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Journals

Indiana Law’s highly regarded law journals enable second- and third-year students to conduct and publish original legal research as well as edit work by prominent legal scholars.

Indiana Law Journal

Select students are invited to join the staff of the Indiana Law Journal during the summer following their first year of law school. Invitations are extended based on first-year academic performance and a writing competition that takes place at the end of the first year. The ILJ publishes original articles by a distinguished and diverse selection of authors that have included U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist and U.S. Solicitor General Seth Waxman. Students select, edit, and verify the accuracy and form of cited sources in the articles. The journal also publishes several student-written articles. For more information, please contact Rita Eads, Journal Coordinator.

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

The Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies publishes articles by distinguished legal scholars focusing on issues of globalization and international law. Each issue generally contains articles by authors from many different countries. Select students are invited to join the staff during the summer following their first year of law school. Invitations are extended based on first-year academic performance and a writing competition that takes place at the end of the first year. Students edit and proofread articles, and verify the accuracy and form of cited sources. The journal also publishes several student-written articles. For more information, please contact Rita Eads, Journal Coordinator.

IP Theory

IP Theory is a peer-edited on-line intellectual property law publication hosted by the Law School's Center for Intellectual Property Research. It is neither law journal nor blog; it is a different sort of publication designed to occupy a niche between the two. IP Theory serves as a forum for:

  • Essays or opinion pieces that are more concise (and more lightly footnoted) than typical law review articles
  • Book reviews
  • Reviews of literature, either IP scholarly literature or literature in allied fields

IP Theory is indexed as an open-access journal, and available through the usual subscription services (e.g., Westlaw). The journal is peer-edited.  Faculty peers solicit and select content.  Student editors are selected by their peers and the faculty advisor. For more information, please contact Prof. Mark Janis, the Center's director.

Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality

The Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality is an online journal established in May 2011. Its first issue will be published in the spring of 2013.

The purpose of the Journal is to serve as an interdisciplinary academic forum for scholars, practitioners, policy-makers, and students to contribute to society's understanding of legal and policy issues concerning race, religion, gender, and class.

Membership in the Journal consists of second- and third-year students who have exhibited a demonstrated commitment to social equality through relevant discipline, employment, or volunteer work and who have had exemplary performance in their first-year studies.

The Journal was founded by Jalil Dozier, JD'11, and Alex Simpson, JD'11. Its current editor-in-chief is Kyle Morrison. Prof. Deborah Widiss is the faculty advisor.