New York University Law Review Explained

New York University Law Review
Former Name:	Annual Review of the Law School of New York University; New York University Law Quarterly Review; New York University Law Review
Abbreviation:	N. Y. Univ. Law Rev.
Bluebook:	N.Y.U. L. Rev.
Discipline:	Legal studies
Editor:	Ian Leach
Publisher:	New York University School of Law
Country:	United States
History:	1924–present
Frequency:	Bimonthly
Impact:	2.427
Impact-Year:	2021
Issn:	0028-7881
Lccn:	31004260
Oclc:	46988231
Website:	https://nyulawreview.org

The New York University Law Review is a bimonthly general law review covering legal scholarship in all areas, including legal theory and policy, environmental law, legal history, and international law. The journal was established in 1924 as a collaborative effort between law students and members of the local bar.^[1] Its first editor-in-chief was Paul D. Kaufman. Between 1924 and 1950, it was at various times known as the Annual Review of the Law School of New York University^[2] and the New York University Law Quarterly Review^[3] before obtaining its current name in 1950.

Selection

Each year, the journal selects 52 new members from a class of approximately 450. Members are selected using a competitive process, which takes into account an applicant's first-year grades, performance in a writing competition, and potential to contribute to diversity on the journal.^[4]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 2.427.^[5]

Lawsuit over discrimination against white males

On October 6, 2018, a group called "Faculty, Alumni, and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences" filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the review over discrimination against white males in selecting staff editors and articles to publish.^[6] The challengers lost at trial^[7] and again on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.^[8] The Supreme Court of the United States declined to review the case.^[9]

Alumni

Prominent alumni of the New York University Law Review include:

• Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Leader of the 118th Congress^[10]
• Breon Peace, United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York.^[11]
• Phil Weiser, 39th Attorney General of Colorado^[12]
• Rudy Giuliani, 107th Mayor of New York City
• Evan Chesler, former chairman of Cravath, Swaine & Moore
• Martin Lipton, co-founder of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz,^[13]
• Leonard Rosen, co-founder of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz^[13]
• Herbert Wachtell, co-founder of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz^[13]
• George Katz, co-founder of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz^[13]

Notable articles

The journal has published the following notable articles:^[14]

• Karl N. Llewellyn, Through Title to Contract and a Bit Beyond, 15 N.Y.U. L.Q. Rev. 159 (1938)
• Hugo L. Black, The Bill of Rights, 35 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 865 (1960)
• Earl Warren, The Bill of Rights and the Military, 37 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 181 (1962)
• Clyde W. Summers, Individual Rights in Collective Agreements and Arbitration, 37 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 362 (1962)
• Henry J. Friendly, In Praise of Erie--And of the New Federal Common Law, 39 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 383 (1964)
• Robert A. Leflar, Choice-Influencing Considerations in Conflict Law, 41 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 267 (1966)
• Anthony G. Amsterdam, The Supreme Court and the Rights of Suspects in Criminal Cases, 45 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 785 (1970)
• Ronald Dworkin, The Forum of Principle, 56 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 469 (1981)
• William J. Brennan, Jr., The Bill of Rights and the States: The Revival of State Constitutions as Guardians of Individual Rights, 61 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 535 (1986)
• Richard L. Revesz, Rehabilitating Interstate Competition: Rethinking the 'Race-to-the-Bottom' Rationale for Federal Environmental Regulation, 67 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1210 (1992)
• Russell G. Pearce, The Professionalism Paradigm Shift: Why Discarding Professional Ideology Will Improve the Conduct and Reputation of the Bar, 70 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1229 (1995)
• Yochai Benkler, Free as the Air to Common Use: First Amendment Constraints on Enclosure of the Public Domain, 74 L. Rev. 354 (1999)
• Jon D. Hanson & Douglas A. Kysar, Taking Behavioralism Seriously: The Problem of Market Manipulation, 74 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 630 (1999)
• Jody Freeman, The Private Role in Public Governance, 75 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 543 (2000)
• Stephen Breyer, Our Democratic Constitution, 77 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 245 (2002)
• Lisa Schultz Bressman, Beyond Accountability: Arbitrariness and Legitimacy in the Administrative State, 78 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 461 (2003)
• Jack M. Balkin, Digital Speech and Democratic Culture: A Theory of Freedom of Expression for the Information Society, 79 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1 (2004)
• Richard A. Nagareda, Class Certification in the Age of Aggregate Proof, 84 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 97 (2009)
• Arthur R. Miller, Simplified Pleading, Meaningful Days in Court, and Trials on the Merits: Reflections on the Deformation of Federal Procedure, 88 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 286 (2013)

Notes and References

1. 1 N. Y. U. L. Rev. 1.
2. E.g., id.
3. E.g., 10 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1.
4. Web site: NYU Law Review, Membership Selection. 31 March 2023.
5. Book: 2022 . New York University Law Review . 2021 Journal Citation Reports . . Science OR Social Sciences . . Journal Citation Reports.
6. News: Binkley . Collin . Harvard, NYU law reviews sued over alleged discrimination . . October 9, 2018.
7. Web site: NYU Law Review wins dismissal of suit challenging its racial and gender preferences . ABA Journal.
8. Web site: TaxProf Blog: 2nd Circuit Backs NYU Law Review In Challenge To Diversity Policy. taxprof.typepad.com.
9. Web site: Search - Supreme Court of the United States. www.supremecourt.gov.
10. https://www.nyulawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1996-1997-NYU-Law-Review-Masthead.pdf Masthead
11. https://www.linkedin.com/in/breon-peace-3432687/
12. Web site: Philip Weiser '94 named dean of the University of Colorado Law School . NYU Law School News . December 11, 2022 . May 31, 2011.
13. Book: Steinberger. Erica H. . Lipton . Martin . 1978 . Takeovers and Freezeouts . Law Journal Press . 9781588520050 . August 15, 2014.
14. https://www.nyulawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/NYULawReview-75-6-Retrospective.pdf Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Retrospective: Most Influential Articles