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| title = Columbia Law Review
| cover =
| editor = TaoxinAlexandria Wang(Alexa) Iraheta Sousa<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.columbialawreview.org/announcementscontact-information/-|title=2021–2022Columbia ANNOUNCEMENTSLaw 2021-2022Review Contact/}}</ref>
| discipline = [[Jurisprudence]]
| abbreviation = Columbia Law Rev.
| frequency = 8/year
| history = 1901–present
| openaccess = Yes
| impact = 2.224
| impact-year = 2018
| website = httphttps://www.columbialawreview.org/
| CODEN = COLRAO
| ISSN = 0010-1958
| eISSN = 1945-2268
| LCCN = 29-10105
| OCLC = 01564231
Publication of the current ''Columbia Law Review'' began in 1901,<ref>{{Cite web|title=About the Review|url=https://columbialawreview.org/about-the-review-2/|website=Columbia Law Review|language=en}}</ref> making it the fifth oldest surviving law review in the US. Dean [[List of Deans of Columbia Law School|William Keener]] took an active involvement during its founding to help ensure its longevity.{{Sfn|Swygert|Bruce|1985|p=783}}
===Nakba article===
In June 2024, the journal published an article by [[Rabea Eghbariah]], a Palestinian human rights lawyer, titled "Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept", which criticizes the "brutally sophisticated regime of oppression" of [[Palestinians]] "[a]cross [[Israel]], [[the West Bank]],
[[the Gaza Strip]], [[Jerusalem]], and [[Palestinian refugee camps|refugee camps]]" by the [[Cabinet of Israel|Israeli government]]. The article aims at creating an international legal framework for the [[Nakba]] similar to [[crime of genocide|genocide]] and [[crime of apartheid|apartheid]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Eghbariah |first=Rabea |date=May 2024 |title=Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept |url=https://static.al2.in/toward-nakba-as-a-legal-concept.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |volume=124 |issue=4 |pages=887-992 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240605000116/https://static.al2.in/toward-nakba-as-a-legal-concept.pdf |archive-date=2024-06-05 |access-date=2024-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lennard |first1=Natasha |last2=Thakker |first2=Prem |date=2024-06-03 |title=Columbia Law Review Refused to Take Down Article on Palestine, So Its Board of Directors Nuked the Whole Website |url=https://theintercept.com/2024/06/03/columbia-law-review-palestine-board-website/ |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240605102457/https://theintercept.com/2024/06/03/columbia-law-review-palestine-board-website/ |archive-date=2024-06-05 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=[[The Intercept]]}}</ref> The article also refers to the Arabic term "al-Nakba," which "is often used ... to refer to the ruinous establishment of Israel in Palestine."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Eghbariah |first=Rabea |date=May 2024 |title=Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept |url=https://static.al2.in/toward-nakba-as-a-legal-concept.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |volume=124 |issue=4 |pages=887-992 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240605000116/https://static.al2.in/toward-nakba-as-a-legal-concept.pdf |archive-date=2024-06-05 |access-date=2024-06-05}}</ref>
The same day that the article was published, the ''Review's'' board of directors shut down the ''Review's'' website and replaced it with a message stating that the site was "under maintenance". Later that day, the ''Review's'' student editors published the article on a publicly accessible web site, as a free PDF file.<ref>Article was posted at https://static.al2.in/toward-nakba-as-a-legal-concept.pdf</ref> Two days after the website was shut down, the editors voted to go on strike. The next day, the board of directors restored the ''Review's'' website, including Eghbariah's article, but added a statement explaining that the website was shut-down due to the "secretive" nature of the editorial process.<ref>Board's statement is at https://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/STATEMENT-FROM-THE-CLR-BOARD-OF-DIRECTORS.pdf</ref> The editorial board disagreed with that assertion and stated that the editorial process was comparable to that used for all other articles.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Sharon Otterman |title=Columbia Law Review Website Is Taken Offline Over Article Criticizing Israel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/04/nyregion/columbia-law-review-website.html |access-date=6 June 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=June 4, 2024}}</ref><ref>"Columbia Law Review student editors to strike after directors intervene with article on Nakba" Ayaan Ali June 6, 2024 ''Columbia Spectator'' https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/06/07/columbia-law-review-student-editors-to-strike-after-directors-intervene-with-article-on-nakba/</ref>
== Impact ==
The ''Columbia Law Review'' was the top-cited law journal during the 2018 [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] term.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotusblog.com/2019/07/empirical-scotus-what-the-justices-cited-in-ot-2018/|title=Empirical SCOTUS: What the justices cited in OT 2018|date=2019-07-24|website=SCOTUSblog|language=en}}</ref>
According to the ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'' the ''Columbia Law Review'' had a 2009 [[impact factor]] of 3.610, ranking it third out of 116 journals in the category "Law".<ref name="WoS">{{cite web|url=http://isiwebofknowledge.com|title=Web of Science|year=2011|access-date=June 26, 2011}}</ref> In 2007, the ''Columbia Law Review'' ranked second for submissions and citations within the legal academic community, after ''Harvard Law Review''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/ |title=Law Journals: Submissions and Ranking<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=January 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060508175833/http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/ |archive-date=May 8, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Notable alumni ==
**[[Richard F. Boulware]]
**[[James Edward Doyle]]
**[[Margaret Garnett]]
*U.S. Solicitors General
**[[Charles Fried]]
*Authors
**[[Brad Meltzer]]
== Past Editors-in-Chief ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Past Review Editors-in-Chief (1990–2021) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://columbialawreview.org/archived-mastheads/ |title=Archived Mastheads |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Columbia Law Review |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" style="width: 150px;" | Year
! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width: 450px;" | Name
|-
!2020–2021
|Oluwatumise Asebiomo<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet 'Columbia Law Review' Editor in Chief Oluwatumise Asebiomo '21|url=https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive/meet-columbia-law-review-editor-chief-oluwatumise-asebiomo-21|access-date=2021-03-16|website=law.columbia.edu|language=en}}</ref>
|-
!2019–2020
|[https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive/columbia-law-reviews-new-editor-promises-daring-scholarship Mary Marshall]
|-
!2018–2019
|Tomi O. Williams<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://columbialawreview.org/announcements-2018-2019/|title=Announcements 2018–2019|website=Columbia Law Review|language=en|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2017–2018
| Kelsey A. Ruescher <ref>{{Cite web | url=http://columbialawreview.org/announcements-2017-2018/ | title=Announcements 2017–2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2016–2017
| Daniela Dekhtyar <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-17-Masthead-updated-1.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=116 |issue=6 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2015–2016
| Krystina L. Ho <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2016-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=115 |issue=6 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2014–2015
| Dennis Fan <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2015-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2013–2014
| Angela A. Sun <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2014-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2012–2013
| Liliana Zaragoza <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2013-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2011–2012
| Maren Hulden <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2012-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2010–2011
| Farhang Heydari <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2011-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2009–2010
| Devi M. Rao <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2010-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=110 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2008–2009
| Z. W. Julius Chen <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2009-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=109 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2007–2008
| Karin S. Portlock <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2008-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=108 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2006–2007
| Grant R. Mainland <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2007-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=107 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2005–2006
| Young K. Lee <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2006-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=106 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2004–2005
| Richard A. Kaplan <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2005-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=105 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2003–2004
| Elizabeth M. Evenson <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2004-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=104 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2002–2003
| Pankaj Venugopal <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2003-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=103 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2001–2002
| Margaret L. Taylor <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2002-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=102 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 2000–2001
| Joellen R. Valentine <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2001-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=101 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 1999–2000
| Bryan R. Diederich <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2000-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=100 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 1998–1999
| Lawrence Wu <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1999-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=99 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 1997–1998
| Joshua Waldman <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1998-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=98 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 1996–1997
| William Savitt <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1997-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=97 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 1995–1996
| Geoffrey B. Goldman <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1996-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=96 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 1994–1995
| Susan Stayn <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1995-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=95 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 1993–1994
| Joseph P. Liu <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1994-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=94 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 1992–1993
| Elizabeth L. Earle <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1993-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=93 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 1991–1992
| Daniel P. Penn <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1992-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=92 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 1990–1991
| Nancy L. Sanborn <ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url=http://columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1991-CLR-MASTHEAD.pdf |journal=Columbia Law Review |title=Columbia Law Review |volume=91 |issue=1 |access-date=2018-02-05 }}</ref>
|}
== Notable articles ==
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