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The Duke Law Journal is a journal of legal scholarship published by a student organization at Duke Law. The Duke Law Journal seeks to publish a collection of outstanding scholarship from established legal writers, up-and-coming authors, and its own student editors.
Overview
The Duke Law Journal provides a forum for quality legal scholarship on a variety of topics. The Journal publishes monthly, six times per year, from October-December and from February-April.
History
The first issue of what was to become the Duke Law Journal was published in March 1951 as the Duke Bar Journal. Created to provide a medium for student expression, the Duke Bar Journal consisted entirely of student-written and student-edited work until 1953, when it began publishing faculty contributions. To reflect the inclusion of faculty scholarship, the Duke Bar Journal became the Duke Law Journal in 1957. In 1969, the Journal published its inaugural Administrative Law Symposium issue, a tradition that continues today.[1]
Volume 1 of the Duke Bar Journal spanned two issues and 259 pages. In 1959, the Journal grew to four issues and 649 pages, growing again in 1970 to six issues and 1263 pages. The journal's most recent volume, Volume 56, was comprised of 1652 pages.[2]
Today, the Duke Law Journal publishes six issues per volume. Its staff of law students is committed to the purpose set forth in the Duke Law Journal constitution: to publish legal writing of superior quality.
Selection for Publication
The Duke Law Journal is published six times per year. The Journal invites the submission of unsolicited articles, essays, and comments, and the Journal's editors review every submission that is received.[3]
Electronic submissions made through ExpressO are preferred. Paper submissions are also accepted. The Journal has a strong preference for Articles of fewer than 35,000 words (or roughly 70 law review pages), including footnotes; longer articles will only be published in exceptional circumstances. Shorter essays are welcomed.[4]
Staff and Selection of Membership
The editorial staff of the Duke Law Journal consists of Duke Law students. The current masthead for the Duke Law Journal can be viewed at http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dlj/masthead
There are two ways to become a member of the Duke Law Journal, (1) through the first-year Casenote competition, and (2) through the second-year Note-on Program. Journal members are selected based on a combination of grades and their performance in the Casenote competition or Note-on Program.[5]
Symposium
The Duke Law Journal hosts a yearly symposium on administrative law.
Contact Information
For contact information, please visit: http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dlj/contact