The ''New York University Law Review'' is a bimonthly general

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covering legal scholarship in all areas, including

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and policy,

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, and

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. The journal was established in 1924 as a collaborative effort between law students and members of the local bar. Its first

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was Paul D. Kaufman. Between 1924 and 1950, it was variously known as the ''Annual Review of the Law School of New York University'', the ''New York University Law Quarterly Review'', and the ''New York University Law Review'', before obtaining its current name in 1950.

Selection

Each year, the journal selects 52 new members from a class of approximately 450. Members are selected using a competitive process, which takes into account an applicant's first-year grades, performance in a writing competition, and potential to contribute to diversity on the journal.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the '' Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2021

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of 2.427.

Lawsuit over discrimination against white males

On October 6, 2018, a group called "Faculty, Alumni, and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences" filed a lawsuit in the

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against the review over discrimination against white males in selecting staff editors and articles to publish. The challengers lost at trial and again on appeal to the

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. The

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declined to review the case.

Alumni

Prominent alumni of the ''New York University Law Review'' include: *

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, Minority Leader-designate of the 118th Congress * Phil Weiser, 39th

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* Martin Lipton, co-founder of

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, * Leonard Rosen, co-founder of

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, co-founder of

* George Katz, co-founder of

Notable articles

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, ''Through Title to Contract and a Bit Beyond'', 15 N.Y.U. L.Q. Rev. 159 (1938) * Hugo L. Black, ''The Bill of Rights'', 35 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 865 (1960) *

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, ''The Bill of Rights and the Military'', 37 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 181 (1962) * Clyde W. Summers, ''Individual Rights in Collective Agreements and Arbitration'', 37 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 362 (1962) * Henry J. Friendly, ''In Praise of Erie--And of the New Federal Common Law'', 39 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 383 (1964) * Robert A. Leflar, ''Choice-Influencing Considerations in Conflict Law'', 41 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 267 (1966) * Anthony G. Amsterdam, ''The Supreme Court and the Rights of Suspects in Criminal Cases'', 45 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 785 (1970) *

Ronald Dworkin Ronald Myles Dworkin (; December 11, 1931 – February 14, 2013) was an American philosopher, jurist, and scholar of United States constitutional law. At the time of his death, he was Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New Yo ...

, ''The Forum of Principle'', 56 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 469 (1981) * William J. Brennan, Jr., ''The Bill of Rights and the States: The Revival of State Constitutions as Guardians of Individual Rights'', 61 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 535 (1986) * Richard L. Revesz, ''Rehabilitating Interstate Competition: Rethinking the 'Race-to-the-Bottom' Rationale for Federal Environmental Regulation'', 67 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1210 (1992) * Russell G. Pearce, ''The Professionalism Paradigm Shift: Why Discarding Professional Ideology Will Improve the Conduct and Reputation of the Bar'', 70 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1229 (1995) *

Yochai Benkler Yochai Benkler (; born 1964) is an Israeli-American author and the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. He is also a faculty co-director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Universi ...

, ''Free as the Air to Common Use: First Amendment Constraints on Enclosure of the Public Domain'', 74 L. Rev. 354 (1999) * Jon D. Hanson & Douglas A. Kysar, ''Taking Behavioralism Seriously: The Problem of Market Manipulation'', 74 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 630 (1999) *

Jody Freeman Jody Freeman (born 1964) is the Archibald Cox Professor at Harvard Law School and a leading expert on administrative law and environmental law. She served as Counselor for Energy and Climate Change in the Obama White House in 2009–2010. She is ...

, ''The Private Role in Public Governance'', 75 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 543 (2000) *

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, ''Our Democratic Constitution'', 77 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 245 (2002) * Lisa Schultz Bressman, ''Beyond Accountability: Arbitrariness and Legitimacy in the Administrative State'', 78 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 461 (2003) * Jack M. Balkin, ''Digital Speech and Democratic Culture: A Theory of Freedom of Expression for the Information Society'', 79 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1 (2004) * Richard A. Nagareda, ''Class Certification in the Age of Aggregate Proof'', 84 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 97 (2009) * Arthur R. Miller, ''Simplified Pleading, Meaningful Days in Court, and Trials on the Merits: Reflections on the Deformation of Federal Procedure'', 88 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 286 (2013)

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