Virginia Law Review

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University of Virginia School of Law

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About Virginia Law Review

On April 23, 1913, the Virginia Law Review was permanently organized. Volume I carries this foreword: “With this number the Virginia Law Review begs to introduce itself to an indulgent public. The editorial work is entirely in the hands of . . . students, not one of whom has had previous experience with work of this character. It is hoped that the crudities of this first effort in the line of published comment on the work of the courts may be less glaring in the future numbers when the editors have become more experienced.” In 2013, the Virginia Law Review entered its hundredth year as one o…

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