''Environs: Environmental Law and Policy Journal'', is a student-run
law review
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published twice per year at the
University of California, Davis School of Law
The University of California, Davis School of Law (Martin Luther King Jr. Hall), referred to as UC Davis School of Law and commonly known as King Hall, is the professional graduate law school of the University of California, Davis. The school rece ...
. The journal primarily covers
environmental law and policy and related subjects with a regional focus in
California
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.
Overview
The journal was established in 1977 as ''Environs'', a "clearinghouse for the dissemination of all environmental information relevant to the
Solano-
Yolo-
Sacramento
)
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tri-county area." Early editions of the journal were published in an "informal" style and did not utilize "
legalese
Legal writing involves the analysis of fact patterns and presentation of arguments in documents such as legal memoranda and briefs. One form of legal writing involves drafting a balanced analysis of a legal problem or issue. Another form of legal ...
."
[Cynthia Patton, ''Letter from the Editor: Environs and the Future'']
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(1989-1990). In 1989, the journal obtained its current name to reflect its broader focus and the inclusion of "non-legal policy articles" in future publications.
[ In 2016, ]Washington and Lee University
, mottoeng = "Not Unmindful of the Future"
, established =
, type = Private liberal arts university
, academic_affiliations =
, endowment = $2.092 billion (2021)
, president = William C. Dudley
, provost = Lena Hill
, city = Lexingto ...
's Law Journal Rankings placed ''Environs'' among the top thirty environmental, natural resources, and land use law journals with the highest impact factor
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as i ...
.["Law Journals: Submission and Ranking, 2008-2015"]
Washington & Lee University (Accessed: September 25, 2016).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted or indexed in HeinOnline
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, LexisNexis
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, Westlaw
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,[Washington and Lee University Law Library]
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and the University of Washington
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's Current Index to Legal Periodicals.[University of Washington Gallagher Law Library]
Periodicals Indexed in CLIP
Tables of contents are also available through Infotrieve and Ingenta
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.[
]
See also
* List of environmental law journals
This is a list of scholarly, peer-reviewed academic journals focused on the biophysical environment and/or humans' relations with it. Inclusion of journals focused on the built environment is appropriate. Included in this list are journals from ...
* List of law reviews in the United States
Following is an incomplete list of law reviews currently or previously published in the United States. The List of law schools in the United States includes additional schools which may publish a law review or other legal journal.
There are sever ...
References
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American law journals
Publications established in 1977
English-language journals
Biannual journals
Environmental law journals
Law journals edited by students
Environmental policy in the United States