The ''Chicago Journal of International Law'' is a semiannual, student-edited

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published by the

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since spring 2000. The journal publishes articles covering

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, and related policy issues. Its articles are often interdisciplinary in focus, and the journal's format allows it to examine international legal issues in a broader cultural and political context. The ''Chicago Journal of International Law'' is one of the three student-edited law journals published at the

. Although relatively young, the journal has quickly gained attention in legal circles as a leading international law journal in terms of scholarly impact and influence. In a 2020 ranking of law journals based on a combination of the

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s, the ''Chicago Journal of International Law'' ranked 2nd among student-edited international and comparative law reviews. The journal's articles are covered by several academic

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History

The journal was established during the University of Chicago Law School's 1999-2000 academic year. Its first editor-in-chief was

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. Since then, it has published seventeen volumes (two issues each) of groundbreaking scholarship in international law with a focus on fields such as law and economics, international administrative law, and human rights. In 2002, when the journal was working on its second volume, it merged with ''The University of Chicago Law School Roundtable: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Legal Studies.''

Editor Selection

University of Chicago law students are selected to join the journal as staff members each year by that year's incoming managing board of editors through a blind writing competition, held after the participants' first year of

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. The journal also allows law students to "write on" to the journal, through its Topic Access Program, to become staff members by submitting a publishable piece of legal scholarship. The outgoing managing board selects the next year's editors each spring, generally from among the current staff.

References

External links

''Chicago Journal of International Law'' homepageSSRN CJIL journal page
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