About Us
The Michigan Law Review publishes eight issues annually. Seven of each volume’s eight issues are composed of two major parts: Articles by legal scholars and practitioners, and Notes by law students. One issue in each volume is devoted to Book Reviews.
Michigan Law Review Online publishes short articles and op-ed style pieces by academics, judges, practitioners, and law students, as well as timely responses to articles in the print journal of the Michigan Law Review. Our online companion quickly disseminates the legal community’s initial impressions of important judicial decisions and legislative developments.
Mission Statement
The Michigan Law Review is a student-run legal journal with two primary objectives: publishing exceptional scholarship that contributes to the understanding, application, and evolution of the law; and developing future leaders of the legal profession. The Law Review undertakes this mission understanding that the best scholarship has impact beyond the legal academy. To achieve its ends, the Law Review seeks to elevate a diversity of viewpoints, ideas, and identities and to amplify historically marginalized voices. The Law Review publishes outstanding pieces from established and up-and-coming legal scholars, judges, practitioners, and law students.
The journal shall be published at least eight times per academic year. It shall appear that the periodical is published by or under the auspices of the University of Michigan Law School (“The Law School”).
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Editor-in-Chief
Heather Jane Foster
Managing Editor—Publication
Nathaniel B. Magrath
Executive Development Editor
Delpha Carpenter
Executive Articles Editor
Alexander Rochon
Articles Editors
Henry R. Evans
Madeline C. Guth
Keelly Michael Jones
Lyllian Simerly
Afnan M. Tolba
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
David A. Seaman
Executive Editors
Anna V. Kallmeyer
Daniel Adair Kaylor
Drake M. Marsaly
Virginia “Ginny” Miller
Yangji Sherpa
Isabelle L. Tegtmeyer
Jack G.Z. Webb
Justin Yu
Managing Editor—Production
Avery E. Coombe
Executive Notes Editor
Luke Pomrenke
Notes Editors
Suji Kim
Jacob C. León
Ruben M. Piñuelas
Haley M. Rogers
Dustin R. Smith
Managing Online Editor
Walter Aguilar
Executive Online Editors
Zainab M. Dossaji
Gina M. Gasparotto
Logan V. Moore
David T. Weaver
Book Review Editors
Sabriya Imami
Lila C. Nazarian
Senior Editors
Nithya Arun
Charlotte G. Beaudoin
Luqmaan Syed Bokhary
Katherine Cleary
Conor M. Cox
Ryan Distaso
Haley Feuerman
Jon M. Foissotte
Alison Futter
Jacob E. Gerszten
Shannon T. Hickey
Joclyn Aliyah Hutchison*
Elizabeth “Betsy” Knox
Audrey Z. Li
Shirin Maani
Alex McGrath
Lenneal McKudu
Matthew Mincher
Christopher Brian Moeckel
Nathan Pitock
Tomás Rios
Hazel Rosenblum-Sellers
Anna G. Scott
Savanna Stewart
Sydney P. Suedmeier
Avalon L.V. Swanson
Case Thomason*
Eleanor L. Thompson
Nathan D. Turner
Meghan Ward
Andrew Wright
*Senior Editor Representatives
Manager
Jessica L. Pasquale
Editorial Assistant
Connie M. Swindle
History
In 1901, Gustavus Ohlinger, a student in the Law Department of the University of Michigan, approached the Dean with a proposal for a law journal. The faculty accepted the proposal, and the Michigan Law Review began publication in 1902, making it the sixth oldest legal journal in the country. The Law Review originally was intended as a forum in which the faculty of the Law Department could publish its legal scholarship. The faculty resolution creating the Law Review required every faculty member to submit two articles per year to the new journal.
From its inception until 1940, the Law Review‘s student members worked under the direction of faculty members who served as Editor-in-Chief—the first 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 Law Review is run with no faculty supervision. Seven of each volume’s eight issues ordinarily are composed of two major parts: Articles written by legal scholars and practitioners and Notes written by law students. One issue in each volume is devoted to Book Reviews.
Membership Selection
Associate Editor Selection Procedures
The Michigan Law Review seeks to select a staff of hardworking, diverse individuals with strong analytical and writing skills who will work cooperatively and enthusiastically to produce a scholarly journal.
Each year, the Law Review selects approximately 50 Associate Editors from among the first-year class and eligible dual-degree students. A writing competition for the first-year class is held each May and applicants are notified of selection decisions in early July.
Note-On Policy
In addition to those students admitted to the Michigan Law Review through the Spring Writing Competition, second-year students at Michigan Law may become members of the Law Review by producing and publishing a Note. The Law Review encourages students writing innovative scholarship to consider publishing their papers via the Note-On process.
For more information, including eligibility requirements, please review our Note-On Policy or contact the Executive Notes Editor.
