Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the Akron Law Review is a scholarly legal publication of the University of Akron C. Blake McDowell Law Center that produces an annual volume of four issues for use by scholars, practitioners, and judges. In 2006, the Akron Law Review was ranked #42 out of 262 ABA-accredited and major foreign journals on the Washington and Lee impact rankings (based in citations per issue). This is the second consecutive year the Akron Law Review was in the top 50. We accept articles on all issues. Also, we devote one issue every year to intellectual property issues. Prior symposiums have focused on complex litigation, elder law, judicial elections, and education law. Volume 38, Number 3 addressed the financing of judicial elections in the State of Ohio, and included a comprehensive study of the financing of several past Ohio Supreme Court elections. In Volume 36, two issues featured articles on the importance of John Bingham to the Fourteenth Amendment.

Members of the Law Review contribute to the publication by editing the articles selected for publication and by writing their own notes and comments. By editing selected articles, staff members improve their own editing, writing, and citation skills while being exposed to different areas of law. The Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board oversee the selection, editing, and publication process.

As they write their own note or comment, they further expand their legal research, writing, and editing abilities while exploring the intricacies of a particular area of law. Throughout the writing process, they are guided by the second-year members of the Law Review and the Executive Editor. More information about the structure and processes used by the Law Review is available in the Constitution and Bylaws.

Information concerning article submission, past volumes, and subscriptions, as well as the companion Akron Tax Journal, is available through the links at the bottom of this page.

The Law Review is composed of second-, third-, and fourth-year full-time and part-time students. Members are selected either based on their grades after the first-year of law school or through a write-on competition conducted every summer. Invitations are sent to eligible students in July, and a training session is held in early to mid-August.