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Journals help UO
law students gain
valuable expertise
The University boasts three prestigious publications
that give future lawyers experience in legalese
BY TYLER GRAF
FREELANCE REPORTER
Humorist Will Rogers said that
lawyers don’t write for posterity,
they write so that endless others in
their craft can spend years trying to
figure out what they said.
It is true that lawyers don’t
generally write for the public at
large, they write for each other. At
the University’s School of Law,
there are three legal journals on
which second and third-year law
students can gain invaluable experi
ence with legalese.
The Oregon Law Review is the
oldest journal at the law school.
Started in 1921, it is also the second
oldest continuously published law
journal on the West Coast. Over its
84-year history, the OLR has pub
lished more than 300 issues, cover
ing local, national and international
issues. Last year, the OLR pub
lished scholarly work accompany
ing the 50th anniversary of Brown v.
Board of Education, the storied
Supreme Court case that desegre
gated schools, and the 40th anniver
sary of New York Times Co. v. Sulli
van, which helped develop current
libel standards for publications.
The second-oldest law journal is
the Journal of Environmental Law
and Litigation, which began
in 1985.
For 20 years, JELL has prepared
students for careers in environmen
tal law. Published biannually, JELL
publishes articles on environmental
issues that run the gamut from the
theoretical to the practical.
"Many of the contributors are
interested in working for public
interest groups, such as the Sierra
Club, when they graduate,”
said Keith Aoki, a faculty advisor for
the journal.
Dan Atkinson, a senior editor for
JELL, said that being an environ
mentalist is not a prerequisite for
the journal.
The newest law journal is the
Oregon Review of International
Law, which began in 1999 as a sym
posium publication.
According to its Web site, “ORIL
seeks to publish informative articles
that describe the legal aspects of
(international) treaties and the re
sponsibilities they impose on na
tional governments. In addition, our
publications have addressed issues
in the fields of human rights, taxa
tion, environmental issues and oth
er varied topics.”
Typically, law professors and
practitioners submit articles for the
law reviews, said Judd Sneirson, a
faculty advisor for OLR. However,
submissions are open to the gener
al public, solicited or not.
The most important factor of the
law reviews is the experience they
give to lawyers-to-be.
“It’s important because doing the
editing makes students more detail
oriented and aware of cutting-edge
legal scholarship,” Sneirson said.
“And being on a journal gives the
impression that one is doing well in
law school.”
It is also important for the legal
profession, said Sneirson.
Legal scholarship generally
comes from journals, not books.
This legal scholarship is often cited
in court decisions.
In the 2004 Oregon Supreme
Court decision for Yancy v. Shatzer,
the court cited an article from the
first issue of the OLR.
Gaining membership to one of
the journals is highly competitive.
During the first two weeks of law
school, the journals hold a competi
tion for second- and third-year stu
dents. The competition includes a
“closed-universe” essay portion and
a cite check portion, which requires
students to check legal scholarship
for proper citations. The tests are
then blind-graded by journal editors
who invite a set number of students
to join one of the journals.
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