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Minnesota Law Review

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Minnesota Law Review
DisciplineLaw review
LanguageEnglish
EditedbyPhillip de Sa e Silva (Vol. 108)[1]
Publication details
History1917–present
Publisher
FrequencyBimonthly
Standard abbreviations
BluebookMinn. L. Rev.
ISO 4Minn. Law Rev.
Inde xing
ISSN0026-5535
LCCN18014798
OCLCno.1758198
Links

TheMinnesota Law Reviewis a student-runlaw reviewpublished by students atUniversity of Minnesota Law School.The journal is published six times a year in November, December, February, April, May, and June. It was established by Henry J. Fletcher and William Reynolds Vance in 1917.

The journal contains articles, essays, features, and book reviews by legal scholars as well as student-written notes. The journal has an online companion calledHeadnotes.Additionally, the journal maintains a blog calledDe Novo.

In 2021, the journal selected its first Black Editor-in-Chief, Brandie Burris.[2]

Noted alumni

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TheMinnesota Law Review's alumni includeWilliam C. Canby, Jr.,Frank Claybourne,Donald M. Fraser,Orville Freeman,Bill Luther,George MacKinnon,Walter Mondale,Diana E. Murphy,William Prosser,Ernest Gellhorn,Richard Maxwell,John Sargent Pillsbury, Jr.,Maynard Pirsig,Daniel D. Polsby,Robert Kingsley,andHarold Stassen.Other alumni include judgesDonald Alsop,David S. Doty,Richard H. Kyle,John R. Tunheim,andNancy E. Brasel,all of theUnited States District Court for the District of Minnesota;Phil Carruthers,former speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives; former New Hampshire GovernorCharles M. Dale;andRobert Stein,former executive director of theAmerican Bar Association.

Admissions

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The law review accepts new members through an annual petitioning process. The petition includes two components: a case comment and a bluebooking portion. Candidates are then evaluated based on their petition, grades, and a personal statement.

See also

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References

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  1. ^https://minnesotalawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/MLR-Vol.108-Masthead-Final.pdf
  2. ^@MinnesotaLawRev (30 January 2021)."We are pleased to announce the Board..."(Tweet) – viaTwitter.
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