About the Law Review
The Washington University Law Review is a student-edited journal that publishes six issues of high-quality, general legal scholarship each year.
A Student-Run Academic Journal
Student editors make the editorial and organizational decisions and select, edit, and publish articles submitted by professors, judges, practitioners, and students at WashU.
The Law Review was founded in 1915 as the St. Louis Law Review, renamed in 1936 to the Washington University Law Quarterly, and adopted its current name in 2006.
The Law Review Online, launched in 2017, publishes shorter-form pieces on cutting edge legal issues as a supplement to the print edition.
Current Editorial Board & Senior Editors
1915
Year Founded
Six
Issues Per Year
2017
Online Edition Launched
The Editing Process
Rigorous by design
Each piece undergoes a rigorous editing process. Law Review editors suggest global changes to substance and form, check text for accuracy and clarity, ensure that propositions have adequate support, and correct citations before publication.
Substance & form
Editors suggest global changes to strengthen the argument.
Accuracy & clarity
Text is checked line by line for precision.
Support
Every proposition is tested against adequate authority.
Citations
Footnotes are corrected to exacting standards.
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