The California Law Review is the flagship law journal of UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). Founded in 1912, the Review was the first student law journal published west of Illinois.

The CLR application process consists of an anonymous write-on competition, with grades playing no role in the consideration of membership. A personal statement is also considered.

In independent surveys of attorneys, professors, and judges conducted in 1967, 1975, and 1986, the CLR ranked in the top ten journals in the nation in terms of value as a legal research tool. CLR was the sixth most frequently cited review in the country. In addition, several CLR articles were ranked among the fifty most cited legal articles in history. An exhaustive study conducted in 1986 found that CLR ranked third in state court citations and tenth among all courts in the nation, including the United States Supreme Court

Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...

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Past editors of CLR have included justices Roger J. Traynor

Roger J. Traynor

Roger John Traynor served as the 23rd Chief Justice of California from 1964 to 1970, and as an Associate Justice from 1940 to 1964...

 (former Editor-in-Chief), Kathryn Werdegar

Kathryn Werdegar

Kathryn Mickle Werdegar is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California. She was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Pete Wilson in 1994. She was retained by the electorate in November 2002, with 74.1% percent of the vote. She earned her B.A...

 (former Editor-in-Chief), Allen Broussard

Allen Broussard

Allen Broussard was an African-American judge who rose to become a justice of the California Supreme Court.He was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana on April 13, 1929, the son of Clemire and Eugenia Broussard. At the age of 16, he moved with his family to California...

, Ninth Circuit Judge Marsha Berzon, law professor Barbara Armstrong, Ambassador Jeff Bleich

Jeff Bleich

Jeffrey Laurence "Jeff" Bleich is an American lawyer from California who is the United States Ambassador to Australia. Formerly a partner at the firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson, Bleich is a longtime friend of President Barack Obama...

 (former Editor-in-Chief), former Solicitor General Theodore Olson

Theodore Olson

Theodore Bevry Olson is a former United States Solicitor General, serving from June 2001 to July 2004 under President George W. Bush.- Early life :...

, Professor Christopher Schroeder (former Editor-in-Chief), and defense attorneys Tony Serra

Tony Serra

J. Tony Serra is an American civil rights lawyer, activist and tax resister from San Francisco.-Education:Serra received a bachelor's of art in philosophy from Stanford University and a law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law, UC-Berkeley.-Biography:...

 and Michael Tigar

Michael Tigar

Michael E. Tigar is an American criminal defense attorney known for representing controversial clients. He is also a member of the Duke Law School faculty.-Early life and education:...

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