Harvard Civil Rights–Civil Liberties Law Review Explained

Harvard Civil Rights – Civil Liberties Law Review
Editor:	Sararose Gaines, Natassia Velez, Amy Frieder, Billy Roberts^[1]
Discipline:	Law review
Abbreviation:	Harv. Civ. Rights-Civ. Liberties Law Rev.
Bluebook:	Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev.
Publisher:	Harvard Law School
Country:	United States
Frequency:	Biannually
History:	1966-present
Impact:	1.185
Impact-Year:	2016
Website:	http://www.harvardcrcl.org/
Oclc:	06031621
Lccn:	sn82005086
Issn:	0017-8039
Eissn:	2153-2389

The Harvard Civil Rights – Civil Liberties Law Review is a student-run law review published by Harvard Law School.^[2] The journal is published two times per year and contains articles, essays, and book reviews concerning civil rights and liberties.^[3] In 2009, its online companion Amicus was launched, which features standard length journal articles coupled with online responses.^[4] In 2018, the journal launched its podcast, Taking Liberties.^[5]

History

The journal was established in Spring 1966 by students Spencer H. Boyer (later Professor and Associate Dean at Howard Law School), Joseph Meissner, and Frank Parker in the wake of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.^[6] The funds for the establishing the journal, a figure of $600 as requested by Boyer, were granted after a short meeting with Harvard Law School Dean Ervin Griswold. In their first issue the editors of the new publication wrote that the review "is an emblem and achievement of the collaboration" between the Harvard Civil Liberties Research Service, the Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, and the Harvard Civil Rights Committee, three newly formed organizations that had recently noticed the dearth of legal material on civil rights:

In its 35th anniversary issue, legal academic Morton Horowitz wrote that the journal "seeks to catalyze progressive thought and dialogue through publishing innovative legal scholarship from various perspectives and in diverse fields of study."^[7]

Notable alumni

• Charles F. Abernathy
• Deborah Batts
• Jacqueline A. Berrien
• Keith Boykin
• Alvin Bragg
• Ted Wells
• James H. Burnley
• Morgan Chu
• Stuart E. Eizenstat
• John R. Evans
• Robert Fellmeth
• Jennifer Granholm
• Mark Green
• Joseph A. Greenaway Jr.^[8]
• William J. Jefferson
• Susan Oki Mollway
• Barack Obama
• Jorge Rangel
• Daniel P. Sheehan
• Cass Sunstein

Notable articles

• The Federal Government's Power to Protect Negroes and Civil Rights Workers Against Privately Inflicted Harm. Harv. Civ. Rights-Civ. Liberties Law Rev. . 1966. Paul A.. Brest. 1.
• Freedom from Information: The Act and the Agencies. Harv. Civ. Rights-Civ. Liberties Law Rev. . 1970. Ralph. Nader. 5. 53. Ralph Nader.
• The Negro Woman's Stake in the Equal Rights Amendment. Harv. Civ. Rights-Civ. Liberties Law Rev. . 1971. Pauli. Murray. 6. Pauli Murray.
• Structural Due Process. Harv. Civ. Rights-Civ. Liberties Law Rev. . 1975. Laurence. Tribe. 10. Laurence Tribe.
• From Brown to Bakke: The Long Road to Equality. Harv. Civ. Rights-Civ. Liberties Law Rev. . 1979. Constance. Baker Motley. 14. Constance Baker Motley.
• Words That Wound: A Tort Action for Racial Insults, Epithets, and Name-Calling. Harv. Civ. Rights-Civ. Liberties Law Rev. . 1982. Richard. Delgado. 17. Richard Delgado.
• Pornography, Civil Rights and Speech. Harv. Civ. Rights-Civ. Liberties Law Rev. . 1985. Catherine. MacKinnon. 20. 1. Catharine MacKinnon.
• Confronting Mass Imprisonment and Restoring Fairness to Collateral Review of Criminal Cases. Harv. Civ. Rights-Civ. Liberties Law Rev. . 2006. Bryan. Stevenson. 41. Bryan Stevenson.
• Two Fs for Formalism: Interpreting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Light of Changing Demographics and Electoral Patterns. Harv. Civ. Rights-Civ. Liberties Law Rev. . 2015. Dale. Ho. 50. Dale Ho.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Editorial Board | Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.
2. Web site: Journals and Publications . 2010-02-23.
3. Web site: Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Home page . 2010-02-23.
4. Web site: Online Supplement to Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. 2010-02-23.
5. Web site: Podcast | Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.
6. Web site: A journal dedicated to promoting 'revolutionary law. 2021-02-24.
7. A Brief History of the Harvard Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review. Harv. Civ. Rights-Civ. Liberties Law Rev. . 2002. Morton. Horowitz. 37. 259.
8. Web site: President Obama Nominates Judge Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr. for the Third Circuit, and Judge Beverly B. Martin for United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | The White House. whitehouse.gov. 19 June 2009. National Archives. 2010-02-23.