Law Journals Adopt New Names for 2023-2024 School Year

As UC College of the Law San Francisco continues to celebrate the first year of its new name, the law school’s nine journals are also embracing brand-new titles in time for the 2023-2024 school year.

“The students are incredibly excited to transition to the new journal names this fall and have worked hard to make it a smooth and seamless transition,” said Jennifer Ta, Associate Director of Scholarly Publications at UC Law SF.

Dave Owen is Associate Dean for Research.

The journals, which explore legal issues ranging from environmental law to business and tech, will switch to new names in time for the fall semester. The journals allow second- and third-year law students to explore novel legal issues while gaining valuable writing and publishing experience.

“Academic journals provide important contributions to the greater legal community, and the journals at UC Law SF take on significant and pressing issues facing our legal system and world,” said Dave Owen, Associate Dean for Research at UC Law SF.

Zarah Parekh ’23 served as co-executive editor of the formerly titled Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly.

Recent graduate Zahra Parekh ’23 said her work last school year as co-executive editor of the formerly titled Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly deepened her understanding of key legal issues, made her a stronger writer and editor, and helped her build valuable connections with practicing lawyers through fireside chats and symposia. She said, “These professional connections and practical skills will be invaluable long after graduation.”

Here is a list of the law school’s journals and their new names:

• UC Law Journal – Reaching a large international and domestic audience, this flagship journal publishes six issues per year on important legal topics, including criminal justice, labor law, federalism, states’ rights, racial disparities in the legal system, and more.
• UC Law Business Journal – Exploring the dynamic interplay between law and business, this journal serves as a valuable resource for all those interested in legal issues affecting businesses across the globe, including antitrust and tax law.
• UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal (Comm/Ent) – Founded in 1976 as one of the first journals dedicated to entertainment and media law, Comm/Ent takes on the most pressing issues facing the industry, such as who should own copyrights to artwork created by artificial intelligence.
• UC Law Constitutional Quarterly – Publishing four issues annually, this journal invites thought leaders to explore the toughest constitutional questions facing the U.S. legal system, including religious liberty, states’ rights, immigrants’ rights, and more.
• UC Law Environmental Journal – Uniting academics and practitioners, this journal features articles and essays from policy makers, professors, law students, and practicing attorneys tackling the thorniest issues in environmental law and policy.
• UC Law SF International Law Review – Providing a platform for ideas on international law and policy since 1976, this journal welcomes submissions from across the globe on issues as varied as refugee rights and cross-border commercial arbitration rules.
• UC Law Journal of Race and Economic Justice – Committed to inspiring scholarly discourse on issues related to race, poverty, and social justice, this journal strives to advance key ideas and legal theories to remedy the structural inequities facing marginalized communities.
• UC Law Science and Technology Journal – Enriching the discourse at the center of science, technology, and the law, this journal focuses on exciting legal issues affecting startups and biotech companies, including data privacy, health policy, and more.
• UC Law SF Journal on Gender and Justice – Established in 1989, this journal creates a forum for nontraditional voices and perspectives in the legal field taking on topics such as feminism, queer theory, human rights, and more.