Syracuse Law Review

*Syracuse Law Review*
Discipline	Law review
Language	English
Publication details
History	1949–present
Publisher	Syracuse University College of Law (United States)
Frequency	Quarterly
Standard abbreviations;
Bluebook	Syracuse L. Rev.
ISO 4	Syracuse Law Rev.
Indexing;
ISSN	0039-7938;
OCLC no.	49516319
Links
	Journal homepage;

The Syracuse Law Review, established in 1949,^[1] is a legal research and writing program for student editors at Syracuse University College of Law and a national forum for legal scholars. The editorial board publishes four Law Review issues annually, including the Annual Survey of New York Law.

History

The first issue of the Syracuse Law Review was published in 1949.^[1] It included articles and commentary by judiciary members, practicing lawyers, law teachers, and students. The volume discussed issues of importance to the legal profession, legal developments and discussed noteworthy cases. Among the 14 leading articles in Volume 1 were articles on legal thinking, judicial rule-making, civil investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Authors in the inaugural volume included J. Edgar Hoover, first FBI director, and Roscoe Pound, author and dean of Harvard Law School.

In 1962, the Syracuse Law Review began publishing the Annual Survey of New York Law. ^[1]

In 2021, Hilda Frimpong became the first black student to lead the review.^[2]^[3]