| Discipline | Law review |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Quinn J. Kennedy[1] |
| Publication details | |
Former name | Iowa Law Bulletin |
| History | 1915-present |
| Publisher | University of Iowa College of Law (United States) |
| Frequency | 5/year |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| Bluebook | Iowa L. Rev. |
| ISO 4 | Iowa Law Rev. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| ISSN | 0021-0552 |
| LCCN | 16027401 |
| OCLC no. | 1753893 |
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TheIowa Law Review is alaw review published five times annually by theUniversity of Iowa College of Law. It was established in 1915 as theIowa Law Bulletin.[2] It is ranked 14th among 1550 journals indexed in the W&L ranking.[3] The journal has been student-edited since 1935.
TheIowa Law Review has its origins in theIowa Law Bulletin.[2] The originalBulletin series was published from 1891 to 1900 by faculty.[4] TheBulletin was reinstated in 1915, edited by both faculty members and students.[4] It changed its name toIowa Law Review in 1925,[4] indicating that the journal's focus would be on Iowa legal issues, but "occasionally an article of general scope [would] appear."[4] Indeed, it has published on topics of national and international law.[4]
In 1933, theIowa Law Review became the first law review to publish asymposium[4] (on administrative law), which was entitled "Administrative Law Based upon Legal Writings 1931-1933."[4] Since then, the journal has continued to hold symposia on issues of national importance.[4]
In 1968, theIowa Law Review began the "Contemporary Studies Project".[4] These projects were large-scale, usually empirically based, and often lasted for more than one year.[4] Some of the projects have received national recognition and/or have affected legislation and judicial reforms in Iowa and around the country.[4] An examples isFacts and Fallacies About Iowa Civil Commitment (Iowa Law Review 55:895, 1970; leading to a revision in 1975 of Iowa's civil commitment laws). Two studies (A Comparison of Iowans' Dispositive Preferences with Selected Provisions of the Iowa and Uniform Probate Codes,Iowa Law Review 63:1041, 1978;The Iowa Small Claims Court: an Empirical Analysis,Iowa Law Review 75:433, 1990) have been widely cited and relied upon in law review articles and by courts throughout the US.[4]
TheIowa Law Review has been widely cited for its legal research, theory, and analysis. Recent notable citations include theIowa Supreme Court's citation of anIowa Law Review student note[5] in its April 2009 decision ofVarnum v. Brien, which struck down the state's ban on gay marriage.[6] Also, in its January 2010 decision ofCitizens United v. FEC, theUnited States Supreme Court (JusticesScalia andStevens in separate concurring opinions) cited Randall P. Bezanson,Institutional Speech, 80 Iowa Law Review 735, 775 (1995).[7] Shortly thereafter theUnited States Supreme Court cited Jenny Roberts,Ignorance Is Effectively Bliss: Collateral Consequences, Silence, and Misinformation in the Guilty-Plea Process, 95 Iowa Law Review 119, 124 n.15 (2009),[8] in its March 2010 decision ofPadilla v. Kentucky.