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The Chapman Law Review is a student-run scholarly journal at Chapman University Fowler School of Law. Each year, the Review:
  • Publishes a journal, both online and print, once per semester
  • Publishes the best notes or comments written by our second-year students
  • Hosts an annual symposium each spring that brings together noted scholars to discuss far-reaching legal questions

Faculty Support

The Chapman Law Review receives tremendous support from the faculty and administration, including its Faculty Advisor, Professor Celestine McConville.

Contact Information

Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law
Chapman Law Review
One University Drive, Orange, CA, 92866

For submissions inquires, please contact: chapmanlawreview.submissions@gmail.com
For all other inquiries, please contact: chapman.law.review@gmail.com

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Write-on Competition

The write-on competition is usually held in late June over a ten-day period. The competition consists of a written response to an open-universe prompt based on a current legal issue. Students will be provided with a prompt and will conduct independent legal research to address the issue provided. Submissions will be evaluated based on the form and content of the student's legal arguments, the student's ability to locate relevant sources, and the accuracy of the student's bluebook citations.

Submissions

Submission Information

The Chapman Law Review accepts submissions for its print journal Chapman Law Review as follows:

  1. Please send submissions to our print journal through Scholastica. Also, please include your CV as an attachment.
  2. All citations should conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (20th Ed. 2015)

Contact Information

For submissions inquires, please contact: chapmanlawreview.submissions@gmail.com

Facebook: facebook.com/ChapmanLawReview

Chapman Law Review Back Issues & Subscriptions

Chapman Law Review is published twice yearly. 

To order back issues, please contact Chapman Law Review directly:

Chapman University Fowler School of Law
Chapman Law Review
Attn: Production Editor
One University Drive
Orange, CA 92866

Phone: (714) 628-2582
Email: chapman.law.review@gmail.com



Chapman Law Review Latest Edition


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Volume 29, Number 3 (Spring 2026)

Number 3: Spring 2026 Symposium Issue

Back Issues


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Volume 28 (2024-2025)

Number 3: Spring 2025 Symposium Issue
Number 2: Winter 2024
umber 1: Fall 2024

Volume 27 (2023-2024)

Number 2: Spring 2024 Symposium Issue

Number 1: Fall 2023

Volume 26 (2022-2023)

Number 2: Spring 2023

Number 1: Fall 2022

Volume 25 (2021-2022)

Number 2: Spring 2022

Number 1: Fall 2021

Volume 24 (2020-2021)

Number 3: 2021 Symposium: A Discussion on the Nondelegation and Chevron Defence Doctrines

Number 2: Winter 2021

Number 1:Fall 2020

Volume 23 (2019-2020)

Number 2: 2020 Symposium: 1920–2020: The Effects of Women’s Suffrage 100 Years After the Ratification of the 19th Amendment

Number 1: 2019 Symposium: A Fifty-Year Retrospective on Major Laws of the 91st Congress

Volume 22 (2018-2019)

Number 2: 2019 Symposium: Honoring the Scholarship of Ronald D. Rotunda

Number 1: 2018 Symposium: The Commerce Clause and The Global Economy

Volume 21 (2017-2018)

Number 2: 2018 Special Jurisdictions Within and Outside of the United States

Number 1: 2017 Constraining the Executive

Volume 20 (2016-2017)

Number 2: 2017

Number 1: 2016

Volume 19 (2015-2016)

Number 2: 2016

Number 1: 2015

Volume 18 (2014-2015)

Number 3

  • Samuel F. Ernst, Trolls or Toll-Takers: Do Intellectual Property Non-practicing Entities Add Value to Society?, 18 Chap. L. Rev. 611 (2015).
  • Andrew Byrnes, Keynote Address: “Standing Sentinel over Innovation: The Importance of a Balanced and Effective IP System”, 18 Chap. L. Rev. 617 (2015).
  • Robin Feldman, The Pace of Change: Non-practicing Entities and the Shifting Legal Landscape, 18 Chap. L. Rev. 635 (2015).
  • Amy L. Landers, Private Value Determinations and the Potential Effect on the Future of Research and Development, 18 Chap. L. Rev. 647 (2015).
  • Ryan T. Holte, The Misinterpretation of eBay v. MercExchange and Why: An Analysis of the Case History, Precedent, and Parties, 18 Chap. L. Rev. 677 (2015).
  • Brian L. Frye, IP as Metaphor, 18 Chap. L. Rev. 735 (2015).
  • Ian D. McClure, From a Patent Market for Lemons to a Marketplace for Patents: Benchmarking IP in Its Evolution to Asset Class Status, 18 Chap. L. Rev. 759 (2015).
  • Tom W. Bell, Copyright Porn Trolls, Wasting Taxi Medallions, and the Propriety of “Property”, 18 Chap. L. Rev. 799 (2015).
  • Michael S. Mireles, Trademark Trolls: A Problem in the United States?, 18 Chap. L. Rev. 815 (2015).
  • Alexandra B. Andreen, The Cost of Sunshine: The Threat to Public Employee Privacy Posed by the California Public Records Act, 18 Chap. L. Rev. 869 (2015).
  • William F. Kelly, Reassessing Standing in Hollingsworth v. Perry: The Shareholder Derivative Suit as a Model for Public Interest Litigation, 18 Chap. L. Rev. 895 (2015).
  • Janelle T. Wilke, The Fourth Amendment, a Woman’s Right: An Inquiry into Whether State-Implemented Transvaginal Ultrasounds Violate the Fourth Amendment’s Reasonable Search Provision, 18 Chap. L. Rev. 921 (2015).

Number 2: 2015

Number 1: 2014

Volume 17 (2013-2014)

Number 2: 2014

Number 1: 2013

Volume 16 (2012-2013)

Number 2: 2013


Number 1: 2012

Volume 15 (2011)

Number 2: 2011

Number 1: 2011

Volume 14 (2010-2011)

Number 2: 2011

Number 1: 2010

Volume 13 (2009-2010)

Number 3

  • Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, Ph.D and Aylana Meisel, Mycoherbicides and Alternative Development: How the United States Can Defeat Narco-Terrorism, 13 Chap. L. Rev. 509 (2010).
  • Judge James P. Gray (Ret.), The Hopelessness of Drug Prohibition, 13 Chap. L. Rev. 521 (2010).
  • Alex Kreit, Beyond the Prohibition Debate: Thoughts on Federal Drug Laws in an Age of State Reforms, 13 Chap. L. Rev. 555 (2010).
  • Kevin R. Johnson, It's the Economy, Stupid: The Hijacking of the Debate Over Immigration Reform by Monsters, Ghosts, and Goblins (or the War on Drugs, War on Terror, Narcoterrorists, Etc.), 13 Chap. L. Rev. 583 (2010).
  • Phi Mai Nguyen, Closing the Back Door on Illegal Immigration: Over Two Decades of Ineffective Provisions While Solutions Are Just a Few Words Away, 13 Chap. L. Rev. 615 (2010).
  • Kasey C. Phillips, Drug War Madness: A Call for Consistency Amidst the Conflict, 13 Chap. L. Rev. 645 (2010).
  • Secretary Michael Chertoff, Keynote Address: "The Nexus Between Drug Trafficking, Terrorism and Organized Crime," 13 Chap. L. Rev. 681 (2010).
  • Marc Mauer, Welcome Dinner: "The Drug War and Its Social Implications," 13 Chap. L. Rev. 695 (2010).

Number 2: 2010

Number 1: 2009

Volume 12 (2008-2009)

Number 3: 2009

Number 2: 2009

Number 1: 2008

Volume 11 (2007-2008)

Number 3: 2008

Number 2: 2008

Number 1: 2007

Volume 10 (2006-2007)

Number 3: 2007

Number 2: 2006

Number 1: 2006

Volume 9 (2005-2006)

Number 2: 2006

Number 1: 2005

Volume 8 (2005)

Volume 8: 2005

Volume 6 (2003)

Volume 6: 2003

Volume 5 (2002)

Volume 4 (2001)

Volume 4: 2001

Volume 3 (2000)

Volume 3: 2000

Volume 2 (1999)

Volume 2: 1999

Volume 1 (1998)


2025-2026 Executive Board


Editor-in-Chief
Jack Mays

Executive Managing Editor
Brianna Gerth

Executive Article Submissions Editors
Jonathan Romero
Ava Zohreh

Executive Production Editor
Kirsten Marsteller

Executive Notes & Comments Editor
Courtney Karp

Executive Program Editor
Riya Beri

Managing Editors
Aubrey Adams
Harmony Castiglione
Jaeden Esquivel

Executive Business Editor
Hannah Hussey