St. John's Law Review/St. Thomas More
Institute for Legal Research
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St. John's Law Review is a student-run organization that publishes
scholarly articles of legal significance. First published in 1926,
the Law Review publishes four issues each year as well as two
issues of The Catholic Lawyer, which focuses on legal issues having
ethical, canonical, or theological implications. Membership is
offered to those students who at a minimum finish in the top 1/3 of
the class and successfully complete a writing competition held at
the end of the first-year day and second-year evening programs.
Aside from serving as an academic forum, the Law Review has two
other goals.
First, it provides students with the opportunity to develop
their research, writing, and analytical skills through the
scholarly treatment of current legal issues. Second, the journal
serves as an effective research tool for practitioners, judges, and
students of the law. All articles accepted for publication in the
Law Review—even those from recognized figures in the law—are
subject to an editorial process that is intended to strengthen both
the substantive and technical aspects of the piece. Member
responsibilities include verifying sources, checking citations,
proofreading, and critically analyzing these articles. Members are
also given the opportunity to write Notes, Comments and Recent
Developments for publication. Accordingly, each issue contains
pieces by student editors as well as outside authors.
2006-2007 Editor-in-Chief: Francis A. Cavanaugh
Faculty Advisor: Professors Paul F.
Kirgis
Journal of Catholic Legal Studies
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The Journal of Catholic Legal Studies is a scholarly journal
devoted to the study of law and religion in general, and law and
Catholicism in particular. Known for fifty years as The Catholic
Lawyer, the journal was rechristened the Journal of Catholic Legal
Studies in the spring of 2005, beginning with Issue 44, Volume 1.
The intent of the name change was not to alter the character of the
journal, but rather to reflect what it had become—and to reflect
our aspiration that it continue to be a home for highlevel
scholarship that will be of interest not just to Catholic lawyers,
but to all who care about those areas where the law impacts
Catholicism and, just as importantly, those areas where Catholicism
may have something to say to legal thinkers. Such scholarship will
often be interdisciplinary; it will also often be explicitly
ecumenical, drawing on insights from scholars working from other
religious perspectives.
Although the Journal of Catholic Legal Studies is primarily
comprised of outside articles solicited by, and submitted to, the
Journal of Catholic Legal Studies, the expansion of student
contributions to the periodical remains an important objective.
Accordingly, student contributions to the Journal of Catholic Legal
Studies require adherence to the same strict standards of
excellence with respect to analysis, research, Bluebooking
accuracy, and writing style.
The Journal of Catholic Legal Studies is run under the rubric of
the St. John’s Law Review, whose members and editors are
responsible for verifying sources, checking citations,
proofreading, and critically analyzing the works set for
publication. The Executive Publications Editor of the Law Review
has primary responsibility for the Journal of Catholic Legal
Studies, including overseeing the editorial process and preparing
manuscripts for publication.
Faculty Advisors: Professors Michael A.
Simons and Susan
Stabile
Journal of Legal Commentary
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The Journal was first published in 1985 by a group of law review
students who wanted the opportunity to publish their own pieces.
Today, the Journal provides lawyers as well as non-lawyers analysis
and insight into various areas of social and legal significance.
The Journal provides a forum for cuttingedge contemporary and
historical topics through articles and essays by distinguished
professors and scholars, as well as student-written notes and
comments.
In an equally important capacity, the Journal affords students
the opportunity to develop advanced legal writing, researching and
analytical skills beyond that which they may otherwise encounter in
law school. Each year the Journal publishes three issues and
conducts an on-campus symposium featuring some of the most
prominent and respected scholars within a particular field.
2006-2007 Editor-in-Chief: Justin Kramer
Faculty Advisor: Professor
Ettie Ward
New York International Law
Review
The New York International Law Review is a publication of the
International Law and Practice Section of the New York State Bar
Association. Each year, the student editorial board and the
editorial board of the Bar Association prepare two issues of the
publication presenting a variety of articles written by professors
and practitioners. Focusing on current issues of international
concern, the New York International Law Review offers readers an
assortment of articles on topics such as intellectual property,
immigration, trade, and international human rights. The New York
International Law Review also provides students with an excellent
forum to publish their own articles and review of recent decisions.
Student membership on the New York International Law Review is
attained by successful completion of a writing competition and a
minimum grade point average of 2.8 at the close of the student's
first-year day and secondyear evening program.
2006-2007 Editor-in-Chief: Troy Kennedy
Faculty Advisor: Professor
Charles E. Biblowit
American Bankruptcy Institute Law
Review
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The American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review (the "ABI Law Review")
is the result of a partnership between St. John's and the American
Bankruptcy Institute (the "ABI"). The ABI is a multi-disciplinary
organization of over 11,000 bankruptcy and
insolvency professionals, including attorneys, judges, law
professors, accountants, investment bankers and turn-around
specialists.
The ABI Law Review is in its twelfth year of publication. It
enjoyed immediate success and is widely regarded as the nation's
premier scholarly bankruptcy journal. The ABI Law Review contains
articles and student notes on "cutting edge" issues of bankruptcy
law and practice. At the request of the American Bar Association
(the "ABA"), the ABI Law Review updated an expanded version of its
first issue for publication as a hard cover book. This volume, on
single asset real estate transactions, is considered to be the
foremost authority in this area and has been offered for sale
throughout the country. A second hard cover book, concerning fraud
and ethics, has been requested by the ABA and is currently being
worked on by the ABI Law Review. The ABI Law Review is also
involved, in conjunction with the St. John's Moot Court Honor
Society, in the prestigious Judge Conrad B. Duberstein National
Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition, the only bankruptcy moot court
competition in the nation. The ABI Law Review is responsible for
the research and fact patterns that form the basis for the
competitors' arguments. In addition, student members prepare the
bench memos for the established attorneys and federal judges from
the court of appeals and bankruptcy courts who judge the
competition.
Student members are highly encouraged to author notes on major
bankruptcy issues affecting various legal disciplines and to
interact with the ABI leadership in the topic selection for each
issue. Student editors and staff have complete control over the
editing process. All issues leave St. John's University in final
photo ready form, for immediate and timely publication. Student
members have obtained successful positions, whether in bankruptcy
or non-bankruptcy fields, at leading law firms, government
agencies, and as clerks for highly recognized judges. Membership on
the ABI Law Review is offered to students who have attained a
minimum grade point average of 3.0 and successfully complete a
writing competition held at the end of first-year day and
second-year evening programs.
2006-2007 Editor-in-Chief: Jon Finelli
Faculty Advisors: Professors Robert M.
Zinman and G. Ray
Warner
N.Y. Litigator
The N.Y. Litigator is the Journal of the Commercial and Federal
Litigation Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. In
1995, St. John's University School of Law was chosen to be the home
of the student editorial board of the N.Y. Litigator. Each year,
the student editorial board of the Bar Association prepares three
issues of the N.Y. Litigator presenting a variety of articles
written by professors and practitioners. The issues focus on
current matters of concern in the litigation field. The N.Y.
Litigator offers readers an assortment of articles on topics
ranging from Admiralty and Marine Litigation, Anti-Trust
Litigation, Alternate Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property,
Class Actions, Trial Practice, and much more. Staff members of the
N.Y. Litigator are provided with an excellent forum to publish
their own articles and reviews of recent decisions. Students who
are accepted to the staff of the N.Y. Litigator gain valuable
experience in developing advanced legal writing, research, and
analytical skills beyond those normally learned in law school.
Membership in the N.Y. Litigator is offered to students who have
attained a minimum grade point average of 3.0 and have successfully
completed a writing competition.
2006-2007 Editor-in-Chief: TBA
Faculty Advisor: Professor
Edward Cavanagh