University of Colorado Law Review

University of Colorado Law Review
Title	University of Colorado Law Review
Discipline	Law
Former names	Colorado Law Review
Abbreviation	Univ. Colo. L. Rev.
Publisher	University of Colorado Law School
Country	United States
Frequency	Quarterly
History	1923–present

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University of Colorado Law Review is a student-run law journal published at the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder, Colorado, focusing on scholarship in United States constitutional law, administrative law, environmental law, and intellectual property law. The Review has published articles by judges and scholars from institutions such as the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, and Stanford Law School, and it hosts symposia that gather participants from the American Bar Association, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Environmental Protection Agency.

History

The journal traces its origins to early 20th-century legal publishing trends exemplified by the Harvard Law Review and the Yale Law Journal, with formal establishment in the 1920s as part of the University of Colorado's expansion under leadership connected to figures associated with the Rocky Mountain Region and regional legal developments tied to the Colorado River Compact and energy litigation. Over decades the Review reflected shifts in jurisprudence represented by decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, debates sparked by the New Deal and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and environmental controversies related to the National Environmental Policy Act and cases litigated before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Review's archive includes scholarship responding to landmark rulings such as Brown v. Board of Education, Miranda v. Arizona, and Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., and issues have featured contributors associated with institutions like the University of Chicago Law School and the Columbia Law School.

The Review operates as a quarterly law journal modeled on structures used by the Harvard Law Review and the Columbia Law Review, with an editorial board including an Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editors, and Executive Articles Editors who liaise with faculty from the University of Colorado Law School and visiting scholars from the Brookings Institution and the Hoover Institution. It publishes a mixture of articles, essays, comments, and book reviews by contributors affiliated with entities such as the American Constitution Society, the Federalist Society, and the Institute for Policy Integrity. The Review's publication process involves citation checking consistent with the Bluebook editorial conventions, symposia editions held in partnership with organizations like the Environmental Law Institute and the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, and online supplements that mirror practices at journals such as the Georgetown Law Journal and the Michigan Law Review.

The Review has hosted symposia addressing topics that intersect with policy debates involving the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Justice, and the Securities and Exchange Commission, bringing speakers from the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and academic programs at New York University School of Law and Duke University School of Law. Notable articles have engaged with precedent originating in cases like United States v. Nixon, Roe v. Wade, and Bush v. Gore, and with scholarship by figures from Harvard Law School, Stanford Law School, and the University of Chicago Law School. Past symposia topics have included administrative law debates influenced by Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., antitrust questions resonant with litigation involving Microsoft Corporation and AT&T Inc., and environmental regulation connected to litigation under the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.

Membership on the Review is determined by a competitive selection process modeled after procedures used by leading journals such as the Yale Law Journal, the Harvard Law Review, and the Columbia Law Review, with criteria including writing ability, citation skills consistent with the Bluebook, and academic performance measured against standards of the University of Colorado Law School and peer institutions like University of Michigan Law School and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Selection methods include write-on competitions and automatic offers for top-ranking students similar to practices at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Cornell Law School, and editorial appointments rotate annually with oversight from faculty advisors with ties to the American Bar Association accreditation process.

The Review's influence is reflected in citations by courts such as the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and occasional citations in opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, and by inclusion of its scholarship in policy discussions at agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Trade Commission. Articles published in the Review have informed debates involving the Clean Air Act, the Affordable Care Act, and intellectual property disputes before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and contributors have moved between academia at institutions such as Harvard Law School and Columbia Law School and practice at firms engaged with litigation before the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

Alumni and former editors have included jurists and practitioners who went on to positions in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, state supreme courts in the Rocky Mountain Region, and federal agencies like the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as academics at Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, and Stanford Law School. Past editors have collaborated with scholars from the Brookings Institution and the Hoover Institution and have contributed to legal discourse alongside authors affiliated with the Brennan Center for Justice and the Cato Institute.