Many law schools publish both their primary “law review” publication as well as one or more secondary “law journals”. For example, the Harvard Law Review is Harvards’ preeminent law publication. It is published several times a year, and those law students who are on the law review board are typically the creme of the crop of the current Harvard law school class. (You can check out the Harvard law review here).
Harvard also publishes several law journals. For example, Harvard recently announced the formation of a new law journal called the “Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law”. Here’s the press announcement:
This fall, a group of Harvard Law School students – Ashwin Krishnan ’10, Josh Podoll ’11, andRyan Gauthier ’10 – will officially launch a new journal called the Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law.
There is “a lot more awareness and student involvement in sports and entertainment law at the law school,” said Krishnan, who worked this past summer with Mike Zarren ’04, assistant executive director of basketball operations and associate counsel for the Boston Celtics.
For its first year, the journal will remain an online-only publication. Krishnan, who will serve as editor-in-chief, said he hopes to publish four to five articles by academics in the field of sports and entertainment law, as well as four to five student authored case comments. Krishnan expects that the journal’s first issue will be published this spring.
(Quote from: Harvard Law School).
Most law schools publish one or more law journals in addition to their flagship law review publication. This allows students and faculty to promote research in specific topical areas, and also allows students to gain experience in writing, editing and publishing journal articles.
