About

The Arizona State Law Journal is a nationally recognized periodical and the flagship scholarly publication of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Founded in 1969 under the title Law and the Social Order, Journal was originally published during just the second year of ASU Law’s operations. Founding Editor-in-Chief John S. Lancy helped create the Journal, and the Dean considered the first publication a “near miracle.” 

Building on that early momentum, Journal has produced eminent scholarship and been cited in major textbooks, treatises, and judicial opinions at all levels of the state and federal judiciary, including the United States Supreme Court. Its student-written Notes and Comments have consistently earned Scribes Law Review Awards and Burton Distinguished Legal Writing Awards. The Journal also holds a reputation for publishing prominent Indian Law pieces.

Journal alumni have gone on to become partners at the world’s largest law firms, represent Arizonans in the state legislature and governor’s office, and sit on both federal and state judicial benches. Similarly, its published scholars have gone on to obtain prestigious fellowships and professorships, including at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. 

Journal remains committed to timely and accessible legal scholarship. It regularly hosts Symposia, including a 1979 Evidence Symposium, a 2018 Symposium celebrating the 100th anniversary of Masses Publishing Co. v. Patten, and a 2025 Water Law Symposium. Journal also recently created the Arizona State Law Journal Forum, designed with a focus on concise, timely, and accessible scholarship.