University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

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History

The University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform was established in 1968 under the name Prospectus: A Journal of Law Reform. It was originally conceptualized as a faculty edited journal. Before the publication of the first issue, the untimely death of Frank E. Cooper, the first faculty editor, transformed the journal into a wholly student-run journal. [2] Then-Dean Francis A. Allen authored the first article. In this Prospectus for Reform, he set two goals for the journal: "to report efforts to improve the law and its administration and to stimulate thought and ... action to this end," [3] and "to enlarge the opportunities for law journal experience of students at the University of Michigan Law School." [4] Starting with its fourth volume in 1971, the journal obtained its current name. David L. Callies served as the first managing editor. A year later, Ronald B. Schram became the first editor-in-chief. The first woman to serve as editor-in-chief was Margaret L. Houy. The current editor-in-chief is Nicole M. Sunderlin. [5]

Selection

The University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform uses a competitive process that takes into account an applicant's writing sample, résumé, personal statement, and performance on a citation editing exercise. Applicants are also required to identify an area of law in need of reform that could serve as the basis for a note. The journal selects between 46 and 50 editors annually from the incoming second-year law school class.

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References

  1. "Volume 57".
  2. Francis A. Allen, On Coming of Age: Twenty-Five Years of the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 25 U. Mich. J.L. Reform 1 (1991).
  3. Francis A. Allen, A Prospectus for Reform, 1 Prospectus 1, 2 (1968).
  4. Id. at 3.
  5. "Announcement of Editorial Board - Vol 45" . Retrieved 27 August 2012.