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The '''''Yale Law Journal''''' is a student-run [[law review]] affiliated with the [[Yale Law School]]. Published continuously since 1891, it is the most widely known of the eight [[law review]]s published by students at Yale Law School. The journal is one of the most cited legal publications in the nation and usually generates the highest number of citations per published article.<ref>[http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/ Law journals' ranking], [[Washington and Lee University School of Law|Washington & Lee Law School]].</ref>
'''''The Yale Law Journal''''' ('''YLJ''') is a [[Graduate student journal|student-run]] [[law review]] affiliated with the [[Yale Law School]]. Published continuously since 1891, it is the most widely known of the eight law reviews published by students at Yale Law School. The journal is one of the most cited legal publications in the United States (with an impact factor of 5.000)<ref>{{cite book |title=Journal Citation Reports|date=2019 |publisher=[[Clarivate Analytics]] |edition=Social Sciences}}</ref> and usually generates the highest number of citations per published article.<ref>[https://managementtools4.wlu.edu/LawJournals/ Law journals' ranking], [[Washington and Lee University School of Law|Washington & Lee Law School]].</ref>


The journal, which is published eight times per year, contains articles, essays, features, and book reviews by professional legal scholars as well as student-written notes and comments. It is edited entirely by students. The journal has an online companion, the ''Yale Law Journal Online'', which features op-ed length pieces and responses from scholars, practitioners, and policymakers. Prior to 2009, the ''Yale Law Journal Online'' was known as ''The Pocket Part''.
The journal, which is published eight times per year, contains articles, essays, features, and book reviews by professional legal scholars as well as student-written notes and comments. It is edited entirely by students. The journal has an online companion, the ''Yale Law Journal Forum'', which features shorter pieces and responses from scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.


The ''Yale Law Journal'', in conjunction with the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]'', the ''[[Columbia Law Review]]'', and the ''[[University of Pennsylvania Law Review]]'', publishes the ''[[Bluebook]]: A Uniform System of Citation'', the most widely followed authority for [[legal citation]] formats in the United States.
''The Yale Law Journal'', in conjunction with the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]'', the ''[[Columbia Law Review]]'', and the ''[[University of Pennsylvania Law Review]]'', publishes ''[[Bluebook|The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation]]'', the most widely followed authority for [[legal citation]] formats in the United States.


==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==
Alumni of the ''Yale Law Journal'' have served at all levels of the federal judiciary. Alumni include [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] [[justice]]s ([[Samuel Alito]], [[Abe Fortas]], [[Brett Kavanaugh]], [[Sonia Sotomayor]], [[Potter Stewart]]) and numerous judges on the [[United States courts of appeals]] ([[William Duane Benton]], [[Stephanos Bibas]], [[Guido Calabresi]], [[Steven Colloton]], [[Morton Ira Greenberg]], [[Stephen A. Higginson]], [[Andrew D. Hurwitz]], [[Robert Katzmann]], [[Scott Matheson, Jr.|Scott Matheson]], [[Michael H. Park]], [[Jill A. Pryor]], [[Richard G. Taranto]], [[Patricia Wald]]).
Alumni of ''The Yale Law Journal'' have served at all levels of the federal judiciary. Alumni include [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] [[justice]]s ([[Samuel Alito]], [[Abe Fortas]], [[Brett Kavanaugh]], [[Sonia Sotomayor]], [[Potter Stewart]]) and numerous judges on the [[United States courts of appeals]] ([[Duane Benton]], [[Stephanos Bibas]], [[Guido Calabresi]], [[Steven Colloton]], [[Morton Ira Greenberg]], [[Stephen A. Higginson]], [[Andrew D. Hurwitz]], [[Robert Katzmann]], [[Scott Matheson, Jr.|Scott Matheson]], [[William J. Nardini]], [[Michael H. Park]], [[Jill A. Pryor]], [[Richard G. Taranto]], [[Patricia Wald]], [[Cory T. Wilson]]).


Alumni have also served as [[United States Attorney General|United States Attorneys General]] ([[Nicholas Katzenbach]], [[Peter Keisler]]) and [[United States Solicitor General|United States Solicitors General]] ([[Walter E. Dellinger III]], [[Neal Katyal]], [[Seth P. Waxman]]). In addition, numerous editors have gone on to serve as high-ranking public officials (Senator [[Arlen Specter]], Senator [[Michael Bennet]], Senator [[Richard Blumenthal]], former Secretary of Labor [[Robert Reich]], Secretary of Health and Human Services [[Alex Azar]], FBI Director [[Christopher A. Wray]], White House Counsel [[Lloyd Cutler]], National Security Advisor [[John R. Bolton]]).
Alumni have also served as [[United States Attorney General|United States Attorneys General]] ([[Nicholas Katzenbach]], [[Peter Keisler]]) and [[United States Solicitor General|United States Solicitors General]] ([[Walter E. Dellinger III]], [[Neal Katyal]], [[Seth P. Waxman]]). In addition, numerous editors have gone on to serve as high-ranking public officials (Senator [[Arlen Specter]], Senator [[Michael Bennet]], Senator [[Richard Blumenthal]], former Secretary of Labor [[Robert Reich]], Secretary of Health and Human Services [[Alex Azar]], FBI Director [[Christopher A. Wray]], White House Counsel [[Lloyd Cutler]], National Security Advisor [[John R. Bolton]]).


Former editors also include prominent law professors ([[Matthew Adler]], [[Akhil Reed Amar|Akhil Amar]], [[Ian Ayres]], [[Barbara A. Babcock]], [[Philip Bobbitt]], [[Stephen L. Carter]], [[Alan Dershowitz]], [[John Hart Ely]], [[Noah Feldman]], [[Joseph Goldstein (legal scholar)|Joseph Goldstein]], [[Dawn Johnsen]], [[Randall Kennedy]], [[Karl Llewellyn]], [[Jonathan R. Macey]], [[Charles A. Reich]], [[Reva Siegel]], [[John Yoo]], and [[Kenji Yoshino]]), as well as the deans of [[Yale Law School]] ([[Robert Post (law professor)|Robert Post]]), [[Harvard Law School]] ([[Martha Minow]]), [[Columbia Law School]] ([[David Schizer]]), [[Northwestern University School of Law]] ([[David E. Van Zandt]], now the president of [[The New School]]), [[Bates College]] ([[Clayton Spencer]]), [[University of Michigan Law School|Michigan Law School]] ([[Evan Caminker]]), [[New York University School of Law]] ([[Richard Revesz]]), [[Georgetown University Law Center|Georgetown Law Center]] ([[T. Alexander Aleinikoff]]), [[Emory University School of Law]] ([[Robert A. Schapiro]]), [[Washington and Lee University School of Law]] ([[Nora Demleitner]]), and [[Stanford Law School]] ([[Bayless Manning]])<ref name=is>{{cite news|first=Sandra|last=Forester|title=Bayless Manning, former dean of the Stanford Law School, dies |url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/09/21/1807357/bayless-manning-the-shiniest-fish.html |work=[[Idaho Statesman]] |date=2011-09-21|accessdate=2011-09-27}}</ref>.
Former editors also include prominent law professors ([[Matthew Adler]], [[Akhil Reed Amar|Akhil Amar]], [[Ian Ayres]], [[Barbara A. Babcock]], [[Philip Bobbitt]], [[Stephen L. Carter]], [[Alan Dershowitz]], [[John Hart Ely]], [[Noah Feldman]], [[Claire Finkelstein]], [[Joseph Goldstein (legal scholar)|Joseph Goldstein]], [[Dawn Johnsen]], [[Randall Kennedy]], [[Karl Llewellyn]], [[Jonathan R. Macey]], [[Charles A. Reich]], [[Reva Siegel]], [[John Yoo]], and [[Kenji Yoshino]]), as well as the deans of [[Yale Law School]] ([[Robert Post (law professor)|Robert Post]] and [[Louis H. Pollak]], who was also dean of the [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]]), [[Harvard Law School]] ([[Martha Minow]]), [[Columbia Law School]] ([[David Schizer]]), [[Brooklyn Law School]] ([[Joan Wexler]]), [[Northwestern University School of Law]] ([[David E. Van Zandt]], now the president of [[The New School]]), [[Bates College]] ([[Clayton Spencer]]), [[University of Michigan Law School|Michigan Law School]] ([[Evan Caminker]]), [[New York University School of Law]] ([[Richard Revesz]]), [[Georgetown University Law Center|Georgetown Law Center]] ([[T. Alexander Aleinikoff]]), [[Emory University School of Law]] ([[Robert A. Schapiro]]), [[Washington and Lee University School of Law]] ([[Nora Demleitner]]), and [[Stanford Law School]] ([[Bayless Manning]]).<ref name="is">{{cite news |last=Forester |first=Sandra |date=2011-09-21 |title=Bayless Manning, former dean of the Stanford Law School, dies |work=[[Idaho Statesman]] |url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/09/21/1807357/bayless-manning-the-shiniest-fish.html |access-date=2011-09-27}}</ref>

==Admissions==
The journal holds a two-part admissions competition each spring, consisting of a "source and citation exam" followed by a traditional writing competition, as well as a recently added diversity statement that is worth 15% of the admissions scoring. Students may also join the staff if they publish a note in the Journal.


==Notable articles==
==Notable articles==
Some of journal's most cited articles include:
Some of the journal's most cited articles include:


*{{cite journal |last=Hohfeld |first=Wesley N. |authorlink=Wesley N. Hohfeld |year=1913 |title=Some Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning |journal=Yale Law Journal |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=16–59 |doi=10.2307/785533 |jstor=785533 |url=https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2324&context=ylj }}
* {{cite journal |last=Hohfeld |first=Wesley N. |author-link=Wesley N. Hohfeld |year=1913 |title=Some Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning |journal=The Yale Law Journal |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=16–59 |doi=10.2307/785533 |jstor=785533 |url=https://openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.13051/11079/05_23YaleLJ16_1913_1914_.pdf }}
*{{cite journal |last=Llewellyn |first=Karl N. |authorlink=Karl N. Llewellyn |year=1931 |title=What Price Contract? — An Essay in Perspective |journal=Yale Law Journal |volume=40 |issue=5 |pages=704–751 |doi=10.2307/790659 |jstor=790659 |url=https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3470&context=ylj }}
* {{cite journal |last=Llewellyn |first=Karl N. |author-link=Karl N. Llewellyn |year=1931 |title=What Price Contract?—An Essay in Perspective |journal=The Yale Law Journal |volume=40 |issue=5 |pages=704–751 |doi=10.2307/790659 |jstor=790659 |s2cid=54089931 |url=https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3470&context=ylj }}
*{{cite journal |last=Douglas |first=William O. |authorlink=William O. Douglas |author2=Bates, George E. |year=1933 |title=The Federal Securities Act of 1933 |journal=Yale Law Journal |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=171–217 |doi=10.2307/791346 |jstor=791346 }}
* {{cite journal |last=Douglas |first=William O. |author-link=William O. Douglas |author2=Bates, George E. |year=1933 |title=The Federal Securities Act of 1933 |journal=The Yale Law Journal |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=171–217 |doi=10.2307/791346 |jstor=791346 }}
*{{cite journal |last=Lasswell |first=Harold D. |authorlink=Harold D. Lasswell |author2=McDougal, Myres S. |authorlink2=Myres S. McDougal |year=1943 |title=Legal Education and Public Policy: Professional Training in the Public Interest |journal=Yale Law Journal |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=203–295 |doi=10.2307/792244 |jstor=792244 |url=https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/fss_papers/2488 }}
* {{cite journal |last=Lasswell |first=Harold D. |author-link=Harold D. Lasswell |author2=McDougal, Myres S. |author-link2=Myres S. McDougal |year=1943 |title=Legal Education and Public Policy: Professional Training in the Public Interest |journal=The Yale Law Journal |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=203–295 |doi=10.2307/792244 |jstor=792244 |url=https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/fss_papers/2488 }}
*{{cite journal |last=Prosser |first=William L. |authorlink=William L. Prosser |year=1960 |title=The Assault upon the Citadel (Strict Liability to the Consumer) |journal=Yale Law Journal |volume=69 |issue=7 |pages=1099–1148 |doi=10.2307/794385 |jstor=794385 |url=https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/ylj/vol69/iss7/1 }}
* {{cite journal |last=Prosser |first=William L. |author-link=William L. Prosser |year=1960 |title=The Assault upon the Citadel (Strict Liability to the Consumer) |journal=The Yale Law Journal |volume=69 |issue=7 |pages=1099–1148 |doi=10.2307/794385 |jstor=794385 |s2cid=158447444 |url=https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/ylj/vol69/iss7/1 }}
*{{cite journal |last=Calabresi |first=Guido |authorlink=Guido Calabresi |year=1961 |title=Some Thoughts on Risk Distribution and the Law of Torts |journal=Yale Law Journal |volume=70 |issue=1 |pages=499–553 |doi=10.2307/794261 |jstor=794261 }}
* {{cite journal |last=Calabresi |first=Guido |author-link=Guido Calabresi |year=1961 |title=Some Thoughts on Risk Distribution and the Law of Torts |journal=The Yale Law Journal |volume=70 |issue=1 |pages=499–553 |doi=10.2307/794261 |jstor=794261 |url=https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8833&context=ylj }}
*{{cite journal |last=Reich |first=Charles A. |authorlink=Charles A. Reich |year=1964 |title=The New Property |journal=Yale Law Journal |volume=73 |issue=5 |pages=733–787 |doi=10.2307/794645 |jstor=794645 }}
* {{cite journal |last=Reich |first=Charles A. |author-link=Charles A. Reich |year=1964 |title=The New Property |url=https://openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.13051/14924/48_73YaleLJ733_1963_1964_.pdf |journal=The Yale Law Journal |volume=73 |issue=5 |pages=733–787 |doi=10.2307/794645 |jstor=794645 }}
*{{cite journal |last=Ely |first=John Hart |authorlink=John Hart Ely |year=1973 |title=The Wages of Crying Wolf: A Comment on ''Roe v. Wade'' |journal=Yale Law Journal |volume=82 |issue=5 |pages=920–949 |doi=10.2307/795536 |jstor=795536 |url=https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/fss_papers/4112 }}
* {{cite journal |last=Ely |first=John Hart |author-link=John Hart Ely |year=1973 |title=The Wages of Crying Wolf: A Comment on ''Roe v. Wade'' |journal=The Yale Law Journal |volume=82 |issue=5 |pages=920–949 |doi=10.2307/795536 |jstor=795536 |pmid=11663374 |url=https://openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.13051/3571/82YaleLJ920.pdf }}
*{{cite journal |last=Easterbrook |first=Frank H. |authorlink=Frank H. Easterbrook |author2=Fischel, Daniel R. |authorlink2=Daniel Fischel |year=1982 |title=Corporate Control Transactions |journal=Yale Law Journal |volume=91 |issue=4 |pages=698–737 |doi=10.2307/796036 |jstor=796036 |url=https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2164&context=journal_articles }}
* {{cite journal |last=Easterbrook |first=Frank H. |author-link=Frank H. Easterbrook |author2=Fischel, Daniel R. |author-link2=Daniel Fischel |year=1982 |title=Corporate Control Transactions |journal=The Yale Law Journal |volume=91 |issue=4 |pages=698–737 |doi=10.2307/796036 |jstor=796036 |url=https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2164&context=journal_articles }}
*{{cite journal |last=Ackerman |first=Bruce A. |authorlink=Bruce A. Ackerman |year=1984 |title=The Storrs Lectures: Discovering the Constitution |journal=Yale Law Journal |volume=93 |issue=6 |pages=1013–1072 |doi=10.2307/796204 |jstor=796204 |url=https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1148&context=fss_papers }}
* {{cite journal |last=Ackerman |first=Bruce A. |author-link=Bruce A. Ackerman |year=1984 |title=The Storrs Lectures: Discovering the Constitution |journal=The Yale Law Journal |volume=93 |issue=6 |pages=1013–1072 |doi=10.2307/796204 |jstor=796204 |url=https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1148&context=fss_papers }}
*[[Owen M. Fiss|Fiss, Owen]] (1984). "Against Settlement." ''Yale Law Journal''. '''93''' (6): 1073-1090. [http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2206&context=fss_papers doi:10.2307/796205].
* [[Owen M. Fiss|Fiss, Owen]] (1984). [http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2206&context=fss_papers "Against Settlement"]. ''The Yale Law Journal''. '''93''' (6): 1073–1090. {{doi|10.2307/796205}}.


Both [[Samuel Alito]] and [[Sonia Sotomayor]] wrote student notes for the Yale Law Journal, which were scrutinized during their nomination processes to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Both [[Samuel Alito]] and [[Sonia Sotomayor]] wrote student notes for ''The Yale Law Journal'', which were scrutinized during their nomination processes to the Supreme Court of the United States.

*{{cite journal |last=Alito, Jr. |first=Samuel A. |authorlink=Samuel Alito |year=1974 |title=The Released Time Cases Revisited: A Study of Group Decisionmaking by the Supreme Court |journal=Yale Law Journal |volume=83 |issue= 6|pages=1202–1236 |doi= 10.2307/795480 |jstor=795480 |url=https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/ylj/vol83/iss6/3 }}
*{{cite journal |doi=10.2307/795781 |last=Sotomayor |first=Sonia |authorlink=Sonia Sotomayor |year=1979 |title=Statehood and the Equal Footing Doctrine: The Case for Puerto Rican Seabed Rights |journal=Yale Law Journal |volume=88 |issue= 4|pages=825–849 |jstor=795781 |url=https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6529&context=ylj }}
* {{cite journal | last=Alito | first=Samuel A. Jr. |author-link=Samuel Alito |year=1974 |title=The 'Released Time Cases' Revisited: A Study of Group Decisionmaking by the Supreme Court |journal=The Yale Law Journal |volume=83 |issue= 6|pages=1202–1236 |doi= 10.2307/795480 |jstor=795480 |url=https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/ylj/vol83/iss6/3 }}
* {{cite journal |doi=10.2307/795781 |last=Sotomayor |first=Sonia |author-link=Sonia Sotomayor |year=1979 |title=Statehood and the Equal Footing Doctrine: The Case for Puerto Rican Seabed Rights |journal=The Yale Law Journal |volume=88 |issue= 4|pages=825–849 |jstor=795781 |url=https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6529&context=ylj }}


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Shapiro |first=Fred R. |authorlink= |year=1991 |title=The Most-Cited Articles from ''The Yale Law Journal'' |journal=Yale Law Journal |volume=100 |issue=5 |pages=1449–1514 |doi=10.2307/796696 |url=http://www.yalelawjournal.org/history.html |accessdate= |quote= |jstor=796696 }}
*{{cite journal |last=Shapiro |first=Fred R. |year=1991 |title=The Most-Cited Articles from ''The Yale Law Journal'' |journal=The Yale Law Journal |volume=100 |issue=5 |pages=1449–1514 |doi=10.2307/796696 |url=http://www.yalelawjournal.org/history.html |jstor=796696 }}


==External links==
==External links==
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The Yale Law Journal
DisciplineLegal studies
LanguageEnglish
Edited byDena Shata[1]
Publication details
History1891–present
Publisher
The Yale Law Journal Company, Inc. (United States)
Frequency8/year
5.000 (2018)
Standard abbreviations
BluebookYale L.J.
ISO 4Yale Law J.
Indexing
ISSN0044-0094 (print)
1939-8611 (web)
JSTOR00440094
Links

The Yale Law Journal (YLJ) is a student-run law review affiliated with the Yale Law School. Published continuously since 1891, it is the most widely known of the eight law reviews published by students at Yale Law School. The journal is one of the most cited legal publications in the United States (with an impact factor of 5.000)[2] and usually generates the highest number of citations per published article.[3]

The journal, which is published eight times per year, contains articles, essays, features, and book reviews by professional legal scholars as well as student-written notes and comments. It is edited entirely by students. The journal has an online companion, the Yale Law Journal Forum, which features shorter pieces and responses from scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.

The Yale Law Journal, in conjunction with the Harvard Law Review, the Columbia Law Review, and the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, publishes The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, the most widely followed authority for legal citation formats in the United States.

Notable alumni[edit]

Alumni of The Yale Law Journal have served at all levels of the federal judiciary. Alumni include Supreme Court justices (Samuel Alito, Abe Fortas, Brett Kavanaugh, Sonia Sotomayor, Potter Stewart) and numerous judges on the United States courts of appeals (Duane Benton, Stephanos Bibas, Guido Calabresi, Steven Colloton, Morton Ira Greenberg, Stephen A. Higginson, Andrew D. Hurwitz, Robert Katzmann, Scott Matheson, William J. Nardini, Michael H. Park, Jill A. Pryor, Richard G. Taranto, Patricia Wald, Cory T. Wilson).

Alumni have also served as United States Attorneys General (Nicholas Katzenbach, Peter Keisler) and United States Solicitors General (Walter E. Dellinger III, Neal Katyal, Seth P. Waxman). In addition, numerous editors have gone on to serve as high-ranking public officials (Senator Arlen Specter, Senator Michael Bennet, Senator Richard Blumenthal, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray, White House Counsel Lloyd Cutler, National Security Advisor John R. Bolton).

Former editors also include prominent law professors (Matthew Adler, Akhil Amar, Ian Ayres, Barbara A. Babcock, Philip Bobbitt, Stephen L. Carter, Alan Dershowitz, John Hart Ely, Noah Feldman, Claire Finkelstein, Joseph Goldstein, Dawn Johnsen, Randall Kennedy, Karl Llewellyn, Jonathan R. Macey, Charles A. Reich, Reva Siegel, John Yoo, and Kenji Yoshino), as well as the deans of Yale Law School (Robert Post and Louis H. Pollak, who was also dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School), Harvard Law School (Martha Minow), Columbia Law School (David Schizer), Brooklyn Law School (Joan Wexler), Northwestern University School of Law (David E. Van Zandt, now the president of The New School), Bates College (Clayton Spencer), Michigan Law School (Evan Caminker), New York University School of Law (Richard Revesz), Georgetown Law Center (T. Alexander Aleinikoff), Emory University School of Law (Robert A. Schapiro), Washington and Lee University School of Law (Nora Demleitner), and Stanford Law School (Bayless Manning).[4]

Notable articles[edit]

Some of the journal's most cited articles include:

Both Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor wrote student notes for The Yale Law Journal, which were scrutinized during their nomination processes to the Supreme Court of the United States.

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.yalelawjournal.org/news/announcing-the-editors-of-volume-133], The Yale Law Journal.
  2. ^ Journal Citation Reports (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2019.
  3. ^ Law journals' ranking, Washington & Lee Law School.
  4. ^ Forester, Sandra (2011-09-21). "Bayless Manning, former dean of the Stanford Law School, dies". Idaho Statesman. Retrieved 2011-09-27.

Further reading[edit]

External links[edit]