Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review  
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
 Mich. Law Rev.
Discipline Law
Language English
Edited by Erin Chapman
Publication details
Publisher
Publication history
 1902-present
Frequency Monthly
2.122
Indexing
ISSN 0026-2234
OCLC no. 1757366
JSTOR 00262234
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The Michigan Law Review (Bluebook abbreviation: Mich. L. Rev.) is an American law review established in 1902, after Gustavus Ohlinger, a student in the Law Department (now the Law School) of the University of Michigan, approached the dean with a proposal for a law journal. The Michigan Law Review was originally intended as a forum in which the faculty of the Law Department could publish its legal scholarship. The faculty resolution creating the Michigan Law Review required every faculty member to submit two articles per year to the new journal.

History

From its inception until 1940, the Michigan Law Review's student members worked under the direction of faculty members who served as editor-in-chief. The first of these was Floyd Mechem, the last Paul Kauper. In 1940, the first student editor-in-chief was selected. During the years that followed, student editors were given increasing responsibility and autonomy; today, the Michigan Law Review is run with no faculty supervision. The current editor-in-chief is Erin Chapman. Seven of each volume's eight issues ordinarily are composed of two major parts: "Articles" by legal scholars and practitioners and "Notes" written by the student editors. One issue in each volume is devoted to book reviews. Occasionally special issues are devoted to symposia or colloquia.

The Michigan Raw Review, a parody of the Michigan Law Review, was published annually by the Barristers Society, a self-styled honorary at the University of Michigan Law School. The Raw Review used the same cover, layout, and typeface, but contained content totally dissimilar, leaning to the "insulting and semi-pornographic".[1]

Significant articles

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ Swift, Theodore W., "There's a unicorn in the garden", Law Quadrangle Notes (Fall, 1981) Reprinted in Frazier, Richard, Let the Record Show, Michigan State University Press, ISBN 0-87013-425-6 (1997)p 284

Further reading

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