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In January 1917, Professor Henry J. Fletcher launched the Minnesota Law Review with lofty aspirations: “A well-conducted law review . . . ought to do something to develop the spirit of statesmanship as distinguished from a dry professionalism. It ought at the same time contribute a little something to the systematic growth of the whole law.” For the next forty years, in conjunction with the Minnesota State Bar Association, the faculty of the University of Minnesota Law School directed the work of student editors of the Law Review. Despite their initial oversight and vision, however, the faculty gradually handed the editorial mantle over to law students.

During 1954 and 1955, the “faculty” editors left the masthead of the journal, affiliation with the State Bar was severed, and the faculty Editor-in-Chief quietly assumed the role of “advisor.” From April 1955 through June 1989, a student President oversaw the publication. Then, in October of 1989, the student staff revived the role of Editor-in-Chief, a title now worn by a student. Today, the Board of Editors, consisting of up to thirty-nine editors, governs the Law Review and determines its policies and procedures. Along with thirty-eight student staff members, each Board of Editors strives to rise to the challenge of Professor Fletcher to “contribute a little something to the systematic growth of the whole law.”

Submissions from 1947 1947

Report of Committee on Fee Schedules, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Integration, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Legal Education, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Legal Institutes, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Legal Publications, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Legal Sections/Report of Legislation Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Post War Legal Problems, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Recodification of State Banking Laws/Report of Committee on Study of Governemnt in Grade and High Schools, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Traffic Law Enforcement, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Uniform State Laws, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on War Work, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Judicial Selection Committee/Report of Committee on Jurisprudence and Improvement of the Law, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Labor and Social Security Law Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Membership Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Motor Vehicle Insurance Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Sectio of Real Property Law, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of the Committee on Legal History and Biography, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of the Committee on the Practice of Law, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of the Joint Committee of Judges and Lawyers, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of the Probate Code Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Youth Correction Authority Act Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Taxation--Federal Estate Tax--Inclusion in Gross Estate of Trust Property in Which Beneficial Life Interest or Possibility of Reversion Is Reserved in Settlor, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Federal Civil Rights Laws, Osmond K. Fraenkel

Some Heretical Remarks on the Federal Power over Commerce, Frederick Green

Validity under the Robinson-Patman Act of a Uniform Delivered Price of One Seller, Neil C. Head

The United States Conciliation Service, Max M. Kampelman

Henry IV and World Peace, Joseph E. Keller

The Supreme Court as a Political Institution, Earl Latham

Violation of the Anti-Trust Laws as a Defense in Civil Actions, William B. Lockhart

Improving State Legislative Procedure and Processes, Lester B. Orfield

Jurisprudence of Oliver Wendell Holmes, C.Perry Patterson

Integration of the Bar and Judicial Responsibility, Maynard E. Pirsig

The Evolution of Modern Bankruptcy Law, Stefan A. Riesenfeld

Suretyship and the Statute of Frauds--A Survey of the Minnesota Law, Stefan A. Riesenfeld and William E. Mussman

Why Not Use the Special Jury, Jeannette E. Thatcher

Executive Reorganization within the Federal Government, William G. Torpey

Submissions from 1946 1946

Tort and Implied Contract Liability of the Federal Government, Leslie L. Anderson

An Inquiry into the Judicial Basis for the Nuernberg War Crimes Trial, Nathan April

X-Ray Examination of the Nervous System, Leo M. Davidoff

Physical Factors and Criminal Behaviour, W.Norwood East

Memorandum Concerning the National Symposium on Scientific Proof and Relations of Law and Medicine (2nd Series), Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Some Influences of Justice Holmes' Thought on Current Law--Contracts with the United States--Suits against the United States, Perlie P. Fallon

Truth and Justice, Albert Harno

Learning and Science, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

TVA Labor Relations: A Laboratory in Democratic Human Relations, Max M. Kampelman

Legislative Bill Drafting, Duncan Kennedy

The Legislative Process, with Particular Reference to Minnesota, Duncan Kennedy

Revision of British Company Law, Mary E. Murphy

The General Welfare Clause, C.Perry Patterson

Law Professor--Post-War, Harold Gill Reuschlein

Suretyship and the Statutue of Frauds: A Survery of the Minnesota Law, Stefan A. Riesenfeld and William E. Mussman

Uncertain Nationality Status of German Refugees, Lester N. Salwin

The Role of the Court Clinic in the Administration of Justice, Lowell S. Selling

Interactions of Law and Science, Hubert Winston Smith

Federal Procedure--What of the Court-Martial System--A Comparison with Civil Criminal Procedure, James Barclay Smith

Medico-Legal Aspects of Compromise Settlements, Joe C. Stephens Jr.

The Constitutionality of the Unfair Practices Acts, Jeannette E. Thatcher

The Negro in the Supreme Court, Edward F. Waite

Submissions from 1945 1945

Denaturalization Based on Disloyalty and Disbelief in Constitutional Principles, D.E. Balch

Limitations of Actions Affecting Title to Real Estate, H.K. Brehmer

The Court Reorganization Plan, R.H. deLambert

Third Party Beneficiary Contracts in Minnesota, J.Kenneth de Werff

Arbitration of War Contract Termination Claims, Martin Domke

Equity--Specific Performance--Contract to Convey--Abatement or Indemnity for Outstanding Inchoate Dower Interest, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Recommended Constitutional Amendment Relating to Judiciary, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Some Influences of Justice Holmes' Thought on Current Law--Interstate Commerce--Fourteenth Amendment, Perlie P. Fallon

Scope of Judicial Review of Decisions of the United States Tax Court, Charles W. Heidenreich

Proposed Legislation Pending in the Congress and in the Minnesota Legislature Concerning the Scope of Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions, Harvey Hoshour

Industrial Home Work, Russell Lindquist and Donald K. Smith

Contributory Negligence and the Landowner Cases, Wex S. Malone

Comments on Minnesota Laws, 1943, Chapter 529, Relating to Limitations of Actions Affecting Title to Real Estate, George M. Maloney

Carry-Back of Unused Excess Profits Credit and Net Loss, Lester B. Orfield

Thomas Jefferson and the Constitution, C.Perry Patterson

The Justifiability of the Policy of Exempting Farmers' Marketing and Purchasing Cooperative Organizations from Federal Income Taxes, Randolph Paul

The Dumbarton Oaks Proposals Regarding the Settlement of International Disputes, Amos J. Peaslee

Jury Trial in France, Morris Ploscowe

The Constitutional History of Industrial Arbitration in Australia, G.W.C. Ross

The Individual Income Tax Act of 1944, Henry Rottschaefer

Have We Won in Europe, Gideon Seymour

Submissions from 1944 1944

Limited Availability for Shift Employment a Criterion of Eligibility for Unemployment Compensation, Ralph Altman and Virginia Lewis

Federal Courts--Three-Judge Statutory Courts under Sec. 266 of the Judicial Code--Powers of the Single Judge, Alfred W. Bowen

Some Techincal Aspects of the Internal Revenue Statutes and Regulations, Ralph H. Dwan

Bill Number 1, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Infants--Liability of Infant under Respondeat Superior, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Proposed Youth Correction Act, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Aeronautical Law Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Bench and Bar Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on American Citizenship and Bill of Rights, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Association Endowment Fund, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Chattel Mortgages/Report of Committee on Cooperation with the American Law Institute, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Integration, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Jurisprudence and Law Reform, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on National Defense, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Post-War Legal Problems, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on Recodification of State Banking Laws, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Committee on the Youth Correction Authority Act, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Legal Institutes and Bar Conference Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of Motor Vehicle Insurance Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of the Auditing Committee, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

Report of the Committee on Administrative Law, Minn. L. Rev. Editorial Board

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