The Marquette Law Review (Bluebook

Bluebook

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 abbreviation: Marq. L. Rev.) is a quarterly law review

Law review

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 edited by students at Marquette University Law School

Marquette University Law School

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. The review is ranked 56th among general US student-edited journals for citations by courts. Articles, essays, and student-written notes and comments from the review are accessible in PDF format on its web site, as well as online through LexisNexis

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, Westlaw

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, and HeinOnline

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Mission

The Marquette Law Review was established in 1916 as a way for the law school to "make known its ideals and communicate its spirit." It is the eighth-oldest law review in the nation. Since its founding, the review has been dedicated to "the publication of not only theoretical articles of the law, but articles of real practical aid to the practitioner." It has placed particular emphasis on legal issues in Wisconsin, which led former Wisconsin Chief Justice

Wisconsin Supreme Court

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 George Currie

George Currie

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 to "express on behalf of the members of our court appreciation to a Law Review from which we have so greatly benefited in performing our judicial labors."

Staff

The Marquette Law Review is produced by a staff of 50 student editors and members. Membership invitations are extended to students in the top ten percent of the 1L class. Alternatively, students may join the review by selection in a write-on competition held each summer. The editor-in-chief is Theodore Greeley.

Selected articles

• Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, "Constitutionality of Tuition Vouchers," 76 Marq. L. Rev. 487 (1993)
• William Brennan
  William J. Brennan, Jr.
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  , "The United States Supreme Court: Reflections Past and Present," 48 Marq. L. Rev. 437 (1965)
• Tom C. Clark
  Tom C. Clark
  Thomas Campbell Clark was United States Attorney General from 1945 to 1949 and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States .- Early life and career :...
  
  , "The Supreme Court as Protector of Liberty Under the Rule of Law," 43 Marq. L. Rev. 11 (1959)
• Archibald Cox
  Archibald Cox
  Archibald Cox, Jr., was an American lawyer and law professor who served as U.S. Solicitor General under President John F. Kennedy. He became known as the first special prosecutor for the Watergate scandal. During his career, he was a pioneering expert on labor law and also an authority on...
  
  , "Labor Unions and the Public Interest," 42 Marq. L. Rev. 2 (1958) and "The Role of the Supreme Court in American Society," 50 Marq. L. Rev. 575 (1967)
• Charles Evan Hughes, War Powers Under the Constitution, 2 Marq. L. Rev. 3 (1917)
• Edwin Meese III, "Our Constitution's Design: The Implications for its Interpretation," 70 Marq. L. Rev. 381 (1987)
• Ralph Nader
  Ralph Nader
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  , "Lawyers' Roles as New Attorneys," 80 Marq. L. Rev. 695 (1997)
• Louis H. Pollak
  Louis H. Pollak
  Louis Heilprin Pollak is a senior district judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.-District Judge:...
  
  , "Aristocrats of the Law," 50 Marq. L. Rev. 618 (1967)
• William H. Rehnquist, "Remarks to Commencement," 72 Marq. L. Rev. 145 (1988)
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
  Franklin D. Roosevelt
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  , "The Road to Judicial Reform," 16 Marq. L. Rev. 227 (1932)
• Thomas L. Shaffer, "Why Does the Church have Law Schools," 78 Marq. L. Rev. 401 (1995)