Dickinson Law Review is the flagship

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. Founded in 1897 as ''The Forum,'' it is the fifth oldest law review in continuous print in the

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. From 1898-1899, Julia Radle, the first female student in the school's history, was the editor-in-chief of the law review. It is believed that Ms. Radle may have been the first female in the United States to serve in this capacity. When the Dickinson Law School merged with

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in 2003, the name of the periodical was changed to the ''Penn State Law Review''. Following the separation of the

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and Penn State Dickinson Law campuses into separately-accredited

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in 2016, the periodical was renamed Dickinson Law Review, while the

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was retained by Penn State Law.

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