Stanford Law Review

Stanford Law Review
DisciplineLaw
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
History1948–present
Publisher
Frequency6 issues, January to June
Standard abbreviations
BluebookStan. L. Rev.
ISO 4Stanf. Law Rev.
Indexing
ISSN0038-9765 (print)
1939-8581 (web)
LCCN52004133
JSTOR00389765
OCLC no.42821730
Links

The Stanford Law Review (SLR) is a legal journal produced independently by Stanford Law School students. The journal was established in 1948 with future U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher as its first president. The review produces six issues yearly between January and June and regularly publishes short-form content on the Stanford Law Review Online.[1]

Admissions

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The Stanford Law Review selects members based on a competitive exercise that tests candidates on their editing skills and legal writing ability. There is not a firm number of accepted candidates each year; recent classes of new editors have ranged from about 40 to 45. The candidate exercise is distributed to candidates late in their first year at the law school. Transfer students are also eligible for admission through the same process.

Rankings

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Among United States law journals, Stanford Law Review is ranked third by Washington and Lee University Law School[2] and third by a professor at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication.[3]

Notable alumni

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The review's editorial board has a president, who is effectively the editor-in-chief of the publication. Notable past Presidents include Warren Christopher (1949),[4] Brooksley Born (1964), Raymond C. Fisher (1966), David F. Levi (1980), Paul G. Cassell (1984),[5] and Tony West (1990).[6] Other notable alumni are William Rehnquist,[7] Sandra Day O'Connor,[8] Shirley Hufstedler,[9] Joshua Bolten, Carlos Watson, Geoffrey Berman,[10] and Peter Thiel.[11]

William Rehnquist and Sandra Day O'Connor

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Two of the most notable alumni members of the Stanford Law Review, former Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and William Rehnquist, attended Stanford Law School at the same time and graduated together with the class of 1952.[12] The two future Supreme Court Justices became very close friends and even dated for a short time. In 2019, author Evan Thomas published A Biography of Sandra Day O'Connor, in which he presented information that he obtained from Justice O'Connor's personal documents, kept closed at the Library of Congress, that in the spring of 1952, Rehnquist wrote a letter to O'Connor asking her to marry him. O'Connor turned down Rehnquist's proposal because she was then dating her future husband, John O'Connor.[13] The two had publicly stated that they dated for a short time during law school but Rehnquist's marriage proposal to O'Connor had been kept a secret.[14] The two served on the Supreme Court together from 1981 until Rehnquist's death in 2005.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Stanford Law Review Online". Stanford Law School. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "2023 W&L Law Journal Rankings". W&L Law. July 15, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  3. ^ Newell, Bryce Clayton (July 25, 2023). "Law Journal Meta-Ranking, 2023 Edition". Bcnewell.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  4. ^ "Stanford mourns the loss of diplomat Warren Christopher, alumnus of Stanford Law School and former chair of the Board of Trustees". Stanford Report. March 22, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  5. ^ "Volume 36 (1983-1984)". Stanford Law Review. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "Volume 44 (1991-1992)". Stanford Law Review. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  7. ^ "Volume 4 (1951-1952)". Stanford Law Review. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  8. ^ "Volume 4 (1951-1952)". Stanford Law Review. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  9. ^ Sobel, Robert (1990). Biographical Directory of the United States Executive Branch, 1774-1989. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-313-26593-8.
  10. ^ "Volume 36 (1983-1984)". Stanford Law Review. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  11. ^ "Volume 44 (1991-1992)". Stanford Law Review. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  12. ^ "The Law School Class of 1952". Stanford 125. March 2, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
  13. ^ Cillizza, Chris (October 31, 2018). "The absolutely amazing story behind a failed marriage proposal between two Supreme Court justices - CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  14. ^ Totenberg, Nina (October 31, 2018). "O'Connor, Rehnquist And A Supreme Marriage Proposal". NPR.org. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  15. ^ "Justices 1789 to Present". www.supremecourt.gov. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
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