The Women's Rights Law Reporter is a journal of legal scholarship

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...

 published by an independent student group at Rutgers School of Law—Newark

Rutgers School of Law—Newark

Rutgers School of Law–Newark is the oldest of three law schools in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located at the S.I. Newhouse Center for Law and Justice, at 123 Washington Street, in downtown Newark...

. The journal provides a forum for exploring law and public policy relating to women’s rights and gender

Gender

Gender is a range of characteristics used to distinguish between males and females, particularly in the cases of men and women and the masculine and feminine attributes assigned to them. Depending on the context, the discriminating characteristics vary from sex to social role to gender identity...

. The journal is published quarterly. The editors in chief

Editor in chief

An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...

 for 2010-2011 are Anne Leung and Jessica Burstein.

History and focus

The journal was founded in 1970 by Rutgers law students and now Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ginsburg was appointed by President Bill Clinton and took the oath of office on August 10, 1993. She is the second female justice and the first Jewish female justice.She is generally viewed as belonging to...

. On its founding advisory board were Margot Champagne, Mary Eastwood, Riane Eisler

Riane Eisler

Riane Tennenhaus Eisler is an Austrian-born American scholar, writer, and social activist. Born in Vienna ca. 1937, her familyfled from the Nazis to Cuba when she was a child; she later emigrated to the United States. She has degrees in...

, Ann Freedman, Jo Ann Evans Gardner, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Janice Goodman, Renee Hanover, Arthur Kinoy

Arthur Kinoy

Arthur Kinoy , was an attorney and progressive civil rights leader who became a professor of law at the Rutgers School of Law—Newark. He was one of the founders of the Center for Constitutional Rights and successfully argued before the Supreme Court of the United States.-Education:Kinoy was born on...

, Pauli Murray

Pauli Murray

The Reverend Dr. Anna Pauline Murray was an American civil rights advocate, women's rights activist and feminist, lawyer, writer, poet, teacher, and ordained priest....

, Eleanor Holmes Norton

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Eleanor Holmes Norton is a Delegate to Congress representing the District of Columbia. In her position she is able to serve on and vote with committees, as well as speak from the House floor...

, Bernice Handler, Diane B. Schulder, Faith A. Seidenberg, and Nancy Stearns. The journal is the first legal periodical in the United States to focus exclusively on the field of women’s rights law.