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Texas Tech Law Review

Founded in 1970, the Texas Tech Law Review is published quarterly by the students of Texas Tech University School of Law. Editors and staff members are selected based upon outstanding academic achievement and/or superior writing ability, as demonstrated in the "Write-On" Competition. Selection for membership in the Texas Tech Law Review is an honor that follows students throughout their legal careers.

The Texas Tech Law Review's audience includes students and professors at law schools, attorneys, and judges throughout Texas and the United States. The Law Review accepts and publishes articles by prominent legal scholars and practitioners concerning various state, national, and international legal issues.

Law Review members write comments that address recent cases or statutes and discuss developments in a particular area of law. The Law Review members and staff perform all editing functions for articles selected for publication. For more information, please visit the Web site: Texas Tech Law Review Online.

Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal

The Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal , (ALJ), is a student-organized, student-led publication that prides itself on producing a scholarly and professional publication focused on Texas Administrative Law. The ALJ is the only journal in Texas, and one of two journals nationally, that focuses on administrative law.

The ALJ is comprised of second- and third-year law students who devote substantial amounts of time to editing, shelf-checking, and publishing papers submitted by professionals regarding various administrative law topics. In addition, ALJ students use the skills learned during their tenure on the ALJ to research and write a scholarly comment of their own, the best of which are published in the ALJ. These efforts benefit students through enhanced legal writing skills, opportunities to work with practicing attorneys, and improved career opportunities.

Membership is offered to a few unique and talented individuals who take part in the joint "Write-On" Competition sponsored by the Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal and the Texas Tech Law Review at the end of the spring semester.

In partnership with the State Bar of Texas, the ALJ publishes these papers biannually that are distributed to thousands of practitioners, judges, and justices in Texas and 15 other states. In addition, the ALJ is available to attorneys around the nation via both Westlaw and Lexis-Nexis. As a result of its commitment to excellence, the ALJ has become well known among practicing attorneys and has helped earn much-deserved appreciation and admiration for both Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University School of Law. For more information, please visit the Web site: Texas Tech Administrative Law Journal Online.

Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal

Established in 2007, the Estate Planning and Community Property Law Journal is the newest law journal at Texas Tech University School of Law. A student-led publication, the Journal contains scholarly articles written by national and international experts in the fields of estate planning, community property, and related legal topics. The Journal also contains outstanding student comments. The Journal boasts two premier legal scholars as faculty advisors, Professors Gerry Beyer and Michael Hatfield.

This publication is the only legal journal of its kind committed to community property law, and only the second in the nation devoted to estate planning. The goal of the Journal is to advance legal scholarship by publishing the finest articles written nationally and internationally in these exciting areas of the law. The Journal also seeks to provide thought-provoking commentary and guidance to practitioners in the field to supplement their existing expertise. The Journal's audience includes practicing attorney, judges, law professors, law students, and others, both nationally and internationally. With the aforementioned goals in mind, the Journal actively seeks and selects articles, essays, symposium pieces, and comments that are at the forefront of critical legal thinking in these important areas of the law.

The Journal is available in print starting Fall 2008, and it will also be accessible online via Westlaw and LexisNexis. Another exciting focal point of the Journal is its online companion, which will augment printed issues with up-to-date legal information. The Journal will be published semi-annually.

For more information, please visit the Web site: Estate Planning & Community Property Law Journal.

Texas Bank Lawyer

The Texas Bank Lawyer is a monthly newsletter written and edited by Texas Tech law students and read by over 1,100 attorneys nationwide. The Texas Bank Lawyer is published as a cooperative effort of the Texas Association of Bank Counsel (TABC) and the Texas Tech University School of Law. The TABC was founded in 1976-77 with the purpose of creating an association in which knowledge and information about legal problems unique to banks could be shared. The Texas Bank Lawyer contributes greatly by providing summaries of recent cases and regulatory matters of interest to bank lawyers, articles on new legislation or developing legal areas, and occasional editorial comments on banking and commercial matters. For more information, please visit the Web site: Texas Bank Lawyer Online.

Texas Tech Lawyer

The Texas Tech University School of Law alumni magazine, Texas Tech Lawyer, is published twice a year. A law student editorial board is selected to design, write, and produce the magazine and continue the tradition of successful student-led periodicals at the Law School such as, the Texas Bank Lawyer, the Administrative Law Journal, and the Law Review.

An online version of the Texas Tech Lawyer is available on a monthly basis. It features stories and updates about our students, faculty, and alumni. The flexibility of an electronic magazine format allows us to feature the successes of our students, faculty, and alumni beyond the obvious limitations of a twice-anuual printed magazine. For more information, please visit the Web site: Texas Tech Lawyer Online.