Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation

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History and overview

The journal was founded in 1986 by participants at the University of Oregon School of Law's Western Public Interest Law Conference. [2] The founding editors intended for the journal to be a forum for scholarship relating to "citizen enforcement of public [environmental] laws." [3] In 1994, the journal began publishing on a biannual basis. [4]

The 2016 Washington and Lee University Law Journal Rankings placed the journal among the twenty five highest rated environmental, natural resources, and land use law journals. [5] Additionally, the journal was ranked among the top eleven environmental, natural resources, and land use law journals most frequently cited by cases. [5] Articles in the journal have been cited by the Second, [6] Third, [7] Eighth, [8] and Ninth Courts of Appeals. [9] Occasionally, the journal has published issues relating to symposia sponsored by the University of Oregon School of Law. [10]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted or indexed in EBSCO databases, HeinOnline, LexisNexis, Westlaw, [11] and the University of Washington's Current Index to Legal Periodicals. [12] Tables of contents are also available through Infotrieve and Ingenta, [11] and the journal hosts an archive of past issues on its website. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation, Homepage.
  2. ↑ Michael D. Axline, Forward, 1 J. Envtl. L. & Litig. vii (1986).
  3. ↑ Michael D. Axline, Forward, 1 J. Envtl. L. & Litig. viii (1986).
  4. ↑ See Table of Contents, 9 J. Envtl. L. & Litig. iii (1994).
  5. 1 2 "Law Journals: Submission and Ranking, 2008-2015," Washington & Lee University (Accessed September 25, 2016).
  6. ↑ Cordiano v. Metacon Gun Club, Inc., 575 F.3d 199 (2009).
  7. ↑ United States v. CDMG Realty Co., 96 F.3d 706 (1996).
  8. ↑ Marmo v. Tyson Fresh Meats, 457 F.3d 748 (2006).
  9. ↑ Anderson v. Evans, 314 F.3d 1006 (2002).
  10. ↑ Symposium: Advocating for and Environment of Equality: Legal and Ethical Duties in a Changing Climate, 25 J. Envtl. L. & Litig. i (2010).
  11. 1 2 Washington and Lee University Law Library, Journal Finder: Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation.
  12. ↑ University of Washington Gallagher Law Library, Periodicals Indexed in CLIP.
  13. ↑ Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation, JELL Article Archives.
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