Law Journals

Opportunities to Engage in Scholarly Debate

Through the Creighton Law Review and the Creighton International and Comparative Law Journal (CICLJ), the Creighton University School of Law informs, educates and serves the legal community. It also provides important opportunities for debate, allowing students to promote conversation by creating articles that are both well researched and well written.

The Creighton Law Review

This legal journal is published by Creighton University School of Law students. It was founded in 1967, and it’s first edition was published in spring 1968. As then Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote in that first issue, the purpose of a Law Review is to provide a "forum in which able minds subject existing legal principles to critical analysis within the context of changing conditions and in which imaginative alternatives to today's solutions are aired and tested through vigorous informal debate."   

The Creighton Law Review continues to serve significant practical and academic functions, with four published editions each year. It includes pieces that provide practitioners with informative, well-drafted research—emphasizing legal issues impacting Nebraska and the Eighth Circuit. It also creates a highly structured forum for scholarly debate that includes current law students.

Creighton Law Review Board of Editors (2024–2025)

  • Editor-in-Chief
    Reiley Kirwan
  • Managing Editor
    Isabella Washka
  • Executive Articles Editor
    Laura Keenan
  • Lead Articles Editors
    Sasha Brun
    Ryan Koch
  • Student Articles Editors
    Kris Carter
    Tony Thies

Moderator

The Creighton Law Review welcomes article submissions for publication consideration—and all submitted articles will be considered. Submissions should be typed (either double or single space) and contain footnotes for support, conforming to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (Columbia Law Review Ass'n et al. eds., 20th ed. 2015).  All submissions should be in the Microsoft Word format. The Creighton Law Review reserves the right to determine the final format of articles accepted for publication but will strive to preserve the author’s original work.

The Creighton Law Review prefers electronic submissions via email; submissions can also be uploaded to Scholastica.

Hard copy submissions can be sent via the U.S. Mail or an express delivery service (e.g., FedEx) to the following address:

Creighton Law Review 
School of Law 
2500 California Plaza 
Omaha, NE 68178

Annual subscriptions to the Creighton Law Review are available by sending $32.10 ($30.00 plus Nebraska sales tax) to the following address:

Creighton Law Review 
Creighton University School of Law 
2500 California Plaza 
Omaha, Nebraska 68178

To obtain past editions, please contact:

William S. Hein & Co., Inc. 
1285 Main Street 
Buffalo, New York 14209-1987 
1.800.828.7571

Microfilm editions are available from the following address:

NA Publishing Inc. 
P.O. Box 998 
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-0998 
1.800.420.6272 ext 6831

The Creighton International and Comparative Law Journal

This law journal, published by Creighton University School of Law students, was launched in 2011, issuing roughly two editions a year. The journal specializes in international law, and it offers Creighton students a unique opportunity to gain research, writing and editing experience.

Creighton University Libraries

Scholastica

Individual Articles from Volume 14, No. 1 (2024)

Global Criminal Justice Applied to the War in Ukraine: A Legal Framework for U.S.-Led International Ad Hoc Tribunals
Author: Patrick Trinidad

A World of Doubt: Criminal Standards of Proof in the Common Law, Islamic, and East Asian Legal Traditions 
Author: Matthew Rosendahl, J.D.

Today you can read the Creighton International and Comparative Law Journal on Scholastica. Find past issues:

Volume 14, No. 1 (2024)
Volume 13, No. 1 (2023)
Volume 12, No. 1 (2022)
Volume 11, No. 1 (2020)
Volume 10, No. 2 (2019)
Volume 10, No. 1 (2019)
Volume 9, No. 2 (2018)
Volume 9, No. 1 (2017)
Volume 8, No. 2 (2017)
Volume 8, No. 1 (2016)
Volume 7, No. 1 (2016)
Volume 6, No. 1 (2015)
Volume 5, No. 2 (2014)
Volume 5, No. 1 (2013)
Volume 4, No. 1 (2013)
Volume 3, No. 1 (2012)
Volume 2, No. 2 (2012)
Volume 2, No. 1 (2011)
Volume 1, No. 1 (2011)

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief: Elsa L. Abrahamson
Executive Editor: Liz C. Dunn
Lead Articles Editor: Lewis B. Bumgardner
Staff: Natale E. Muro, Alexa M. Preister and Camryn D. Pressley

Faculty Advisor: Professor Michael J. Kelly

Submissions Guidelines

The Creighton International and Comparative Law Journal (CICLJ) welcomes the submission of articles for publication consideration, and all articles submitted will be considered. Please note that the CICLJ only publishes articles on international law or comparative law matters.

All submissions should be in Microsoft Word format, typed (either double or single-spaced), include an abstract, have page numbers at the bottom of the pages, and contain footnotes for support. The footnotes should conform to the requirements outlined in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (Columbia Law Review Ass'n et al. eds., 21st ed. 2020). Submissions should be checked for spelling and grammar errors before submission.

Length Limitations: CICLJ strongly prefers articles under 50 law review pages, including text and footnotes. Length in excess may weigh significantly against selection; likewise, submissions under 20 law review pages, including text and footnotes, may also weigh against selection.

The CICLJ reserves the right to determine the final format of the article but will strive to preserve the author's original work.

Contact

Creighton University Law Review 
Creighton University School of Law
2500 California Plaza 
Omaha, NE 68178

Diane Kriley, Business Manager 
402.280.2815

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