The Albany Law Review is a law review edited by students at Albany Law School.[1] The Albany Law Review is one of three student-edited law journals published by the school.[2]
History
The Albany Law Review was founded in 1936. Its founding followed the publication of the Albany Law School Journal, the first student-edited legal periodical in the United States.[3] The Albany Law Review considers itself to be the Albany Law School Journal's successor publication.[1] The only verified surviving copy of the Albany Law School Journal hangs in the office of the editor-in-chief of the Albany Law Review.[4]
The Albany Law Review has historically published four issues annually. In 1996, the Albany Law Review absorbed the Rutgers publication State Constitutional Commentary and Notes, dedicating one of its four annual issues, titled State Constitutional Commentary, to scholarship related to state constitutional law.[5] In 2010, the journal dedicated a second issue, titled New York Appeals, to the study of appellate courts in New York state.[6] The following year, a third issue, titled Miscarriages of Justice (and now known as Justice Commentaries), was dedicated to exploring failures in the criminal justice system.[7] That issue was initially created in partnership with the State University of New York at Albany's School of Criminal Justice.
In addition, the Albany Law Review has also sponsored a series of symposia, bringing noted speakers on contemporary legal topics to the law school.[8] These speakers range from politicians, to legal academics, to sitting members of the judiciary. In recent years, the Albany Law Review has held two symposia each year.
Membership
The members of the Albany Law Review are all students at Albany Law School. As with many law reviews, attaining membership on the Albany Law Review is a competitive process. Students become eligible for journal membership upon completion of their first year of law school. Offers of membership are extended based on student class standing or on the results of a writing competition jointly administered by the school's three student-edited journals.[2] Members are given editorial and research related assignments in their second year of law school, and are required to produce a note or comment of publishable quality. In their third year, members may be elected to the editorial board, which handles the overall production and publication of the journal.
^Jonathan Lippman, The New York Court of Appeals, Albany Law School, and The Albany Law Review: Institutions Dedicated to the Evolution of the Law in New York State, 75 Alb. L. Rev. 9, 10 (2011/2012); Spencer M. Ritchie, The Journal's Journey: a History of the Mississippi Law Journal, 81 Miss. L. J. 1527, 1528 n.7 (2012); Whit Pierce & Anne Reuben, The Law Review is Dead; Long Live the Law Review: A Closer Look at the Declining Judicial Citation of Legal Scholarship, 45 Wake Forest L. Rev. 1185, 1188 n.17 (2010); Michael Closen & Robert Dzielak, The History and Influence of the Law Review Institution, 30 Akron L. Rev. 15, 34 (1996); Michael Swygert & Jon Bruce, The Historical Origins, Founding, and Early Development of Student-Edited Law Reviews, 36 Hastings L. J. 739, 764 (1986).
^Robert Emery, The Albany Law School Journal: The Only Surviving Copy, 89 L. Lib. J. 463, 464 (1997).
^Robert M. Pilter, Independent State Search and Seizure Constitutionalisim: The New York State Court of Appeals' Quest for Principled Decisionmaking, 62 Brook. L. Rev. 1, 7 n.4 (1996); Lawrence H. Cooke, Message from the Chair, 59 Alb. L. Rev. 1539 (1996).
^Matthew Laroche & Peter McCormack, New York Appeals: A New Tradition, 73 Alb. L. Rev. 645 (2010).
^James Acker, Foreword, 74 Alb. L. Rev. 1067, 1067-1069(2010/2011).
^Bryce, Jill (6 November 1998). "Roe vs. Wade decision recalled". The Sunday Gazette (Albany). p. B5.
