Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review  

A typical Michigan Law Review cover.
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)	Mich. Law Rev.
Discipline	Law
Language	English
Edited by	Megan DeMarco
Publication details
Publisher	University of Michigan Law School (United States)
Publication history	1902-present
Frequency	Monthly
Impact factor (2009)	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 Megan DeMarco. 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".

Significant articles

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Notable alumni

• Steven G. Bradbury, former head of the Office of Legal Counsel
• David W. Belin, assistant counsel to the Warren Commission
• Charles Blakey Blackmar, former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Missouri
• Ann Coulter, conservative commentator, author, and syndicated columnist
• George E. Cryer, former mayor of Los Angeles
• David M. Ebel, judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• Harry T. Edwards, former Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• Jeffrey L. Fisher, Supreme Court litigator
• Robert Jerry, dean of the University of Florida Levin College of Law
• Alex Joel, first Civil Liberties Protection Officer for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence
• Sally Katzen, former administrator of OIRA
• W. Wallace Kent, former judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Bob Kimball, former President and CEO of RealNetworks
• Dave Kopel, conservative pundit and blogger
• Jeffrey P. Minear, Counselor to Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr..
• Benjamin Mizer, Solicitor General of Ohio
• Ronald L. Olson, "name partner" in the Los Angeles office of the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
• Doug Pappas, baseball writer and researcher who was considered the foremost expert on the business of baseball
• John Porter, former United States Representative from Illinois
• Daniel Tarullo, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• David Westin, President of ABC News
• James D. Zirin, lawyer, writer and cable TV talk show host

External links

• Official website