints and propose solutions. Journal articles are meant to reflect the experiences of the author. The Journal also explores alternative publication formats and expands content options to broaden access and better engage readers.

Center for Public Interest Law Newsletterhttp://www.law.depaul.edu/institutes%5Fcenters/public%5Finterest/newsletter.asp

Drake University School of Law

Constitutional Law Symposium Issues 52 and 53 Drake Law Review (2004 and 2005)

Drake Journal of Agricultural Law (Volume 9, No. 3, 2004) and (Volume 10, No. 1, 2005)

Drexel University College of Law

Duke University School of Law

All the journals regularly feature public interest articles. Sample public interest articles for 2004-2005 can be found at http://www.law.duke.edu/journals

Duquesne University School of Law

Elon University School of Law

Emory University School of Law

For a complete list, visit www.law.emory.edu/pi.

Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law

Florida A&M University College of Law

Florida Coastal School of Law

Florida International University College of Law

Florida State University College of Law

Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law

Journal of Transnational Law and Policy

Fordham University School of Law

See http://law.fordham.edu/publications.htm

Franklin Pierce Law Center

George Mason University School of Law

George Washington University Law School

Georgetown University Law Center

Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy (Geo. J. on Poverty Law & Pol'y)

Georgetown Journal on Gender & the Law (Geo. J. Gender & L.)

Georgetown Immigration Law Journal (Geo. Immigr. L. J.)

American Criminal Law Review, (Am. Crim. L. Rev.) vol 42, #1 (Winter 2005) and vol 42,#2 (Spring 2005)

Georgetown International Environmental Law Review (Geo. Int'l Envtl L Rev.) Volume XVI, Issue 4 (Summer 2004) & Volume XVII, Issue 3 (Spring 2005)

Georgetown Law Journal (Geo. L.J.), Annual Review of Criminal Procedure, 2004)

Georgia State University College of Law

Golden Gate University School of Law

Gonzaga University School of Law

Hamline University School of Law

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Harvard University Law School

BlackLetter Law Journal

Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review

Environmental Law Review

Human Rights Journal

Journal of Law and Public Policy

Latino Law Review

Women's Law Journal

UnBound

Hofstra University School of Law

HOFSTRA LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW JOURNAL, Volume 22, No. 2 (Spring 2005) - The 40th Anniversary of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

http://law.hofstra.edu/Academics/Journals/LaborAndEmploymentLawJournal/labor_vol22no2.html

Howard University School of Law

The Howard Scroll Social Justice Law Review is the Law School's journal dedicated to public interest research and writing.

Illinois Institute of Technology: Chicago-Kent College of Law

Chicago-Kent College of Law host a public interest portal where prospective and current students can learn more about our public interest opportunities: http://www.kentlaw.edu/publicinterest/

Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington

Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis

Inter American University of Puerto Rico: Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law

John Marshall Law School

John Marshall Law School – Atlanta

Lewis & Clark College School of Law

Animal Law Review

Liberty University School of Law

Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center

Loyola Law School: Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

37 Loyola Law Review - Social Justice Symposium

Loyola University Chicago: Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Loyola Public Interest Law Reporter, a student-edited national magazine of news and features on the law of human rights, economic justice, criminal justice, the environment, and government operations.

Loyola University New Orleans: Loyola University New Orleans School of Law

Loyola University New Orleans Journal of Public Interest Law

http://law.loyno.edu/%7Epublaw. Printing costs and $12,000 in scholarships for editorial board members are provided by the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center.

Marquette University Law School

www.law.marquette.edu/public¬_service

Mercer University School of Law

Michigan State University College of Law

Mississippi College: Mississippi College School of Law

New England School of Law: New England School of Law

The Center for Law and Social Responsibility, http://www.nesl.edu/clsr/

The Center for International Law and Policy, http://www.nesl.edu/center/

The New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement, http://www.nesl.edu/journal/

The New England Journal of International and Comparative Law, http://www.nesl.edu/intljournal/

New York Law School: New York Law School

New York Law School Journal of Human Rights

New York University: New York University School of Law

Environmental Law Journal www.law.nyu.edu/journals/envtllaw/

Journal of International Law and Politics www.law.nyu.edu/journals/jilp/

Journal of Legislation and Public Policy www.law.nyu.edu/journals/legislation/

Law Review www.law.nyu.edu/journals/lawreview/

Review of Law and Social Change www.law.nyu.edu/pubs/socialchange/

North Carolina Central University School of Law

Northeastern University: Northeastern University School of Law

Northeastern Law Magazine

Northern Illinois University: Northern Illinois University College of Law

None

Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law

Northwestern University: Northwestern University School of Law

Journal of Law and Social Policy

Journal of International Human Rights

Notre Dame: Notre Dame Law School

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy

The Journal, which directly analyzes law and public policy from an ethical perspective, is published by the Thomas J. White Center. http://www.nd.edu/~ndlaw/student/journals.html

Journal of College and University Law

This is the only U.S. law review devoted solely to the law of higher education. http://www.nd.edu/~ndlaw/student/journals.html

Nova Southeastern University: Shepard Broad Law Center

Ohio Northern Claude W. Pettit College of Law

Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law

Oklahoma City University: Oklahoma City University School of Law

Pace University School of Law

Pace Law Review Volume 24.2

21 Pace Envtl. L. Rev. 1 & 2

Pennsylvania State University The Dickinson School of Law

  • The Guide to Public Interest Opportunities is prepared by Dickinson Law PILF, Career Services Office, and The Miller Center for Public Interest Advocacy and provided to all students.

  • http://www.dsl.psu.edu/centers/miller.cfm is a website maintained by the Miller Center for Public Interest Advocacy

Pepperdine University: Odell McConnell Law Center

None

Phoenix School of Law

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico

Quinnipiac University School of Law

Regent University: School of Law

None

Roger Williams University: School of Law

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Center for Law and Justice (Newark)

Women's Rights Law Reporter

Race and the Law Review

Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey School of Law, Camden

Rutgers Journal of Law & Religion

Rutgers Journal of Law & Urban Policy

Saint John's University School of Law

Saint Louis University: Saint Louis University School of Law

Public Law Review

Saint Mary’s University of San Antonio: St. Mary’s University of San Antonio School of Law

The Scholar is a law review that focuses on minority issues.

Saint Thomas University: St. Thomas University School of Law (FL)

Human Rights Institute - workshops and legal scholarship/writing opportunities.

Samford University: Cumberland School of Law

None.

Santa Clara University: Santa Clara University School of Law

The Santa Clara Law Review dedicated a symposium to Social Justice: Meeting Human Needs, Examining the Social Safety Net for Working America. This issue can be found at 44 Santa Clara Law Review, Number 4, 2004.

Seattle University: Seattle University School of Law

The Seattle Journal for Social Justice is a peer-reviewed, student-edited, interdisciplinary journal. The SJSJ publishes writings that reflect theoretical, literary and hands-on approaches toward achieving social justice. Traditional academic articles are welcome. Non-traditional formats such as narrative, commentary, interview, essay and artwork are also encouraged. www.law.seattleu.edu/sjsj

Seton Hall University: Seton Hall University School of Law

Certain faculty teach classes in which students participate in public interest litigation projects.

South Texas College: South Texas College of Law

Southern Illinois University School of Law

Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law

Southern University Law Center

Southwestern University: Southwestern Law School

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Stanford Law School

Stanford Law School offers several journals that cover substantive issues relating to public policy and public interest matters.

Environmental Law Journal (ELJ), which was founded in 1978, is a semiannual scholarly periodical dedicated to analyses of current environmental legal issues and policies.

Compiled and edited entirely by Stanford Law School students, ELJ publishes articles, and sometimes essays, on timely and important issues in natural resources law, environmental policy, law and economics, international environmental law, and other topics relating to law and the environment. For example, ELJ has covered such topics as hazardous waste, energy development, natural resources conservation and regulation, global warming, and environmental justice. In particular, ELJ seeks to educate regarding the complexities of the natural world as reflected in the law, and to impart an understanding of the environment within the framework of the legal system.

ELJ solicits submissions from academics, practitioners, and others; it also accepts student articles. ELJ publishes in January and June.

The Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (SJCRCL) is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to civil rights and liberties issues both domestically and internationally. It seeks to explore the changing landscape of the civil rights and civil liberties dialogue, the real world implications of these changes on society, and the larger structural and systemic implications of these issues.

The Stanford Journal of International Law (SJIL) is a scholarly periodical devoted to analyses of current international legal issues. The student-run biannual prints articles by professors, practitioners, and students on a wide range of legal topics, including public international law, human rights, international trade, and comparative law. SJIL also publishes book reviews.

Within the law school community, SJIL exposes students to cutting-edge issues in international law and develops their research, writing, and editing skills. Outside the law school, it provides a resource for the exchange of scholarly ideas among practitioners, professors, judges, and holders of political office.

SJIL particularly encourages students to write and publish both full-length "notes" and shorter "recent developments." These shorter pieces are half the length of regular notes and discuss the legal significance of an important recent event in international law.

The staff of SJIL is composed of approximately fifty members and twenty editors who work closely with authors on the material for each issue. First-year students are encouraged to participate in the spring workshop and can become editors by the end of their second semester.

The Stanford Law & Policy Review (SLPR) publishes academic articles that analyze the intersection of local and national policy with our legal system. While maintaining the scholarly standards of other law journals, SLPR is written for and distributed to the nation's policymakers: lawyers, judges, government officials, scholars in law and the social sciences, and leaders in the business world. Each issue features a symposium on a current policy topic.

Stetson University: Stetson University College of Law

Although Stetson does not have a journal dedicated specifically to public interest, specific editions of the Stetson Law Review have focused on issues pertinent to the public interest, such as non-profit symposiums issues and local government issues.

Suffolk University Law School

Syracuse University: College of Law

Student-run journal: Journal of Civil Liberties and Public Interest http://www.geocities.com/cnyjournal/

Temple University: James E. Beasley School of Law

Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review

Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law

Texas Tech University School of Law

Texas Wesleyan University School of Law

Thomas Jefferson School of Law: Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Cooley's public interest journal is the Journal of Practical and Clinical Law. Cooley's Center for Ethics, Service, and Professionalism also maintains its own website focusing on its programs and opportunities: www.cooley.edu/ethics/.

Touro College: Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

None.

Tulane University: Tulane University School of Law

The Tulane Environmental Law Journalhttp://www.law.tulane.edu/tuexp/journals/enviro/index.html

Law & Sexuality: A Review of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Legal Issueshttp://www.law.tulane.edu/tuexp/journals/law_sex/default.htm

National Black Law Journal(selected issues).

University at Buffalo Law School, SUNY

ABA Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law (housed at UB Law School) http://www.abanet.org/forums/affordable/writing/home.shtml

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal http://wings.buffalo.edu/law/belj/

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal http://wings.buffalo.edu/law /bpilj/

Buffalo Human Rights Law Journal http://wings.buffalo.edu/law /bhrlc/

Buffalo Women's Law Journal http://wings.buffalo.edu/law/bwlj/

University of Akron: C. Blake McDowell Law Center

University of Alabama: University of Alabama School of Law

University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law

The Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law

University of Arkansas at Little Rock: William H. Bowen School of Law

None.

University of Arkansas School of Law

Legal Services of Arkansas

Arkansas Access to Justice Commission

Arkansas Bar Association Publications-Pamphlets for the Public

University of Baltimore School of Law

University of California - Los Angeles

University of California at Davis: University of California at Davis School of Law

Although the law school does not have a journal dedicated to public interest, all journals at UC Davis support public interest research and writing.

UC Davis Journal of International Law & Policy http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/jilp/about_us.htm

UC Davis Journal of Juvenile Law and Policy http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/jjlp/default.html

UC Davis Law Review http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/lawreview/

Environs (Biannual environmental law and policy journal). http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/environs/

University of California, Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, School of Law

  • The Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law is at the core of Berkeley's vibrant criminal law community, which includes the Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice and an intellectual student body that is ideologically diverse but uniformly dedicated to excellence in criminal law.
  • The Ecology Law Quarterly (ELQ) is the school's environmental law journal. Since its founding in 1970, ELQ has consistently reflected the journal members' broad conception of environmental law and policy. Recent issues have included articles on court cases involving the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, environmental liability standards and the Endangered Species Act. In 1990 ELQ was awarded the United Nations Environmental Programme's Global 500 Award, recognizing the journal as one of the top 500 environmental organizations in the world.
  • The Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law (BJELL) focuses exclusively on current developments in labor and employment law.
  • The Berkeley Journal of International Law (BJIL) publishes articles, case notes and book reviews that address current issues of international law.
  • The mandate of the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice (BGLJ) is to publish pieces that address the lives and struggles of underrepresented women. BGLJ believes that excellence in feminist legal scholarship requires critical examiniation of the intersection of gender with one or more other axes of subordination including, but not limited to, race, class, sexual orientation, and disability.
  • The Asian American Law Journal (AALJ) provides a comprehensive forum for legal scholars, practitioners and students to discuss the legal, policy, and social implications of issues concerning Asian Americans.
  • The Berkeley Journal of African American Law & Policy (BJALP) is dedicated to addressing legal and policy issues that affect the African-American community and people of color, in general. The journal deals with such matters as constitutional law, criminal justice, civil rights, African-American participation in the political process, the death penalty, fair housing, economic development in the African-American community, African immigration to the United States, and health issues that affect African Americans.
  • The Berkeley La Raza Law Journal (BLRLJ) focuses on legal issues affecting the Latina/o community. Past articles have covered a range of topics, including bilingual education, affirmative action, immigration law, labor law and policy, voting rights, and Latina/o critical theory. BLRLJ also hosts an annual symposium.
  • The Berkeley Journal of Middle Eastern & Islamic Law (JMEIL) is dedicated to Middle Eastern, Islamic, and comparative law scholarship. JMEIL publishes academic articles and student comments analyzing the laws of Middle Eastern countries and the Islamic world, the study and application of Islamic jurisprudence, and the impact of law on Muslim and Middle Eastern communities globally.
  • IMPACT is a multidisciplinary journal fusing research, practice and policy to advance the success of urban youth. The journal is dedicated to critically evaluating the reasons why urban youth are disproportionately enduring the brunt of failing social policies. Its goal is to bring the insights of scholar and practitioners together in one journal, so that their work may collectively inspire legislators and policymakers to achieve viable solutions to this growing problem.
  • The mission of Issues in Legal Scholarship is to present cutting-edge legal and policy research on pressing topics quickly and in a format that encourages discussion and interaction. Online peer-reviewed symposia systematically address emerging issues of great significance and offer ongoing scholarship of interest to policy and legal researchers alike. Each symposium is a living forum with ongoing publications and commentaries. Symposium topics include Single-Sex Marriage, Immigration Policy, and Catastrophic Risks. On-line publication makes it possible for other researchers to find the best and latest quickly, as well as to join in further discussion.

Links to journal websites can be found at: http://www.law.berkeley.edu/228.htm

University of California-Hastings College of the Law

Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal
http://w3.uchastings.edu/hrplj/

Hastings Women’s Law Journal
http://w3.uchastings.edu/wlj

Hastings West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law and Policy
http://w3.uchastings.edu/wnw

University of Chicago: University of Chicago Law School

www.pils.uchicago.edu

University of Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati College of Law

University of Colorado: School of Law

Colorado Journal for International Environmental Law & Policy (Colo. J. Int'l Envtl. L. & Pol'y)

University of Connecticut: University of Connecticut School of Law

The Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal maintains a website at http://www.law.uconn.edu/journals/cpilj. The Journal is managed exclusively by students and is aimed at bringing greater attention to public interest legal scholarship.

University of Dayton: University of Dayton School of Law

The School of Law sponosrs a quarterly social justice column in the Dayton Lawyer Magazine, a publication for law graduates and others in community.

University of Denver: Sturm College of Law

The College of Law is currently in the process of developing a public interest website at: http://www.law.du.edu/publicinterest

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

University of Florida: Fredric G. Levin College of Law

The Journal of Law and Public Policy - http://www.law.ufl.edu/news/publications.shtml

University of Georgia School of Law

None

University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law

University of Houston Law Center

For more on our Public Interest Law Program, visit us at www.law.uh.edu/pil/

University of Idaho: College of Law

University of Illinois College of Law

The Elder Law Journal

The Journal is an academic publication published twice annually by the students of the University of Illinois College of Law. The Elder Law Journal is the only scholarly publication addressing elder law issues in the country. The Journal publishes manuscripts that not only address policy decisions, but also serve as guides to attorneys practicing in the field. The members of The Elder Law Journal are also quite active in bringing leading experts to the College of Law to address significant topics in this area.

The Comparative Labor Law Journal

The Journal was founded in 1976 to provide a venue for the very best scholarship in the comparative analysis of labor law, employment policy, and social security issues. In 1997, the Journal moved to the University of Illinois where it was renamed Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal and its Editorial Advisory Board broadened better to reflect its mission.

With an extensive world-wide circulation, the Journal has become a major international forum for research, theoretical and applied, in an area of growing importance to the developed and in the developing world.

Prisoners' Rights Research Project

Indigent prisoners incarcerated across the country write to the Project requesting answers to specific legal problems. Working under a student supervisor and faculty advisor, volunteers hone their research skills and gain significant insight into our corrections system by answering these complex questions.

Illinois Law & Economics Papers

Faculty members at the College of Law have published their recent scholarly papers online through the Legal Scholarship Network of the Social Science Research Network. Many of the submissions by the faculty include cutting edge analysis of topics of critical public interest value.

The Bushong Student Award The Award is a writing competition wherein College of Law students will compete for the scholarship based on a written article or other paper dedicated to presenting topics relating to gay and lesbian legal rights issues.

Additional Publications

Other well respected publications at the College of Law, including the University of Illinois Law Review, generally regarded as one of the preeminent law reviews in the country, and the Illinois Law Update, frequently address emerging issues and critical analysis of laws relevant to the field of public interest.

University of Iowa College of Law

Journal of Gender, Race & Justicehttp://www.law.uiowa.edu/journals/grj/

Mission Statement:

“The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice is not for the weak of heart or the timid in spirit. Feminist inquiry and critical race analysis are the touchstones of our endeavor. Our building blocks are new forms of analysis that reach beyond traditional conceptions of legal thought. We challenge our writers, our readers, and ourselves to question who we are and how the law defines us. We strive to be a transformative experience. In a spirit of openness, we explore how we are classified, stratified, ignored and singled out under the law because of our race, sex, gender economic class, ability, sexual identity and the multitude of labels applied to us. Identity is a matrix of experiences; when the law fails to recognize any one facet of our identity, both the law and the person lose invaluable dimension. Our challenge is to examine how we negotiate our identities, how the legal system negotiates them for us and how these negotiations affect our ability to attain justice.

Our conception of justice looks beyond legal rights to how fairness, equity and respect delineate the boundaries of what legal justice must, at a minimum, entail. We include all struggles against oppression within this conception. We seek to invoke a vision of justice that is without fear, a vision that allows us to be who we are as we are, without sanction or penalty. We encourage personal and social responsibility towards achieving this vision, and we welcome all viewpoints and ideas that are expressed with respect and collegiality.

Finally, we are a journal that promotes living discussion. Through our annual symposium, we will test, shape and strengthen our scholarship by bringing a myriad of experiences into the realm of legal thought. We intend to build alliances across differences, to rub ideas together and watch the sparks fly. We invite you to help us fan the flames, to set the legal community on fire.”

University of Kansas: School of Law

The Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy ( www.law.ku.edu/journal/index.shtml).

University of Kentucky College of Law

University of La Verne College of Law

University of Louisville: Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

None.

University of Maine School of Law

University of Maryland: University of Maryland School of Law

University of Maryland Law Journal on Race, Religion, Gender & Class.

Journal of Health Care Law & Policy

University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

University of Miami School of Law

www.law.miami.edu/hope

University of Michigan: University of Michigan Law School

OPS publishes a web-based job search engine called Jobnet http://cgi2.www.law.umich.edu/_JobNet/.

Michigan Law School has a number of scholarly journals that regularly focus on public interest issues. For additional information, visit http://www.law.umich.edu/journalsandOrgs/orgs.htm

University of Minnesota: University of Minnesota Law School

None.

University of Mississippi School of Law

University of Missouri - Columbia: School of Law

None.

University of Missouri Kansas City University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law

  • Urban Lawyer

  • Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

University of Montana: University of Montana School of Law

None.

University of Nebraska: University of Nebraska College of Law

None.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas: William S. Boyd School of Law

5 Nev. L.J. (Fall 2004) (Symposium Issue: Pursuing Equal Justice in the West)

Nevada Law Journal, Volume 6, (Spring 2006), Number 3 – Special Issue on Legal Representation of Children

University of New Mexico School of Law

University of North Carolina: University of North Carolina School of Law

None.

University of North Dakota School of Law

University of Oklahoma College of Law

University of Oregon: University of Oregon School of Law

Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation -- http://www.law.uoregon.edu/org/jell/

Western Environmental Law Update -- http://www.pielc.org/LAW.html

University of Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Law School

Constitutional Law Journal

HYBRID: Journal of Law and Social Change

University of Pittsburgh: School of Law

Pittsburgh Journal of Environmental and Public Health Law

University of Puerto Rico School of Law

University of Richmond T. C. Williams School of Law

University of Saint Thomas: School of Law (MN)

University of San Diego School of Law

The law school's Children's Advocacy Institute (CAI) publications include:

  1. California Children's Budget 2004-05 (San Diego, CA; 2004)

  2. 2004 Children's Legislative Report Card (San Diego, CA; 2004)

  3. 2004 CAI Annual Report (San Diego, CA; 2005)

  4. Children's Regulatory Law Reporter, Vol. 5, No. 2 (San Diego, CA; 2005)

The law school's Center for Public Interest Law (CPIL) publishes the California Regulatory Law Reporter. The 2004-2005 issues of that journal are forthcoming.

University of San Francisco School of Law

University of South Carolina: University of South Carolina School of Law

University of South Dakota School of Law

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Review of Law and Women's Studies, Vol 14, Nos. 1 and 2 (fall 2004 and spring 2005)

University of Tennessee College of Law

None

University of Texas at Austin School of Law

Texas Hispanic Journal of Law & Policy, Vol. 10 (Fall 2004)

Texas International Law Journal, Vol. 40 (Winter 2005)

Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights Symposium (2004)

University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law

University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law

University of Toledo: College of Law

The Legal Institute of the Great Lakes publishes a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal called the Toledo Journal of Great Lakes Law, Science and Policy. In addition, the institute publishes LakeLinks, a regionally distributed newsletter.

University of Tulsa: College of Law

None.

University of Utah College of Law

University of Virginia School of Law

University of Washington: University of Washington School of Law

None.

University of Wisconsin: Law School

http://www.law.wisc.edu/publicinterest/ (currently under construction)

University of Wyoming School of Law

Valparaiso University: Valparaiso University School of Law

Vanderbilt University Law School

Vermont Law School

Vermont Journal of Environmental Law -- http://www.vjel.org/about.html

Villanova University: Villanova University School of Law

Environmental Law Journal: Members of the Journal write scholarly articles on topics relating to environmental law and edit and prepare for publication articles written by outside authors. The Journal publishes two issues each year and presents a symposium on a current topic. Students are selected for the Journal at the end of their first or second year through an open writing competition.

Women's Law Forum: The Women's Law Forum (WLF) is an electronic legal publication. It is the first on-line journal at the Villanova University School of Law, and it is designed, edited and published by Villanova Law Students. The WLF serves as a forum for legal scholarship and seeks to educate on legal issues affecting women, to provide a source of information about recent developments in the field and to be a research tool for the legal community. The WLF intends to supplement and expand upon the offerings of traditional print journals. The WLF offers law professors, practicing attorneys, judges and other professionals an opportunity to publish their articles on-line and to electronically engage in discourse with the legal community to discuss and debate these issues. In addition, the WLF seeks to provide law students with the opportunity to comment and respond to publications posted by legal scholars.

The Journal of Catholic Social Thought is jointly published by Villanova University School of Law and the Office of Mission Effectiveness of Villanova University. The Journal is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary publication that brings together authors from the fields of law, theology, philosophy and political theory. Its focus is the rich field of Catholic social teaching and its implications for both theory and practice. Each year the Journal holds an annual symposium on Catholic Social Thought and the Law, and publishes the papers in a special symposium issue. That issue is edited by Villanova law students under the supervision of Dean Mark Sargent.

Wake Forest University School of Law

Washburn University School of Law

None

Washington and Lee University: School of Law

Race & Ethnic Ancestry Law Journal (REAL)

Environmental Law Digest

Washington University: Washington University School of Law

The Washington University Journal of Law & Policy dedicates one of its volumes to the Public Interest Speakers Series.

Wayne State University Law School

Journal of Law in Society http://www.law.wayne.edu/organization/lawjournal/default.htm

West Virginia University College of Law

Western New England College: School of Law

Western State University College of Law

Public Service webpage is a component of the Career Services website.

Whittier Law School: Whittier Law School

Whittier Journal of Child and Family Advocacy.

Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy.

Widener University School of Law--Delaware Campus

Willamette University: Willamette University College of Law

William Mitchell College of Law: William Mitchell College of Law

Yale University: Yale Law School

  • Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal
  • Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics
  • Yale Journal of International Law
  • Yale Journal of Law and Feminism
  • Yale Law & Policy Review
  • Yale Journal on Regulation
  • Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities

Yeshiva University: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethics Journal PLPEJ@yu.edu

Journal for Conflict Resolutions http://www.cojcr.org/index.html

Cardozo Journal of Law and Gender http://www.cardozo.yu.edu/cjlg/

Updated: 9/21/2009

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