Chicago Journal of International Law

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Chicago Journal of International Law

Discipline	International law
Language	English
Abbreviated title	CJIL; Chi. J. Int'l L.; Chi J Intl L
Publisher (country)	University of Chicago Law School (USA)
Publication history	Vol. 1., No. 1, Spring 2000
Frequency	Semiannual
Website	http://cjil.uchicago.edu/
ISSN	1529-0816

The Chicago Journal of International Law is a semiannual, student-edited law review published by the University of Chicago Law School. CJIL, as the journal is abbreviated, contains articles concerning issues of international law and policy written by legal scholars. CJIL is one of the three student-edited law journals published at the University of Chicago Law School.[1] CJIL began publication with its first issue in the spring of 2000.[2]

[edit] Impact

CJIL held the eleventh spot among international or comparative law journals in a 2006 ranking based on the number of citations to each journal's articles published in the preceding eight years as archived in Westlaw.[3] Using the same criteria, CJIL ranked within the top 100 of all included law journals (the total numbering over 1,000). CJIL achieved these rankings despite being handicapped in the 2006 and prior rankings by not having published during the entire eight-year period.

CJIL's contents are covered by several notable academic abstracting services, including LegalTrac, EconLit and CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.[4][5] The full text of CJIL articles is available via LexisNexis, Westlaw, ProQuest, and HeinOnline.[6]

In addition to citations in other journals and court opinions, CJIL articles have been discussed in several news and opinion pieces.[7][8][9][10]

[edit] Staff and Editor Selection

University of Chicago law students are selected to join CJIL as staff members each year by that year's incoming managing board of editors through a blind writing competition held after the participants' first year of law school.[11] CJIL also allows second year, third year, and LLM students to "write on" to the journal and become staff members by submitting a publishable piece of legal scholarship.[12] The outgoing managing board selects the next year's board (and any associate editors) each spring, most often from among the current staff.[13]