The Administrative Law Review was established in 1948 and is the official law journal of the American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.[1]
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| Discipline | Administrative law |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Matt Floyd |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1948–present |
| Publisher | Washington College of Law and American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice (United States) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 1.667 (2021) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| Bluebook | Admin. L. Rev. |
| ISO 4 | Adm. Law Rev. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0001-8368 |
| LCCN | sf82003051 |
| OCLC no. | 01461100 |
| Links | |
Overview
editThe journal is a quarterly publication managed and edited by approximately 90 students at the Washington College of Law and published by the ABA. The 2025–2026 editor-in-chief is Matt Floyd.
The journal is ranked 47th out of 1,556 nationally-ranked law journals.[2] For specialty law journals, the journal is ranked 4th out of 1,224.[3] In the category of Administrative Law, it is ranked 2nd.[4][failed verification] The journal has been cited by the Supreme Court of the United States,[5] United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (which is known as the administrative law circuit),[6] and since 2000 has been cited by the Second,[7] Third,[8] Fourth,[9] Fifth,[10] Sixth,[11] Seventh,[12] Ninth,[13] Tenth,[14] and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal.[15] The ALR has also been cited by multiple state supreme courts.
In addition to the print publication, the journal has an online publication called The ALR Accord[16] and a podcast on current topics in administrative law called A Hard Look. [17]
Abstracting and indexing
editThe journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences[18]
- EBSCO databases[19]
- HeinOnline[19]
- ProQuest databases[19]
- Scopus[20]
- Social Sciences Citation Index[18]
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 2.059.[21]
Admissions
editThe journal selects staff members based on a competitive exercise that tests candidates on their editing, research, legal-analysis, and legal-writing skills. There is not a preset number of accepted candidates each year; recent classes of new editors have ranged from about 45 to 50. The candidate "write-on" exercise is distributed to candidates during their second semester at the law school. An optional "grade-on" process allows students to become staff members based solely on their grades. Transfer students are also eligible for admission through a fall write-on process.
Notable Citations
edit| Chiles v. Salazar | 2026 |
| Learning Resources v. Trump | 2026 |
| FCC v. Consumers' Research | 2025 |
| Bondi v. Vanderstok | 2025 |
| Loper Bright v. Raimondo | 2024 |
| Biden v. Nebraska | 2023 |
| West Virginia v. EPA | 2022 |
| Buffington v. McDonough | 2022 |
| DHS v. Regents of University of California | 2020 |
| Biestek v. Berryhill | 2019 |
| Paul v. United States | 2019 |
| Kisor v. Wilkie | 2019 |
References
edit- ↑ "Administrative Law Review". www.americanbar.org. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
- ↑ "W&L Law Journal Rankings". 2024.
- ↑ "W&L Law Journal Rankings". 2024.
- ↑ "Law Calendar". Washington and Lee University.
- ↑ West Virginia v. EPA 597 U.S. ___ n.6 (2022), Kisor v. Wilkie, 588 U.S. ___ n.36 (2019), Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC, 535 U.S. 467, 516 (2002), Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919, 955 n.19 (1983).
- ↑ National Mining Ass'n v. Mine Safety and Health Admin., 512 F.3d 696, 700 (D.C. Cir. 2008), Central Texas Telephone Co-op., Inc. v. FCC, 402 F.3d 205, 210-11 (D.C. Cir. 2005).
- ↑ Sweet v. Sheahan, 235 F.3d 80, 88 (2d Cir. 2000).
- ↑ Manella v. Comm'r, 631 F.3d 115, 130 (3rd Cir. 2011) (Ambro, J. Dissenting).
- ↑ U.S. v. Duke Energy Corp., 411 F.3d 539, 548 n.6 (4th Cir. 2005).
- ↑ Walton v. Rose Mobile Homes LLC, 298 F.3d 470, 490 (5th Cir. 2005).
- ↑ State Farm Bank, FSB v. Reardon, 539 F.3d 336, 341 n.2 (6th Cir. 2008).
- ↑ Hermann v.Colvin, 772 F.3d 1110, 1113 (7th Cir. 2014).
- ↑ U.S. v. Kriesel, 508 F.3d 941, 945 (9th Cir. 2007).
- ↑ Dalton v. U.S. Dep't of Labor, 58 Fed. App'x 442, 445 (10th Cir. 2003),
- ↑ Andrews v. Warden, 958, F.3d 1072, 1078 (11th Cir. 2020).
- ↑ "ALR Accord". American University Administrative Law Review. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
- ↑ "Podcast: A Hard Look". American University Administrative Law Review. Retrieved 2026-04-14.
- 1 2 "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- 1 2 3 "Administrative Law Review". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ↑ "Source details: Administrative Law Review". Scopus Preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ↑ "Administrative Law Review". 2019 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2020.