Stanford Law & Policy Review (SLPR)

Stanford Law & Policy Review (SLPR) is one of the most prominent policy journals in the nation and informs public discourse by publishing articles that analyze the intersection of our legal system with local, state, and federal policy. SLPR is ideologically neutral and solicits articles from authors who represent a diversity of political viewpoints.

Founded in 1989 by Stanford Law School students, SLPR has long been a forum not only for academics but also for high-profile policymakers to publish articles on hot-button issues. Past contributors include Bill Clinton, Joseph Biden, John McCain, Charles Schumer, Charles Rangel, James Baker, Russ Feingold, and Jeb Bush. SLPR has been cited multiple times by the U.S. Supreme Court and over fifty times by other federal courts. It is published widely and available at all major law schools and policy thinktanks.

Current Issue: Volume 28, Issue 1

U.S. Workers Need Not Apply: Challenging Low-Wage Guest Worker Programs

Stanford Law & Policy Review

With the vow to protect U.S. jobs by cracking down on immigration, the current federal anti-immigrant agenda appears to limit any opportunities for comprehensive immigration reform. To the extent that such an agenda interferes with their low-wage immigrant workforces, many employers will likely turn to the expansion of guest worker…

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2016-2017 Leadership

Editors-in-Chief:
Paul Bennetch
Mengyi Xu

Managing Editors:
Ashwin Aravind
Ray Li
Rebecca Mears

Executive Editor:
Jonathan Saltz

Lead Article Editor:
Kelsey Merrick

Lead Symposium Editor:
Jillian Katterhagen

Lead Notes Editor:
Sophia Carillo

Development Editors:
Teddy Nimetz
Brian Shiue

Contact

SLPR’s office is located in room 79G of the Stanford Law School building.

For submissions and subscriptions, please follow the directions provided on the Submissions and Subscriptions pages. Otherwise, please contact the journal staff using the information provided below.

Phone: (650) 723-2747
Fax: (650) 724-5714

Email: Paul Bennetch (pwb52@stanford.edu) & Mengyi Xu (mengyi@stanford.edu)

Mailing Address:
Stanford Law & Policy Review
Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305

Online Articles

Response to an Unwarranted Accusation

Stanford Law & Policy Review

The Honorable Jon O. Newman, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit This article is a response to Shay Lavie's recently published article, Appellate Courts and Caseload Pressure (27 Stan L. & Pol'y Rev. 57 (2016)). That article may be viewed by navigating to: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2903462.