The ''Columbia Human Rights Law Review'' is a

law review A law review or law journal is a scholarly journal or publication that focuses on legal issues. A law review is a type of legal periodical. Law reviews are a source of research, imbedded with analyzed and referenced legal topics; they also pro ...

established in 1967 focusing on

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issues. Named the ''Columbia Survey of Human Rights Law'' for its first three volumes, the journal is produced and edited by students of

Columbia Law School Columbia Law School (Columbia Law or CLS) is the law school of Columbia University, a private Ivy League university in New York City. Columbia Law is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious law schools in the world and has always ranked i ...

and is "dedicated to the analysis and discussion of human rights and civil liberties under both domestic and international law." In 2016, the journal launched HRLR Online, an online publication featuring shorter, cutting-edge pieces focusing on human rights.

Content

The journal has published Justice

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( ; ; March 15, 1933September 18, 2020) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. She was nominated by President ...

, Archbishop

Desmond Tutu Desmond Mpilo Tutu (7 October 193126 December 2021) was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then Archbishop ...

Amal Clooney Amal Clooney (; ar, أمل علم الدين; born 3 February 1978) is a Lebanese and British barrister. Her clients include Filipino and American journalist Maria Ressa; former President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed; Julian Assange, the ...

, Judge Morris Lasker,

Vernon Jordan Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr. (August 15, 1935 – March 1, 2021) was an American business executive and civil rights attorney who worked for various civil rights movement organizations before becoming a close advisor to President Bill Clinton. Jor ...

, Michael Posner, Vilma Martínez,

Jack Greenberg Jack Greenberg (December 22, 1924 – October 12, 2016) was an American attorney and legal scholar. He was the Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund from 1961 to 1984, succeeding Thurgood Marshall. He was involved in numerous crucial ...

Marian Wright Edelman Marian Wright Edelman (born June 6, 1939) is an American activist for civil rights and children's rights. She is the founder and president emerita of the Children's Defense Fund. She influenced leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Hillary ...

, Justice

Albie Sachs Albert "Albie" Louis Sachs (born 30 January 1935) is a South African lawyer, activist, writer, and former judge appointed to the first Constitutional Court of South Africa by Nelson Mandela. Early life and education Albie Sachs was born on ...

Eben Moglen Eben Moglen (born 1959) is an American legal scholar who is professor of law and legal history at Columbia University, and is the founder, Director-Counsel and Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center. Professional biography Moglen started out as ...

Louis Henkin Louis Henkin (November 11, 1917 – October 14, 2010), widely considered one of the most influential contemporary scholars of international law and the foreign policy of the United States, who was "often credited with creating the field of human ...

, Gerald Neuman,

Jeremy Waldron Jeremy Waldron (; born 13 October 1953) is a New Zealand professor of law and philosophy. He holds a University Professorship at the New York University School of Law, is affiliated with the New York University Department of Philosophy, and was f ...

, James Liebman,

Harold Hongju Koh Harold Hongju Koh (born December 8, 1954) is an American lawyer and legal scholar who served as the legal adviser of the Department of State in the Obama administration. He was nominated to this position by President Barack Obama on March 23, 20 ...

Mary Robinson Mary Therese Winifred Robinson ( ga, Máire Mhic Róibín; ; born 21 May 1944) is an Irish politician who was the 7th president of Ireland, serving from December 1990 to September 1997, the first woman to hold this office. Prior to her electi ...

, Aaron Edward Brown, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin,

Sarah Cleveland Sarah Hull Cleveland is an American law professor and noted expert in international law and the constitutional law of U.S. foreign relations, with particular interests in the status of international law in U.S. domestic law, international and comp ...

, and Chief Justice

Arthur Chaskalson Arthur Chaskalson SCOB, (24 November 1931 – 1 December 2012) was President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa from 1994 to 2001 and Chief Justice of South Africa from 2001 to 2005. Chaskalson was a member of the defence team in the ...

, among others. Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Louis Henkin also served as faculty advisors for the journal.

Rankings

The journal is currently the highest-ranked human rights law journal in the world. Since 2006, it has been the most cited human rights law journal in the world.

''A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual''

Since 1978, the editors of the journal have also published ''

A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual ''A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual'' ("the ''JLM''") is a resource for incarcerated individuals and jailhouse lawyers. It is published and distributed by the editors of the ''Columbia Human Rights Law Review'', who are students at Columbia Law School ...

''.

Editors-in-chief

* Olivia Martinez (vol. 54, 2022-present) * Anahi Mendoza (vol. 53, 2021-2022) * Caitlin Lowell (vol. 52, 2020-2021) * Will Wilder (vol. 51, 2019-2020) * Clarisa Reyes-Becerra (vol. 50, 2018-2019) * Hanna L. St. Marie (vol. 49, 2017-2018) * Julia Sherman (vol. 48, 2016-2017) * Brian Yin (vol. 47, 2015-2016) * Bassam Khawaja (vol. 46, 2014-2015) * Ashley Starr Kinseth (vol. 45, 2013-2014) * Gudrun Juffer (vol. 44, 2012-2013) * Adam L. Shpeen (vol. 43, 2011-2012) * Kinara A. Flagg (vol. 42, 2010-2011) * Megan Crowley (vol. 41, 2009-2010) * Teddy Nemeroff (vol. 40, 2008-2009) * Beth Morales Singh (vol. 39, 2007-2008) * Mary Kelly Persyn (vol. 38, 2006-2007) * Brian Murphy (vol. 37, 2005-2006) * Sarah Stewart (vol. 36, 2004-2005) * Jennifer L. Co (vol. 35, 2003-2004) * Lisa Howley (vol. 34, 2002-2003) * Gretchen Borchelt (vol. 33, 2001-2002) * Jennifer Arnett Lee (vol. 32, 2000-2001) * Taryn A. Merkl (vol. 31, 1999-2000) * Edward H. Smoot (vol. 30, 1998-1999) * Farhad Karim (vol. 29, 1997-1998) * Pamela J. Papish (vol. 28, 1996-1997) * Jonathan S. Abernethy (vol. 27, 1995-1996) * Anthony P. Ewing (vol. 26, 1994-1995) * Michael D. Hintze (vol. 25, 1993-1994) * Salomón Torres (vol. 24, 1992-1993) * Ivan A. Sacks (vol. 23, 1991-1992) * Jonathan E. Klaaren (vol. 22, 1990-1991) * Theodore J. Piccone (vol. 21, 1989-1990) * Ian Thomas Moar (vols. 19.2, 20.1, 1988-1989) * Paul D. Leake (vols. 18.2, vol. 19.1, 1987-1988) * Joseph A. Sullivan (vols. 17.2, 18.1, 1986-1987) * Matthew H. Adler (vol. 13, 1981-1982) * Holly Anne Clarke (vol. 12, 1980-1981) * Regina L. Bryant (vol. 11, 1979-1980) * Steven S. Tokarski (vol. 7, 1975-1976) * Bruce M. Montgomerie (vol. 3, 1970-1971) (''Columbia Survey of Human Rights Law'') * Marjorie A. McDiarmid (vol. 2, 1969-1970) (''Columbia Survey of Human Rights Law'') * David M. Kairys (vol. 1, 1967-1968) (''Columbia Survey of Human Rights Law'')

References

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