History

The George Mason University School of Law

George Mason University School of Law

George Mason University School of Law is the law school of George Mason University, a state university in Virginia, United States...

 was formerly the International School of Law, whose student-run publication, the International School of Law Review began in 1976. When the school became GMUSL in 1979, the publication became the George Mason University Law Review. Later, the review split with the administration, publishing for a time as the George Mason University Independent Law Review. After several years, the modern George Mason Law Review, as it is currently known, was born.

Membership selection

Using a competitive process that takes into account first-year grades and performance on a writing exercise, the George Mason Law Review offers membership to somewhere between 10-12 percent of the first year law school class.

George Mason Law Review Annual Symposium on Antitrust

Each year, the review holds a symposium on Antitrust Law, held in Washington, DC. The symposium consists of a keynote address by a leader in the field, and two panels discussing new aspects of antitrust law. Past speakers have included J. Thomas Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission

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, Thomas O. Barnett, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Neelie Kroes

Neelie Kroes

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, European Commissioner for Competition, and others. The Law Review publishes an issue dedicated to the symposium.

Notable articles

Notable articles published in the George Mason Law Review include:

• Hausman, J. A.
  Jerry A. Hausman
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  , and G. K. Leonard. “Economic Analysis of Differentiated Products Mergers Using Real World Data.” Geo. Mason L. Rev. 5 (1996): 321.
• Nelson, R. H. “Privatizing the Neighborhood: A Proposal to Replace Zoning with Private Collective Property Rights to Existing Neighborhoods.” 7 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 827 (1998).
• Shapiro, C.
  Carl Shapiro
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   “Exclusivity in Network Industries.” 7 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 673 (1998).
• Yoo, J.
  John Yoo
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  "The Terrorist Surveillance Program and the Constitution." 14 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 565 (2007).