Law and Inequality
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Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice, or the Journal of Law & Inequality, is a journal of legal scholarship published by a student-run group at University of Minnesota Law School
. The journal is published twice a year, summer and winter. The journal was founded in 1981 to examine the social impact of law on disadvantaged people. It is noted for taking articles that address its central mission, but do not fall into the traditional format of legal scholarship.
Law and Inequality publishes articles by legal scholars and practitioners, law students, and non-lawyers. Members of the staff are selected on the basis of their writing abilities and their commitment to eliminating inequality. Editors are elected from among staff members to serve during their third year in law school.
Some notable authors of articles in the Journal of Law & Inequality include
Catharine MacKinnon
,
Richard Delgado
,
Cass Sunstein
,
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
(while a judge for the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals),
Derrick Bell
,
Jo Freeman
,
William J. Brennan, Jr.
(after he retired from the Supreme Court),
Peter Edelman
,
and Trina Jones.
The Journal of Law & Inequality has also been cited numerous times by federal and state courts, including:
The journal is listed as #3 in the "Minority, Race and Ethnic Issues" subcategory on the Washington and Lee University law journal rankings; #1 in the "Family Law" subcategory; tied with the University of Chicago Legal Forum for #11 in the "Public Policy, Politics, and the Law" subcategory; and #2 in the "Women, Gender, Sexuality and the Law" subcategory.
University of Minnesota Law School
The University of Minnesota Law School, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, is a professional school of the University of Minnesota. The school offers a Juris Doctor , Masters of Law for Foreign Lawyers, and joint degrees with J.D./M.B.A., J.D./M.P.A, J.D./M.A., J.D./M.S., J.D./Ph.D.,...
. The journal is published twice a year, summer and winter. The journal was founded in 1981 to examine the social impact of law on disadvantaged people. It is noted for taking articles that address its central mission, but do not fall into the traditional format of legal scholarship.
Law and Inequality publishes articles by legal scholars and practitioners, law students, and non-lawyers. Members of the staff are selected on the basis of their writing abilities and their commitment to eliminating inequality. Editors are elected from among staff members to serve during their third year in law school.
Some notable authors of articles in the Journal of Law & Inequality include
Catharine MacKinnon
Catharine MacKinnon
Catharine Alice MacKinnon is an American feminist, scholar, lawyer, teacher and activist.- Biography :MacKinnon was born in Minnesota. Her mother is Elizabeth Valentine Davis; her father, George E. MacKinnon was a lawyer, congressman , and judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...
,
Richard Delgado
Richard Delgado
Richard Delgado is a professor at the Seattle University School of Law. He is teaches civil rights law. He is a proponent of critical race theory, and a critic of law and literature movement...
,
Cass Sunstein
Cass Sunstein
Cass R. Sunstein is an American legal scholar, particularly in the fields of constitutional law, administrative law, environmental law, and law and behavioral economics, who currently is the Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Obama administration...
,
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ginsburg was appointed by President Bill Clinton and took the oath of office on August 10, 1993. She is the second female justice and the first Jewish female justice.She is generally viewed as belonging to...
(while a judge for the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals),
Derrick Bell
Derrick Bell
Derrick Albert Bell, Jr. was the first tenured African-American professor of Law at Harvard University, and largely credited as the originator of Critical Race Theory. He was the former dean of the University of Oregon School of Law.- Education and early career :Born in the Hill District of...
,
Jo Freeman
Jo Freeman
Jo Freeman is an American feminist, political scientist, writer and attorney. As a student at the University of California, Berkeley in the 1960s, she became active in organizations working for civil liberties and the civil rights movement...
,
William J. Brennan, Jr.
William J. Brennan, Jr.
William Joseph Brennan, Jr. was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1956 to 1990...
(after he retired from the Supreme Court),
Peter Edelman
Peter Edelman
Peter B. Edelman is a lawyer, policy maker, and law professor at Georgetown University Law Center, specializing in the fields of poverty, welfare, juvenile justice, and constitutional law. Edelman grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father worked as a lawyer and his mother worked as a home-maker...
,
and Trina Jones.
The Journal of Law & Inequality has also been cited numerous times by federal and state courts, including:
- Notable Supreme Court case United States v. VirginiaUnited States v. VirginiaUnited States v. Virginia, , is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States struck down the Virginia Military Institute's long-standing male-only admission policy in a 7-1 decision...
. - State v. Janes.
- Sayers by Sayers v. Beltrami County.
- Isabellita S. v. John S.
- Rio v. Rio.
- Eastman v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
The journal is listed as #3 in the "Minority, Race and Ethnic Issues" subcategory on the Washington and Lee University law journal rankings; #1 in the "Family Law" subcategory; tied with the University of Chicago Legal Forum for #11 in the "Public Policy, Politics, and the Law" subcategory; and #2 in the "Women, Gender, Sexuality and the Law" subcategory.