Boston College Law Review
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The Boston College Law Review is a journal of legal scholarship and student organization at Boston College Law School
. It has been continuously published since 1959. Up until 1977, it was known as the Boston College Industrial & Commercial Law Review. Among student-edited general-interest law reviews, it is currently ranked 23rd in the country based on citations per article.
The Law Review publishes five issues each year—in January, March, May, September, and November (starting in 2007). Each issue typically includes three or four articles concerning legal issues of national interest written by prominent outside authors, as well as three student-written notes. The Law Review has published articles on such wide-ranging topics as the legal issues involved in managing the lives of ex-offenders (an article cited by Justice Stephen Breyer
in his dissenting opinion in Blakely v. Washington
, 2004), the compensation of fund managers in the mutual fund industry, and the contributions of interdisciplinary evidence scholarship. Past authors have included Profs. Roger Park
, Michael J. Saks
, Martha Minow
, Edward Imwinkelried
, John Bogle
(the retired CEO of Vanguard Investments), the Rev. Jesse Jackson
, and Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. The Law Review also hosts annual or semi-annual symposia. In 2006, the Law Review symposium addressed the legal ramifications of owning private and public standards.
The Law Review is staffed by second- and third-year law students. Positions on the Law Review are filled by students who either attain the top 5% of grades in first-year classes, who score the highest based on a first-year writing competition, or a combination of those two criteria. The staff consists of approximately sixty law students.
Boston College Law School
Boston College Law School is one of the six professional graduate schools at Boston College. Located approximately 1.5 miles from the main Boston College campus in Chestnut Hill, Boston College Law School is situated on a wooded campus in Newton, Massachusetts.With approximately 800 students and...
. It has been continuously published since 1959. Up until 1977, it was known as the Boston College Industrial & Commercial Law Review. Among student-edited general-interest law reviews, it is currently ranked 23rd in the country based on citations per article.
The Law Review publishes five issues each year—in January, March, May, September, and November (starting in 2007). Each issue typically includes three or four articles concerning legal issues of national interest written by prominent outside authors, as well as three student-written notes. The Law Review has published articles on such wide-ranging topics as the legal issues involved in managing the lives of ex-offenders (an article cited by Justice Stephen Breyer
Stephen Breyer
Stephen Gerald Breyer is an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1994, and known for his pragmatic approach to constitutional law, Breyer is generally associated with the more liberal side of the Court....
in his dissenting opinion in Blakely v. Washington
Blakely v. Washington
Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296 , held that, in the context of mandatory sentencing guidelines under state law, the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial prohibited judges from enhancing criminal sentences based on facts other than those decided by the jury or admitted by the defendant...
, 2004), the compensation of fund managers in the mutual fund industry, and the contributions of interdisciplinary evidence scholarship. Past authors have included Profs. Roger Park
Roger Park
Roger C. Park is a law professor at UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, California, who specializes in evidence. He received his B.A. from Harvard University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he was Case Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He has also served as a law clerk for...
, Michael J. Saks
Michael J. Saks
Michael J. Saks is a professor of law at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University; he holds a secondary appointment in the department of psychology....
, Martha Minow
Martha Minow
Martha Louise Minow is the Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law and the Dean of Harvard Law School. She teaches civil procedure, constitutional law, family law, international criminal justice, jurisprudence, law and education, nonprofit organizations, and the public law workshop...
, Edward Imwinkelried
Edward Imwinkelried
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, John Bogle
John Bogle
John Clifton "Jack" Bogle is the founder and retired CEO of The Vanguard Group. He is known for his 1999 book Common Sense on Mutual Funds: New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor, which became a bestseller and is considered a classic.-Early life and education:Bogle was born in in Verona, New...
(the retired CEO of Vanguard Investments), the Rev. Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. is an African-American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He was the founder of both entities that merged to...
, and Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. The Law Review also hosts annual or semi-annual symposia. In 2006, the Law Review symposium addressed the legal ramifications of owning private and public standards.
The Law Review is staffed by second- and third-year law students. Positions on the Law Review are filled by students who either attain the top 5% of grades in first-year classes, who score the highest based on a first-year writing competition, or a combination of those two criteria. The staff consists of approximately sixty law students.