Columbia Law Review

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History

The Columbia Law Review represents the school's third attempt at a student-run law periodical. In 1885, the Columbia Jurist was founded by a group of six students but ceased publication in 1887. [4] Despite its short run, the Jurist is credited with partially inspiring the creation of the Harvard Law Review , which began publication a short time later. [5]

The second journal, the Columbia Law Times was founded in 1887 and closed down in 1893 due to lack of revenue. [6]

Publication of the current Columbia Law Review began in 1901, [7] making it the fifth oldest surviving law review in the US. Dean William Keener took an active involvement during its founding to help ensure its longevity. [8]

Impact

The Columbia Law Review was the top-cited law journal during the 2018 Supreme Court term. [9]

According to the Journal Citation Reports the Columbia Law Review had a 2009 impact factor of 3.610, ranking it third out of 116 journals in the category "Law". [10] In 2007 the Columbia Law Review ranked second for submissions and citations within the legal academic community, after Harvard Law Review. [11]

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of the Columbia Law Review include:

Past Editors-in-Chief

Past Review Editors-in-Chief (1990–2021) [12]
YearName
2020–2021Oluwatumise Asebiomo [13]
2019–2020 Mary Marshall
2018–2019Tomi O. Williams [14]
2017–2018Kelsey A. Ruescher [15]
2016–2017Daniela Dekhtyar [16]
2015–2016Krystina L. Ho [17]
2014–2015Dennis Fan [18]
2013–2014Angela A. Sun [19]
2012–2013Liliana Zaragoza [20]
2011–2012Maren Hulden [21]
2010–2011Farhang Heydari [22]
2009–2010Devi M. Rao [23]
2008–2009Z. W. Julius Chen [24]
2007–2008Karin S. Portlock [25]
2006–2007Grant R. Mainland [26]
2005–2006Young K. Lee [27]
2004–2005Richard A. Kaplan [28]
2003–2004Elizabeth M. Evenson [29]
2002–2003Pankaj Venugopal [30]
2001–2002Margaret L. Taylor [31]
2000–2001Joellen R. Valentine [32]
1999–2000Bryan R. Diederich [33]
1998–1999Lawrence Wu [34]
1997–1998Joshua Waldman [35]
1996–1997William Savitt [36]
1995–1996Geoffrey B. Goldman [37]
1994–1995Susan Stayn [38]
1993–1994Joseph P. Liu [39]
1992–1993Elizabeth L. Earle [40]
1991–1992Daniel P. Penn [41]
1990–1991Nancy L. Sanborn [42]

Notable articles

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