Alberta Law Review
Encyclopedia
The Alberta Law Review is a peer-reviewed law review
or legal journal, published quarterly by the Alberta Law Review Society. The Society is a non-profit organization consisting entirely of students from both the University of Alberta
Faculty of Law and the University of Calgary
Faculty of Law
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The Law Review has published issues consistently since 1955. Nonetheless, its predecessor, the Alberta Law Quarterly, was established in 1934 by University of Alberta law students. It has the largest distribution of any university-based law review in Canada with over 2500 subscribers. Its purpose is "to promote legal research and scholarship and to provide a forum for the discussion of contemporary legal issues."
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The work of the Law Review is conducted primarily at the Hon. W.A. Stevenson House, located in the University of Alberta's East Campus Village. The house is named after the Law Review's founding editor, the Hon. W.A. Stevenson
, who subsequently became a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
and continues to support the Law Review as adviser and benefactor.
, and numerous members of the Court of Appeal of Alberta
such as the Hon. Jean E.L. Côté and the Hon. Peter T. Costigan.
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Law review
A law review is a scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, normally published by an organization of students at a law school or through a bar association...
or legal journal, published quarterly by the Alberta Law Review Society. The Society is a non-profit organization consisting entirely of students from both the University of Alberta
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
Faculty of Law and the University of Calgary
University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently...
Faculty of Law
University of Calgary Faculty of Law
The Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary was officially opened in 1976 with a first-year class of sixty students and nine faculty members. Currently, there are 21 faculty and approximately 300 students in total, giving the school one of the smallest class sizes of the Canadian law schools....
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The Law Review has published issues consistently since 1955. Nonetheless, its predecessor, the Alberta Law Quarterly, was established in 1934 by University of Alberta law students. It has the largest distribution of any university-based law review in Canada with over 2500 subscribers. Its purpose is "to promote legal research and scholarship and to provide a forum for the discussion of contemporary legal issues."
Organization
The Law Review is unique from other law reviews in Canada in that it is operated by students from two law schools, whereas other reviews typically only comprise of students from one school. The editorial board is chosen from second year law students by the Editors-in-Chief. The University of Alberta editors elect amongst themselves two Editors-in-Chief and the University of Calgary editors elect amongst themselves one Associate Editor-in-Chief. The activities of the Law Review are funded partly by subscriptions world wide and through funds provided by the Law Society of AlbertaLaw Society of Alberta
The Law Society of Alberta is the self-regulating body for lawyers in Alberta, Canada.-Purpose:The Law Society is created and governed by the . As a law society, the Law Society is much more than a professional association and every lawyer who practices in Alberta must belong to it...
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The work of the Law Review is conducted primarily at the Hon. W.A. Stevenson House, located in the University of Alberta's East Campus Village. The house is named after the Law Review's founding editor, the Hon. W.A. Stevenson
William Stevenson (judge)
William Alexander Stevenson, OC was a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1990 to 1992.-Early life:Stevenson was born in Edmonton, Alberta to Alexander Lindsay Stevenson and Eileen Harriet Burns. In 1956, he graduated from the University of Alberta with a B.A., and then an LL.B....
, who subsequently became a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...
and continues to support the Law Review as adviser and benefactor.
Notable Past Editors
Other than Hon. W.A. Stevenson mentioned above, former editors include Beverly McLachlin, the Chief Justice of CanadaChief Justice of Canada
The Chief Justice of Canada, like the eight puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, is appointed by the Governor-in-Council . All nine are chosen from either sitting judges or barristers who have at least ten years' standing at the bar of a province or territory...
, and numerous members of the Court of Appeal of Alberta
Court of Appeal of Alberta
The Court of Appeal of Alberta is an Canadian appellate court.-Jurisdiction and Hierarchy within Canadian Courts:The Court is the highest court in Alberta, Canada...
such as the Hon. Jean E.L. Côté and the Hon. Peter T. Costigan.
Petroleum Law Edition
One of four issues published annually in the Law Review consists entirely of petroleum law related articles. The articles are typically presented at an annual conference in Banff, AlbertaBanff, Alberta
Banff is a town within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is located in Alberta's Rockies along the Trans-Canada Highway, approximately west of Calgary and east of Lake Louise....
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