About Albany Law Review
The Albany Law Review is an independent, student-run organization committed to making meaningful contributions to the law and legal scholarship through the publication of critical and analytical articles written by judges, lawyers, and law school professors, as well as notes and comments on legal topics written by our student editors. We have been recognized as one of the top 50 general law reviews based on citations by other journals by Washington & Lee's Law Journal Rankings since 2002. We are also listed as one of ExpressO's top 100 law reviews, based on the number of submissions by authors, since 2005.
We believe that one of our strongest assets is our tradition of strong relationships with our authors, past, present, and future. We pride ourselves on being responsive and exceedingly deferential to authors, all while continuing to provide the highest levels of editorial assistance that our authors and readers have come to expect from us. We will only make changes based on grammar, Bluebook guidelines, and clarity. We leave the "voice" of a piece with its author.
This year, the Albany Law Review is celebrating its 71st volume with special events through the academic year. For example, in March of 2008, the Albany Law Review will be holding a symposium entitled Judges on Judges: The New York Court of Appeals Judges' Favorites in Court History. The scholarship from this event will be published in the forthcoming issue of Albany Law Review: State Constitutional Commentary in early 2008.
The Albany Law Review is also pleased to introduce our new interactive website featuring a Letters to the Editor section. With this feature, scholars from around the world can comment on and discuss every article that we publish with short response articles or op-ed pieces. The Letters are then featured on our website keyed to the subject article. The Letters will soon be available on LEXIS and Westlaw just like full-length articles.
The backbone of the Albany Law Review is, of course, its members. Our members are some of the best and brightest at Albany Law School. After completion of first-year course work, students are invited to join Law Review based on either academic standing or performance in an annual writing competition open to students who earn a grade-point average specified by the faculty. Membership on Law Review offers students an exceptional opportunity to develop and refine skills in legal research, analysis, and writing. Each of our members also write a note or a comment during their first year of membership.
For more information on the Albany Law Review, please feel free to contact us.
Robert S. Rosborough, IV
Editor-in-Chief
Albany Law Review
