The ''Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation'' is a student-run

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. The journal publishes articles and essays about

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, natural resources law, and

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relating to these fields.

History and overview

The journal was founded in 1986 by participants at the University of Oregon School of Law's Western Public Interest Law Conference. The founding editors intended for the journal to be a forum for scholarship relating to "citizen enforcement of public nvironmentallaws." In 1994, the journal began publishing on a biannual basis. The 2016

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Law Journal Rankings placed the journal among the twenty five highest rated environmental, natural resources, and land use law journals."Law Journals: Submission and Ranking, 2008-2015,"
(Accessed September 25, 2016). Additionally, the journal was ranked among the top eleven environmental, natural resources, and land use law journals most frequently cited by cases. Articles in the journal have been cited by the

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, Eighth, and

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Courts of Appeals. Occasionally, the journal has published issues relating to symposia sponsored by the University of Oregon School of Law.

Abstracting and indexing

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, and the journal hosts an archive of past issues on its website.
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External links

* {{Official website, https://law.uoregon.edu/life-law/student-organizations-journals/journal-environmental-law-and-litigation American law journals Academic journals established in 1986 English-language journals Environmental law journals Law journals edited by students University of Oregon School of Law Biannual journals

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