Rutgers Law Journal
Encyclopedia
The Rutgers Law Journal is a student-run legal journal
at Rutgers University School of Law-Camden. It is the school’s flagship “law review
.” The Journal publishes general-interest articles and student notes and comments in four issues each year.
As the public law school of New Jersey
, every summer the Journal publishes its Annual Issue on State Constitutional Law. This issue routinely features articles written by the most influential and recognized scholars within the state constitutional law jurisprudential arena. The Annual Issue on State Constitutional Law also contains student written Comments analyzing the most important state supreme court decisions of the past year. The Journal also maintains an online, capsulated, nation-wide survey of state constitutional law decisions, collected and analyzed by members of the Journal Staff.
Today, the Journal publishes four issues per volume. In 2007, Rutgers Law Journal was ranked 51st of the top 100 law reviews in the nation by ExpressO.
Electronic submissions are preferred. Paper submissions are also accepted.
The Journal also publishes a number of student Notes written by members of the Journal. These Notes are chosen by the Note Selection Committee.
The Journal selects approximately 25 rising second-year law students for membership every year. This selection occurs through Rutgers Law's case comment competition. At the end of the first-year, students interested in joining the Journal submit a 14-18 page note which is graded (with a 1:2 endnote ratio). After completion of the writing competition, offers for membership are made to students based on a combination of grades and the scored writing piece.
Past symposia have been on The Regulation of Private Funds, The Struggle Between Intellectual Property Rights and Antitrust (held in Washington, DC), and Free Speech in Wartime Conference. The Journal also works in conjunction with the Institute for Law and Philosophy at the law school and, in the fall of 2004, published the inaugural papers of the Institute.
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
at Rutgers University School of Law-Camden. It is the school’s flagship “law review
Law review
A law review is a scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, normally published by an organization of students at a law school or through a bar association...
.” The Journal publishes general-interest articles and student notes and comments in four issues each year.
History
The first issue of what was to become the "Rutgers Law Journal" was published in 1969 as the "Rutgers Camden Law Journal". The Rutgers Camden Law Journal was created to provide a medium for student expression and faculty scholarship. To reflect the growing impact of the Journal, it became the Rutgers Law Journal in 1980 (beginning with Volume 12). Since 1998, with the creation of the Internet Editor position, the Journal has been archived on the World Wide Web.As the public law school of New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, every summer the Journal publishes its Annual Issue on State Constitutional Law. This issue routinely features articles written by the most influential and recognized scholars within the state constitutional law jurisprudential arena. The Annual Issue on State Constitutional Law also contains student written Comments analyzing the most important state supreme court decisions of the past year. The Journal also maintains an online, capsulated, nation-wide survey of state constitutional law decisions, collected and analyzed by members of the Journal Staff.
Today, the Journal publishes four issues per volume. In 2007, Rutgers Law Journal was ranked 51st of the top 100 law reviews in the nation by ExpressO.
Submissions for Publication
The Journal invites the submission of unsolicited articles, essays, and comments, and the Journal's editors review every submission that is received.Electronic submissions are preferred. Paper submissions are also accepted.
The Journal also publishes a number of student Notes written by members of the Journal. These Notes are chosen by the Note Selection Committee.
Staff and Selection of Membership
The Rutgers Law Journal is the law review for the Rutgers University School of Law at Camden and is published by second and third year law students who maintain superior academic records and possess strong legal writing and research skills.The Journal selects approximately 25 rising second-year law students for membership every year. This selection occurs through Rutgers Law's case comment competition. At the end of the first-year, students interested in joining the Journal submit a 14-18 page note which is graded (with a 1:2 endnote ratio). After completion of the writing competition, offers for membership are made to students based on a combination of grades and the scored writing piece.
Symposia
The Rutgers Law Journal hosts symposia yearly on a variety of contemporary legal issues.Past symposia have been on The Regulation of Private Funds, The Struggle Between Intellectual Property Rights and Antitrust (held in Washington, DC), and Free Speech in Wartime Conference. The Journal also works in conjunction with the Institute for Law and Philosophy at the law school and, in the fall of 2004, published the inaugural papers of the Institute.