The ''University of Illinois Law Review'' is a

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published five times per year by students at the

University of Illinois College of Law The University of Illinois College of Law (Illinois Law or UIUC Law) is the law school of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a public university in Champaign, Illinois. It was established in 1897 and offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S. ...

History

In 1917, University of Illinois law students founded the ''Illinois Law Bulletin'', which was renamed the ''Illinois Law Quarterly'' in 1922. In 1924, students from the law schools of the University of Illinois,

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, and the

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launched the ''Illinois Law Review'', which ran until 1932. It was then replaced by a "current law section" in the ''Illinois Bar Journal'', which was published until 1949. That year, the ''University of Illinois Law Forum'' was established by students under the guidance of John E. Cribbet; it was renamed the ''University of Illinois Law Review'' in 1980. It was published quarterly until 2001, when the Board of Editors changed its frequency to five issues per year.

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* Publications established in 1949 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign publications American law journals Law journals edited by students English-language journals 5 times per year journals 1949 establishments in Illinois {{Law-journal-stub