Columbia Law Review

Columbia Law Review is a student-edited law journal published by the Columbia Law Review Association, an independent nonprofit corporation at Columbia Law School. Founded in 1901, it is one of the most widely cited law reviews in the United States and publishes eight issues per year.《哥伦比亚法律评论》（Columbia Law Review）是由哥伦比亚法学院下属独立非营利组织哥伦比亚法律评论协会出版的学生编辑法学期刊。该刊创刊于 1901 年，是美国被引最多的法律评论之一，每年出版八期。

Scope

The Review publishes legal scholarship of general interest to the legal profession, with its official scope covering:该刊发表对法律职业有普遍意义的法学研究成果，官方声明的征稿范围包括：

• Articles and essays: substantial scholarly works by legal academics and practitioners addressing doctrinal, theoretical, and policy questions across all fields of law.论文与评论： 由法学学者与实务人士撰写的长篇学术作品，涵盖各法律领域的学理、理论与政策问题。
• Student notes: student-written pieces proposing solutions to specific legal problems, selected through the Review's annual writing competition and editorial process.学生评注： 由学生撰写的针对具体法律问题的解决方案，通过该刊年度写作竞赛与编辑流程遴选。
• Responses and comments: shorter pieces responding to or engaging with previously published scholarship in the Review or elsewhere.回应与评论： 针对该刊或其他出版物已发表研究进行回应或讨论的短篇稿件。
• Legal scholarship broadly: the Review pursues a diversity of legal thought and does not limit itself to any single school of jurisprudence or methodological approach.广义法学研究： 该刊追求法学思想的多样性，不限于任何单一法学流派或方法论路径。

History

• Founding: the Columbia Law Review was founded in 1901, making it one of the oldest student-edited law journals in the United States. It was established to provide a forum for legal scholarship and legal thought associated with Columbia Law School.创刊： 《哥伦比亚法律评论》创刊于 1901 年，是美国历史最悠久的学生编辑法学期刊之一，创办宗旨是为哥伦比亚法学院相关的法学研究与法律思想提供论坛。
• Independent nonprofit: the Review is published by the Columbia Law Review Association, Inc., an independent nonprofit corporation that is financially and editorially separate from Columbia Law School, though all editors are students at the school.独立非营利组织： 该刊由哥伦比亚法律评论协会（一家独立非营利公司）出版，在财务与编辑上独立于哥伦比亚法学院，但所有编辑均为该院学生。
• Student editorial model: since its founding, the Review has been edited entirely by students selected through a competitive process, with no faculty oversight of editorial decisions, a model it shares with other leading American law reviews.学生编辑模式： 自创刊以来该刊完全由通过竞争流程遴选的学生编辑，编辑决定不受教师监督，这一模式与美国其他顶尖法律评论一致。
• Eight issues a year: the Review is one of a handful of student-edited law journals in the United States that publishes eight issues per year, reflecting its position as one of the most widely distributed and cited law reviews in the country.每年八期： 该刊是美国少数每年出版八期的学生编辑法学期刊之一，体现了其作为全国发行与被引最广泛法律评论之一的地位。

Editors

The Review is led by a student editorial board selected annually through a writing competition, with the editor-in-chief serving as the top editorial officer:该刊由每年通过写作竞赛遴选的学生编委会领导，主编为最高编辑负责人：

• Editor-in-chief: Adam Burns serves as the editor-in-chief, overseeing the Review's editorial direction and publication process.主编： 亚当·伯恩斯（Adam Burns）担任主编，负责该刊的编辑方向与出版流程。
• Editorial board: the editorial board consists of Columbia Law School students who serve in executive and staff editor roles, selected through an anonymous annual writing competition.编委会： 编委会由哥伦比亚法学院学生组成，担任执行编辑与普通编辑职务，通过匿名年度写作竞赛遴选。
• Submissions process: the Review accepts submissions of articles, essays, and proposals for book reviews through an electronic submission system, with editorial decisions made by the student board.投稿流程： 该刊通过电子投稿系统接受论文、评论与书评提案，编辑决定由学生编委会做出。
• Review model: submissions are reviewed by student editors who evaluate scholarly quality, significance, and contribution to legal discourse, with accepted articles undergoing extensive editorial collaboration with authors.评审模式： 投稿由学生编辑评审，评估学术质量、重要性与对法律话语的贡献，录用论文需经编辑与作者的深入协作修改。