The ''California Law Review'' (also referred to as ''CLR'') is the

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of the

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. It was established in 1912. The application process consists of an anonymous write-on competition, with grades playing no role in the consideration of membership. A personal statement is also considered. Among United States law journals'', CLR'' is ranked fifth by Washington and Lee University Law School and fifth by a professor at the

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History

''California Law Review'' was the first student-run law review in the

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. It is the ninth-oldest surviving law review published in the United States. A companion volume, the ''California Law Review Online'', was launched in 2014, followed by a podcast in 2021. These publications feature shorter articles, essays, blogs, and audio content.

Notable alumni

Past editors and contributors have included * Chief Justice

Roger J. Traynor Roger John Traynor (February 12, 1900 – May 14, 1983) was the 23rd Chief Justice of California (1964–1970) and an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California from 1940 to 1964. Previously, he had served as a Deputy Attorney General ...

(former editor-in-chief), * Justice

Kathryn Werdegar Kathryn Jocelyn Mickle Werdegar (born April 5, 1936) is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California, serving from June 3, 1994, to August 31, 2017. Biography Werdegar earned her B.A. with honors at the University of California ...

(former editor-in-chief) * Justice

Allen Broussard Allen Edgar Broussard (April 13, 1929 – November 5, 1996) was an American attorney who rose to become an associate justice of the California Supreme Court from July 22, 1981, to August 31, 1991. Biography Broussard was born in Lake Charles ...

* Chief Justice

Rose Bird Rose Elizabeth Bird (November 2, 1936 – December 4, 1999) was the 25th Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. She was the first female law clerk of the Nevada Supreme Court, the first female deputy public defender in Santa Clara Cou ...

* Ninth Circuit Judge

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* Ambassador

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(former editor-in-chief) * Former

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* Professor Christopher Schroeder (former editor-in-chief) * Professor Barbara Armstrong, the first female law professor in the United States *

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and Michael Tigar * Los Angeles trial lawyer and author Merrill K. Albert (revising editor, 1955) * Law librarian

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(manager, 1928–1935)

References

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* {{Authority control American law journals University of California, Berkeley Publications established in 1912 General law journals Bimonthly journals Law in the San Francisco Bay Area 1912 establishments in California Law journals edited by students