History
Willamette University’s law school established a publication called the Legal Handbooks in 1949. In 1959, the school founded their law review journal, replacing the Legal Handbooks. The school's faculty had decided to start the journal and selected the first editorial staff. Ronald B. Lansing served as the first editor in chief of what started as a twice-yearly publication. The first issue focused on employer liability.
At the beginning of its existence, the Oregon State Bar helped pay for the publication, with copies sent to all members of the Oregon Bar. The journal was first located in the law school building at what is now Gatke Hall, and moved in 1967 to the new Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center when the law school relocated to its new home. In the early years of the journal, student authors were required to meet certain academic standards. First year students and those in the lower two-thirds of their second and third year class could not submit articles for publication.
Originally titled as the Willamette Law Journal for its first 14 volumes, the name was changed to the Willamette Law Review in 1978. By Spring 1981, the yearly subscription cost for the journal had risen to USD $12.50. That issue included articles on the use of televisions in courtrooms and piercing the corporate veil among other topics. In October 2006, the journal sponsored a symposium on former Oregon Supreme Court justice and distinguished scholar in residence at Willamette, Hans A. Linde.
In September 2008, Willamette Law Review moved into the new Oregon Civic Justice Center, located in the former Salem Carnegie Library, along with several other law school programs. The building was rededicated in a ceremony with Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the guest of honor.
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