The ''Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy'' is a

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for

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and

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legal scholarship. It was established by

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students

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and Stephen Eberhard in 1978, leading to the founding of the

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, for which it is the official journal. It is one of the top five most widely circulated law reviews in the United States. Notable alumni include

Neil Gorsuch Neil McGill Gorsuch ( ; born August 29, 1967) is an American lawyer and judge who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump on January 31, 2017, and has served since ...

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Tom Cotton Thomas Bryant Cotton (born May 13, 1977) is an American politician, attorney, and former military officer serving as the junior United States senator for Arkansas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the U.S. House of ...

Alexander Acosta Rene Alexander Acosta (born January 16, 1969) is an American attorney and politician, who served as the 27th United States Secretary of Labor from 2017 to 2019. President Donald Trump nominated Acosta to be Labor Secretary on , and he was confir ...

Mike Pompeo Michael Richard Pompeo (; born December 30, 1963) is an American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served under President Donald Trump as director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2017 to 2018 and as the 70th United State ...

, David Barron,

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Ron DeSantis Ronald Dion DeSantis (; born September 14, 1978) is an American politician serving as the 46th governor of Florida since January 2019. A member of the Republican Party, DeSantis represented Florida's 6th district in the U.S. House of Repres ...

Jennifer Walker Elrod Jennifer Walker Elrod (born Jennifer Leigh Walker; September 6, 1966) is a United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Background Elrod was born in Port Arthur, Texas, Po ...

, John K. Bush, Joseph D. Kearney, Kevin Newsom, Gregory G. Katsas,

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, and

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. Past authors have included

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Frank H. Easterbrook Frank Hoover Easterbrook (born September 3, 1948) is an American lawyer, jurist, and legal scholar who has served as a United States circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since 1985. He was the Seventh Circuit's chief ...

, Richard Garnett, Robert P. George, Douglas H. Ginsburg,

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, William H. Pryor Jr.,

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William Rehnquist William Hubbs Rehnquist ( ; October 1, 1924 – September 3, 2005) was an American attorney and jurist who served on the U.S. Supreme Court for 33 years, first as an associate justice from 1972 to 1986 and then as the 16th chief justice from ...

, Antonin Scalia,

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Clarence Thomas Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Thurgood Marshall and has served since 199 ...

, Ron Paul, and

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. In October Term 2018, the Journal was cited in the 5th most Supreme Court opinions, finishing ahead of flagship journals such as the ''

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'' and the ''

Stanford Law Review The ''Stanford Law Review'' (SLR) is a legal journal produced independently by Stanford Law School students. The journal was established in 1948 with future U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher as its first president. The review produces s ...

''. As of August 2021, the Journal also publishes an online counterpart to the print edition, ''JLPP: Per Curiam''.

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