Established in 1960, the Adelaide Law Review is one of the oldest and most prestigious law reviews in Australia.
The Review publishes articles, comments, review essays, case notes and book reviews on all areas of the law from the foremost national and international legal scholars. Submissions to the Adelaide Law Review receive independent, double-blind peer review prior to acceptance.
The Review typically publishes two issues each year and is managed by an Editorial Board comprising select faculty members of the School of Law, a team of student editors selected each year on the basis of academic excellence in the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) program, and Associate Editors chosen each year from the top Student Editors in the previous year. The present Editor in Chief is Professor Matthew Stubbs FAAL, and Editors are Dr Joshua Curtis and Associate Professor Samuel White.
Student Editors complete the courses LAWS3015 and LAWS3016. The courses introduce students to legal publishing and editing. Students consider the role of legal publications, critically analyse submitted material and comment upon developments in the law. Students develop skills in advanced legal writing, copy-editing and journal production. The top students in these courses each year are awarded the Adelaide Law Review prize and serve as Associate Editors of the Review in the following year. Associate Editorship is thus an important mark of academic distinction. Prior to 2018, Associate Editors were described as Senior Student Editors of the Review.
