Willamette Law Review

Infobox Journal
title = Willamette Law Review


editor = Sara Cassidey
discipline = Law review
language = English
abbreviation = Willamette L. Rev.
publisher = Willamette University College of Law
country = United States
frequency = Quarterly
history = 1959 to present
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website = http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/journals/review/
ISSN = 0191-9822The "Willamette Law Review" is a law review academic journal published by Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1959, the quarterly publication is housed in the Oregon Civic Justice Center. Cited as "Willamette L. Rev.", the journal is edited by students of the law school with oversight by the college's faculty. As of 2007, Willamette Law Review has a total of 43 volumes.

History

In 1959, Willamette University’s law school founded their law review journal. [http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/journals/review/ Willamette Law Review.] Willamette University College of Law. Retrieved on September 26, 2008.] Ronald B. Lansing served as the first editor in chief of what started as a twice-yearly publication. [Editorial Board. 1 "Willamette L. Rev." 1.] The first issue focused on employer liability. The journal was first located in the law school building at now Gatke Hall, and moved in 1967 to the new Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center when the law school relocated to its new home.Celebrating 125 Years of Outstanding Legal Education and Bar Leadership. Editor Anne Marie Becka, Willamette University College of Law, 2008. p. 29.]

Originally titled as the "Willamette Law Journal" for its first 14 volumes, the name was changed to the "Willamette Law Review" in 1978. [ [http://www.co.harris.tx.us/law/WY.html Periodical Holdings: WY.] Harris County Law Library. Retrieved on September 26, 2008.] In October 2006, the journal sponsored a symposium on former Oregon Supreme Court justice and distinguished scholar in residence at Willamette, Hans A. Linde. [”Bar News: Up to date news of the Oregon State Bar: Willamette Conference to honor Linde.” "The Oregon State Bar Bulletin", October 2006. 67 Or. St. B. Bull. 49.] In September 2008, "Willamette Law Review" moved into the new Oregon Civic Justice Center, located in the former Salem Carnegie Library, along with several other law school programs.Lynn, Capi. “Then & Now”, "Statesman Journal", September 11, 2008, Life, p. 1.] The building was rededicated in a ceremony with Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the guest of honor.

Editions

Although the periodical is focused on legal issues in general, every other year one edition is focused on purely Oregon legal items. One of these topics was the Oregon Uniform Trust Code when it became law in 2006. [“Department: Briefs: Law review considers new trust code.” "The Oregon State Bar Bulletin", February/March, 2006. 66 Or. St. B. Bull. 7.] According to the "Albany Law Review", the "Willamette Law Review" ranks in their tier five (journals from rank 196 to 260 out of 540 law reviews) of assessment of law journals based on the journal’s article selection process. [Nance, Jason P. and Dylan J. Steinberg. [http://www.law.indiana.edu/people/henderson/share/AppendixA.pdf “The law review article selection process: results from a national study”.] "Albany Law Review", March 22, 2008, Pg. 565(57) Vol. 71 No. 2 ISSN: 0002-4678.]

The "Willamette Law Review" also sponsors symposiums on various legal topics each year, [ Guerrero-Huston, Thelma. “Symposium focuses on health and law”, "Statesman Journal", March 5, 2008.] and then publishes the resulting articles.Shelton, Dinah. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9300%28198207%2976%3A3%3C697%3AWLR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D Book Reviews and Notes: Willamette Law Review.] "The American Journal of International Law", Vol. 76, No. 3. (Jul., 1982), pp. 697-698.] Topics have included international law (2008), and sports law (2006) in recent years. [Franke, Gloria. “The Right of Publicity vs. the First Amendment; Will One Test Ever Capture the Starring Role?” 79 "Southern California Law Review" 945 (2006), "Entertainment Law Reporter", November, 2006, Vol. 28, No. 6.] The journal has been cited in a variety of publications including "The Washington Quarterly", [Moore, John Norton. “Considering an International Subseabed Waste Repository: Rational Choice and Community Interest”. "The Washington Quarterly", Summer 1986, Vol. 9, No. 3; Pg. 115.] "The Oregonian", [Green, Ashbel S. and Laura Oppenheimer. “Land-use lawsuit invokes ant-favoritism clause”. "The Oregonian", January 15, 2005, p. A1.] and "The Birmingham News" to name several. [White, David. “Democrats seek nonpartisan elections for state's judges”, "The Birmingham News", February 6, 2006, p. 1B, Vol. 118 No. 303.]

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External links

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* [http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/index.aspx?mainid=155 Law Journals: Submissions and Ranking] - Washington & Lee Law School