The ''Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law'' is a student-run
law review
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published at the
University of Michigan School of Law. The journal publishes articles, notes, comments, and essays relating to
administrative and
environmental law
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.
History and overview
The journal was established in 2012 after "years of advocacy
yenvironmental law students" at the University of Michigan School of Law. The journal's founding editors had the goal of "prompt
ngnew scholarship and the development of sound public policy approaches in both environmental law and administrative law." In 2016,
Washington and Lee University
Washington and Lee University (Washington and Lee or W&L) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Lexington, Virginia, United States. Established in 1749 as Augusta Academy, it is among ...
's Law Journal Rankings placed the journal among the top three environmental, natural resources, and land use law journals with the highest
impact factor
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The Impact Factor of a journa ...
.
["Law Journals: Submission and Ranking, 2008-2015,"]
Washington & Lee University (Accessed: September 25, 2016).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted or indexed in
EBSCO databases,
HeinOnline
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,
LexisNexis
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,
Westlaw
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,
Journal Finder: Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law
and the
University of Washington
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's Current Index to Legal Periodicals. Tables of contents are also available through Infotrieve and
Ingenta,
[ and the journal posts past issues on its website.]
Journal Home: Archive
See also
* List of law journals
* List of environmental law journals
References
External links
*
American law journals
Academic journals established in 2012
English-language journals
Environmental law journals
Law journals edited by students
University of Michigan
Journal
Biannual journals
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