TU College of Law Journals: An Editorial Experience
Students have the opportunity to serve on the College of Law's three journals. Those who participate develop writing and editing skills, work with contributors nationwide, enjoy the camaraderie of an editorial staff, and learn to meet deadlines.
:: Energy Law Journal and ABA Year in Review
The Energy Law Journal is a joint project of NELPI and the Energy Bar Association. It has a national
circulation of more than 2,400 and approximately 150 foreign subscriptions. The primary focus of
the journal is federal energy law, particularly regulation and administrative law. Recent issues
however reveal the global nature of energy practice and the interrelation between environmental
law and energy policy.The journal's board of editors are final-year students in the full time
program and third or fourth-year students in the part time program.
In addition to editing the Energy Law Journal the board of editors is responsible for the publication of Year in Review, a joint project of the College of Law and the American Bar Association's Section on Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law. Year in Review is a concise, comprehensive, timely analysis of current developments in areas that are of crucial interest to practitioners and students. Student editors also oversee a writing program that qualifies second and third-year students for journal staff positions.
The Energy Law Journal is competitive and seeks highly motivated students who display interest in
energy, environmental, and natural resources law. Strong faculty support enriches students'
experience as they master an area of the law and develop writing skills.
:: Tulsa Journal of Comparative & International Law
The Tulsa Journal of Comparative & International law, with its inaugural issue published in fall
1993, is the newest journal at the College. The idea for the journal was conceived by students in
December, 1992 in response to their interest in comparative and international law. The students
formed an editorial board and raised funds.
Students are responsible for selecting and editing articles that focus on comparative and international legal topics ranging from international commerce to human rights issues to international energy and environmental law. The articles to date have been written by international law professors, attorneys, and high level government and business officials. The Fall, 1994 issue included information from the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and the Secretary General of the Rio Earth Summit. Student writing is published in the "Notes and Comments" section of the journal.
The College of Law provides academic credit and funding for the Tulsa Journal of Comparative & International Law, which has been very well received.
The Journal is online through WESTLAW, and has an impressively wide circulation among law school libraries, law firms, corporate in house legal libraries, and government circles. The journal highlights the diverse comparative and international law programs at the College of Law and promises to be a leading authority in the expanding field of comparative and international law.
Tulsa Law Review is proud to celebrate its 41st year of publication during the 2005-2006 academic year. First known as Tulsa Law Journal (1964-2001), TLR dedicates itself to publishing “outstanding scholarly works covering the full spectrum of the law that stimulate critical thinking, provoke legal debate, and guide the law in a direction that better serves our society” (TLR preamble).
TLR is published quarterly by students of the University of Tulsa College of Law. During the 2005-2006 publication year, TLR will publish Volume 41.