Florida Law Review
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The Florida Law Review is the law review
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...

 of the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...

 Fredric G. Levin College of Law. The review was founded as the University of Florida Law Review in 1948. In 1989 its name was changed to the Florida Law Review. About 90 student members and two staff assistants produce the review. It is published six times a year, producing one volume yearly.

History

Shortly after World War II
World War II
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, several enterprising law students
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 at the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...

 College of Law committed themselves to advancing their law school into the ranks of quality schools with law reviews
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...

. These students’ dream was realized in 1948 with the publication of the first issue of the University of Florida Law Review.

Since its inception, the Florida Law Review has maintained a tradition of excellence, publishing the highest quality scholarly work in a timely manner. Throughout the years, the Florida Law Review has contributed to the legal discourse on many hot-button issues and served as a launching pad for the careers of many well-respected lawyers, judges
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, businessmen, and professors
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.

Entirely student-edited, the Florida Law Review publishes articles, essays
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, lectures
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, and other scholarly work from professors
Professor
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, practitioners, and students
Legal education
Legal education is the education of individuals who intend to become legal professionals or those who simply intend to use their law degree to some end, either related to law or business...

from across the country and around the globe. The ninety student members and two staff assistants work tirelessly to publish one volume per year, with six issues in each volume. The Florida Law Review has evolved since its modest, postwar beginnings but has continued the tradition of excellence and commitment to service instilled by its founders six decades ago.

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