The ''Iowa Law Review'' is a

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published five times annually by the

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. It was established in 1915 as the ''Iowa Law Bulletin''.About Us, ''Iowa Law Review'', http://www.uiowa.edu/~ilr/about.htm It is ranked 11th among 1550 journals indexed in the W&L ranking. The journal has been student-edited since 1935.

History

The ''Iowa Law Review'' has its origins in the ''Iowa Law Bulletin''. The original ''Bulletin'' series was published from 1891-1900 by faculty. The ''Bulletin'' was reinstated in 1915, edited by both faculty members and students. It changed its name to ''Iowa Law Review'' in 1925, indicating that the journal's focus would be on Iowa legal issues, but "occasionally an article of general scope

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appear." Indeed, it has published on topics of national and international law.

Projects

In 1933, the ''Iowa Law Review'' became the first law review to publish a

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(on administrative law), which was entitled "Administrative Law Based upon Legal Writings 1931-1933." Since then, the journal has continued to hold symposia on issues of national importance. In 1968, the ''Iowa Law Review'' began the "Contemporary Studies Project". These projects were large-scale, usually empirically-based, and often lasted for more than one year. Some of the projects have received national recognition and/or have affected legislation and judicial reforms in Iowa and around the country. An examples is ''Facts and Fallacies About Iowa Civil Commitment'' (''Iowa Law Review'' 55:895, 1970; leading to a revision in 1975 of Iowa's civil commitment laws). Two studies (''A Comparison of Iowans' Dispositive Preferences with Selected Provisions of the Iowa and Uniform Probate Codes'', ''Iowa Law Review'' 63:1041, 1978; ''The Iowa Small Claims Court: an Empirical Analysis'', ''Iowa Law Review'' 75:433, 1990) have been widely cited and relied upon in law review articles and by courts throughout the US.

Recognition

The ''Iowa Law Review'' has been widely cited for its legal research, theory, and analysis. Recent notable citations include the

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's citation of an ''Iowa Law Review'' student note in its April 2009 decision of ''

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'', which struck down the state's ban on gay marriage. Also, in its January 2010 decision of ''

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'', the

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(Justices

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and Stevens in separate concurring opinions) cited Randall P. Bezanson, ''Institutional Speech'', 80 Iowa Law Review 735, 775 (1995). Shortly thereafter the

cited Jenny Roberts, ''Ignorance Is Effectively Bliss: Collateral Consequences, Silence, and Misinformation in the Guilty-Plea Process'', 95 Iowa Law Review 119, 124 n.15 (2009),Padilla v. Kentucky, No. 08–651 (U.S. Mar. 31, 2010)
/ref> in its March 2010 decision of '' Padilla v. Kentucky''.

References

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