About the Northeastern University Law Review

The Northeastern University Law Review is a student-run publication that engages all topics of legal scholarship, with special attention given to articles that show the connections among public interest, innovation, and the practical application of law. The Law Review is published twice a year and includes articles by legal and interdisciplinary academics, attorneys, and law students.

The Law Review also publishes content through its online publications, Extra Legal and the Online Forum. Extra Legal is a platform for shorter pieces meant to engage authors and their readers in current legal issues, many dealing with break-out topics and evolving areas of law. The Online Forum is focused on facilitating discourse around current legal topics in a blog format. It provides a space to respond to contemporary legal challenges, analyze developments of law and policy, and define opportunities for change.

To further the NULR’s pursuit of excellence, the NULR prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion. Through tangible and reflective methods, the NULR commits to (1) actionably increasing and retaining BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual+), and disabled editors and leaders (i.e., members of the Executive and Editorial Board) within the NULR; (2) increasing the diversity amongst selected and published authors, and scholarship topics; and (3) curating and furthering a welcoming, safe, and inclusive space for the NULR’s members and authors.

History

The Law Review's first staff assembled during the 2007-2008 academic year. The staff selected a topic on which they intended to host a symposium, and continued planning for a topic-based publication following the symposium. The Law Review's first symposium was held in the spring of 2008 on the topic of representation of individuals being held by the United States in Guantanamo Bay. Volume 1, Issue 1 was then published in the Spring of 2009.

The Law Review continued publishing under the symposium model for many years. The topics covered a spectrum of legal issues, including: Shelter from the Storm: Advocacy in the Subprime Fallout,  From Seed to Stomach: Food and Agriculture Law,  Pushed Too Far: The Evolving Legal Implications of School Bullying,  Experience the Future: Experimental Education in the Law,  Prisoners’ Rights in the Modern Era, and many others. 

In 2013, the Law Review began making plans to shift from the symposium model to a model that would allow the Law Review to engage a broader range of topics and issues. Volume 8, Issue 1 marks the first such issue. 

Contact Information

Northeastern University Law Review
416 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115