The ''Minnesota Law Review'' is a student-run
law review
A law review or law journal is a scholarly journal or publication that focuses on legal issues. A law review is a type of legal periodical. Law reviews are a source of research, imbedded with analyzed and referenced legal topics; they also provide ...
published by students at
University of Minnesota Law School. The journal is published six times a year in November, December, February, April, May, and June. It was established by Henry J. Fletcher and William Reynolds Vance in 1917.
The journal contains articles, essays, features, and book reviews by legal scholars as well as student-written notes. The journal has an online companion called ''Headnotes''. Additionally, the journal maintains a blog called ''De Novo''.
In 2021, the journal selected its first Black Editor-in-Chief, Brandie Burris.
Noted alumni
The ''Minnesota Law Reviews alumni include
William C. Canby, Jr.,
Frank Claybourne,
Donald M. Fraser,
Orville Freeman,
Bill Luther,
George MacKinnon,
Walter Mondale
Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928April 19, 2021) was the 42nd vice president of the United States serving from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Minnesota from 1964 to 1976. ...
,
Diana E. Murphy,
William Prosser,
Ernest Gellhorn,
Richard Maxwell,
John Sargent Pillsbury, Jr.,
Maynard Pirsig,
Daniel D. Polsby,
Robert Kingsley, and
Harold Stassen. Other alumni include judges
Donald Alsop,
David S. Doty,
Richard H. Kyle,
John R. Tunheim, and
Nancy E. Brasel, all of the
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota;
Phil Carruthers, former speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives; former New Hampshire Governor
Charles M. Dale; and
Robert Stein, former executive director of the
American Bar Association
The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary association, voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students in the United States; national in scope, it is not specific to any single jurisdiction. Founded in 1878, the ABA's stated acti ...
.
Admissions
The law review accepts new members through an annual petitioning process. The petition includes two components: a case comment and a bluebooking portion. Candidates are then evaluated based on their petition, grades, and a personal statement.
See also
* ''
Minnesota Journal of International Law''
* ''
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology''
* ''
Law and Inequality''
References
External links
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American law journals
General law journals
Academic journals established in 1917
English-language journals
Bimonthly journals
University of Minnesota Law School
Law journals edited by students