The ''West Virginia Law Review'' is a triannual student-run
law review
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published by the
West Virginia University College of Law
The West Virginia University College of Law is the professional school for the study of law at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. The law school was established in 1878 as the first professional school in the s ...
. It was established in 1894 and is the fourth oldest law review in the United States.
History
The journal underwent several name changes. It was established in 1894 as ''The West Virginia Bar'' by
William P. Willey.
The name was changed to ''The Bar'' in 1902. It was again changed in 1917 to the ''West Virginia Law Quarterly and The Bar'' and remained so until 1950 when it obtained its current title. As Willey was a prominent and active member of the
West Virginia Bar Association, the early years of ''The Bar'' were closely associated with it. ''The Bar'' was at first funded by advertisements and subscriptions, and published monthly issues. Willey served as the editor-in-charge from 1894 until he retired in 1917.
[ He began using the assistance of student editors in 1915.
In 1917, a faculty board took over the administration of the journal but increased the involvement of student editors by forming a Student Board of Editors in 1920. In 1951, Emanuel Magnuson became the first student editor-in-chief. Since then the law review has been run entirely by student editors. From 1979 to 2003 the journal issued an annual "National Coal Issue" devoted to coal law and policy.
In May 2013, the journal introduced its "Inaugural Energy Issue".]
Former editors
Judges
* Robert B. King (United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit)
* Herbert Stephenson Boreman (United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (in case citations, 4th Cir.) is a federal court located in Richmond, Virginia, with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:
* District of Maryla ...
)
*Stephanie Thacker
Stephanie Dawn Thacker (née Young; born August 22, 1965) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Early life and education
Born Stephanie Dawn Young in Huntington, West Virginia, she was ...
(United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit)
* Arthur M. Recht (West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia is the state supreme court of the state of West Virginia, the highest of West Virginia's state courts. The court sits primarily at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, although from 1873 t ...
)
* Thomas E. McHugh (West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals)
*Menis E. Ketchum
Menis E. Ketchum II (born January 31, 1943, in Wayne County, West Virginia) is an American politician and jurist who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. He was elected as a Democrat to a twelve-year term on the C ...
(West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals)
*Thomas B. Miller
Thomas Byron Miller (August 11, 1896 – March 20, 1976) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Thomas B. Miller was born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania. He attended the law school of Dickinson C ...
(West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals)
* Charles Harold Haden II (West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals)/(Chief District Court Judge of the (United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia)
* Jon D. Levy (Maine Supreme Judicial Court
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)
* John P. Bailey ()
* W. Craig Broadwater (United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia)
* Irene Patricia Murphy Keeley (United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia)
* Thomas E. Johnston (United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia)
* Joseph Robert Goodwin (Chief District Court Judge of the ()
Politicians
* Chauncey H. Browning, Jr. West Virginia Attorney General (1969-1985.
*Mike Callaghan
Mike Callaghan (born March 31, 1963) is a former Assistant United States Attorney and a politician. In 2006, he was the Democratic nominee for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. He unsuccessfully challenged Republican incumbent Shelley ...
Former Chairman of the West Virginia Democratic Party and former Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.
* William C. Marland 24th governor of West Virginia (1953-1957) and West Virginia Attorney General (1949-1952)
*Mario Palumbo
Mario Joseph Palumbo (April 13, 1933 – July 4, 2004) was a Democratic politician from Kanawha County, West Virginia.
Early life and education
Palumbo was the son of the late Jack and Nancy Palumbo.
He graduated cum laude from Morris Harvey ...
West Virginia Attorney General (1990-1992) and former state senator.
* Richard Thompson Former Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates
The West Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the West Virginia Legislature. Only three states—Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia—refer to their lower house as the House of Delegates.
Organization
Regular sessions begin with ...
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://wvlawreview.wvu.edu
American law journals
West Virginia University
Triannual journals
Academic journals established in 1894
English-language journals
1894 establishments in West Virginia