The New York University Law Review is a bimonthly general law review covering legal scholarship in all areas, including legal theory and policy, environmental law, legal history, and international law. The journal was established in 1924 as a collaborative effort between law students and members of the local bar. Its first editor-in-chief was Paul D. Kaufman. Between 1924 and 1950, it was at various times known as the Annual Review of the Law School of New York University and the New York University Law Quarterly Review before obtaining its current name in 1950.

Selection

Each year, the journal selects 52 new members from a class of approximately 450. Members are selected using a competitive process, which takes into account an applicant's first-year grades, performance in a writing competition, and potential to contribute to diversity on the journal.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • Current Contents/Business Collection • Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences • EBSCO databases • HeinOnline • International Bibliography of Periodical Literature • International Bibliography of the Social Sciences • Modern Language Association Database • ProQuest databases • Scopus • Social Sciences Citation Index According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 2.427.

Lawsuit over discrimination against white males

On October 6, 2018, a group called "Faculty, Alumni, and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences" filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the review over discrimination against white males in selecting staff editors and articles to publish. The challengers lost at trial and again on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The Supreme Court of the United States declined to review the case.

Alumni

Prominent alumni of the New York University Law Review include:

Notable articles

The journal has published the following notable articles: