UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy

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Overview

The journal was established in 1980 with the goal of confronting "those environmental problems which are currently before the public, and to provide a variety of opinions and suggested solutions to the problems." [2] Between 1980 and 1982, each issue of the journal would include a collection of articles focused on a single topic or theme. [3] Beginning with the third volume in the fall of 1982, the journal began including articles on a range of different topics in each individual issue. [3] The journal also collaborates with the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment to host environmental law symposia. [1]

Impact

In 2016, Washington and Lee University's Law Journal Rankings placed the journal among the top ten environmental, natural resources, and land use law journals with the highest impact factor. [4] Articles in the journal have been cited by several state supreme courts as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. [5] Articles also appear in treatises written by American Law Reports [6] and American Jurisprudence . [7]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted or indexed in EBSCO databases, HeinOnline, LexisNexis, Westlaw, [8] and the University of Washington's Current Index to Legal Periodicals. [9] Tables of contents are also available through Infotrieve and Ingenta, [8] and the journal posts past issues on its website. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 UCLA Law, Journal of Environmental Law and Policy (Accessed July 3, 2015).
  2. ↑ Marcy S. Rosenblum, Editor's Page, 1 UCLA J. Envtl. L & Pol'y vi (1980-1981).
  3. 1 2 Wendy Stockton & Roger L. Kohn, Forward, 3 UCLA J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y vii (1982-1983).
  4. ↑ "Law Journals: Submission and Ranking, 2008-2015," Washington & Lee University (Accessed: September 25, 2016).
  5. ↑ Rose Acre Farms, Inc. v. United States, 559 F.3d 1260 (Fed. Cir. 2009); Dunn v. City of Milwaukie, 355 Ore. 339 (2014); Kennedy v. Upper Milford Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., 575 Pa. 105 (2003); Maddocks v. Giles, 1999 ME 63 (1999).
  6. ↑ Federal requirements for public participation in adoption, submission, and approval of state implementation plans and revisions pursuant to § 110 of Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.A. § 7410), 151 A.L.R. Fed. 445.
  7. ↑ Jack K. Levin, et al., Energy and Power Sources, 27A Am Jur 2d § 97.
  8. 1 2 Washington and Lee University Law Library, Journal Finder: UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy.
  9. ↑ University of Washington Gallagher Law Library, Periodicals Indexed in CLIP.
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