The UC Law Environmental Journal is a student-run law review published at the University of California Law, San Francisco. Founded in 1994, the journal primarily covers environmental law and policy and related subjects with a regional focus in California, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and Hawai'i.Journal Information, 21 vii (2015).
History and overview The journal was established in 1994 as a regional journal "that would contribute to an integrated understanding of environmental and natural resources policy."Brian E. Gray, Dedication, 14 29 (2008). The founding editors had the goal of establishing an "interdisciplinary journal" that would feature "articles by legal scholars, practicing lawyers, biologists, economists, engineers, historians, hydrologists, land and resource managers, and other professionals." It is among several regional environmental law journals to focus specifically on issues related to California and the Pacific Northwest., Online Legal Publications: Hastings West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law and Policy; see also Introduction, 3 xi (1995-1996).
Although the journal primarily covers environmental law and policy, it includes complementary fields, such as economics, anthropology, regional planning, engineering, biology, and Earth sciences. The journal also features photography and other artwork relating to nature and the environment in California, Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and Hawai'i, .Brian King & Michael Linder, Introduction, 20 iii (2014). The journal has also published works of fiction, poetry, and other non-fiction. In 2008, the journal published an anthology of its "most important" articles to honor Joseph Sax's award of the 2007 Blue Planet Prize.Matthew Visick, Introduction, 14 ii (2008). The journal has also been a sponsor of the annual California Water Law Symposium., Past Symposia.
From 2017 to 2023, the journal was known as the Hastings Environmental Law Journal. It no longer publishes poetry and fiction, although it continues to have an interdisciplinary approach. Since 2023, it has been known as "UC Law Environmental Journal."
Influence Washington and Lee University's 2008-2015 Law Journal Rankings place the journal among the top thirty law journals that specialize in environmental, natural resources, and land use law."Law Journals: Submission and Ranking, 2008-2015," Washington & Lee University (Accessed September 25, 2016). Articles appearing in the journal have been cited by many state supreme courts in published decisions.See Cedar River Water and Sewer Dist. v. King County, 178 Wash.2d 763 (2013); Boston Gas Co. v. Century Indem. Co., 454 Mass. 337 (2009); EnergyNorth Natural Gas, Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, 156 N.H. 333 (2007); High Plains A & M, LLC v. Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy Dist., 120 P.3d 710 (Colo. 2005); Fletcher Hill, Inc. v. Crosbie, 178 Vt. 77 (2005); Spaulding Composites Co., Inc. v. Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co., 176 N.J. 25 (2003). Articles also appear in many legal treatises, including American Jurisprudence,See, e.g., American Jurisprudence, Chapter 212, Public Lands, 15A 2d Ch. 212. American Law Reports,Kurtis A. Kemper, Delisting of Species Protected Under Endangered Species Act, 54 607 (2011). and Westlaw practice guides.Insurance Law Reports - Personal and Commercial Liability Archive Cases (2002 to 2011): Commercial General Liability Insurance-Pollution Cases, CCH-INSLRPCL P 7657 (C.C.H.) (2003).
Alternate titles The Spring 1994 edition of West-Northwest (Vol. 1, No. 1) was titled West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law, Policy, Thought., Hastings West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law and Policy: Other Title. From Volume 2 though Volume 23, the journal was titled Hastings West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law and Policy.Editor in Chief Note, 23 i, ii (2017).
Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted or indexed in HeinOnline, LexisNexis, Westlaw,, Finder: Hastings West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law and Policy. and the University of Washington's Current Index to Legal Periodicals., Periodicals Indexed in CLIP. Tables of contents are also available through Ingenta. As of July 2015, the University of California Law, San Francisco plans to make available full-text reprints of articles at the university's online scholarship repository., Scholarship Repository: Law Journals (Accessed July 23, 2015).
See also List of law journals List of environmental law journals
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