American Criminal Law Review

Academic journal

American Criminal Law ReviewDiscipline| Law

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Language| English
Publication details

Former name(s)

Criminal Law Quarterly
American Criminal Law Quarterly

History| 1962–present
Publisher|

Georgetown University Law Center (United States)

Frequency| Quarterly
Standard abbreviations
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Bluebook| Am. Crim. L. Rev.
ISO 4| Am. Crim. Law Rev.
Indexing
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ISSN| 0164-0364

LCCN| 71649985
OCLC no.| 1479741
Links

* Journal homepage
* Articles Online

The American Criminal Law Review is a student-edited scholarly journal published at Georgetown University Law Center. The ACLR is a journal of American criminal law and white-collar crime.

## Overview

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ACLR adopts a mix of symposia, articles, and notes.[1] The journal is the most cited criminal law journal by courts, with fifty-seven case cites from 2005 to 2012 (the 38th most of any American law review),[2] and the second most cited criminal law journal by other law reviews, with 1,217 cites from 2005 to 2012.[3] Between 2019 and 2023, ACLR remained the most cited criminal law journal by courts, with 17 cites, and was the most cited criminal law journal by other law reviews, with 386 cites.[4]

## History

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### Early years

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The American Criminal Law Review was first published in 1962 as Criminal Law Quarterly[5] by the USC Gould School of Law in conjunction with the American Bar Association.[6] The ABA moved the publication to the University of Kansas School of Law the following year and changed its title to the American Criminal Law Quarterly ("ACLQ").[6] As an ABA publication, the ACLQ concentrated on a practitioner's approach to the criminal law.[6]

### Move to Georgetown Law

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In 1971, Professor Samuel Dash was elected chairman of the ABA's Criminal Law Section and moved from the University of Kansas School of Law to Georgetown University Law Center.[6] Professor Dash brought the journal with him and changed its name to the American Criminal Law Review.[6] Now edited by students, each issue originally dealt with a single topic. Volume 10, Number 1—the first issue published at Georgetown and under the American Criminal Law Review name—presented a symposium on military law, and began with an essay by the Chief of Staff of the United States Army at the time, Gen. William Westmoreland.[6] That format lasted for only three academic years.[6]

## Annual Survey of White Collar Crime

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### Overview

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In the fall of 1980, the First Survey of White Collar Crime appeared in Volume 18, Number 2.[6] It has evolved into the ACLR's best-known publication.[6] One hornbook, on White Collar Crime by J. Kelly Strader, referred his readers to the Annual Survey, writing: "Readers should note that this area of the law is changing rapidly. For a more extensive discussion of any particular subject, the reader may wish to refer to...The Annual Survey of White Collar Crime...."[7]

### Topics covered

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The Annual Survey has covered antitrust violations, computer crime, corporate crime, election law violations, employment-related crimes, environmental crime, false statements and false claims, federal criminal conspiracy, financial institutions fraud, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, health care fraud, intellectual property crimes, mail and wire fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice, perjury, public corruption, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, securities fraud, and tax violations.[8]

## Notable contributors

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ACLR contributors have included some of the most prominent figures in American government, academia, and legal practice, including Justice William Brennan,[9] Sen. Ted Kennedy,[10] Prof. Akhil Amar,[11] Cyrus R. Vance Jr.[12] Larry D. Thompson,[13] Julie O'Sullivan[14] and then-Judge Stephen Breyer.[1][15]

## Membership

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The American Criminal Law Review is composed of about one hundred and three second- and third-year law students. The third-year students serve in editorial positions and the second-year students work as staff. Students are offered positions on ACLR based on their first-year grades and performance in a writing and citation competition. First-year students participate in the competition after completing their final exams in the spring semester. The competition is administered by the Georgetown Law Office of Journal Administration.[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b "About Us | American Criminal Law Review". Archived from the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
2. ^ Stephanie Miller, Washington and Lee University, School of Law Library - Most-Cited Legal Periodicals by Case Cites: U.S. and selected non-U.S. Archived 2006-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, 2005-2012 rankings of law school journals.
3. ^ Stephanie Miller, Washington and Lee University, School of Law Library - Most-Cited Legal Periodicals by Journal Cites: U.S. and selected non-U.S. Archived 2006-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, 2005-2012 rankings of law school journals.
4. ^ Washington and Lee University Law Library. "W&L Law Journal Rankings 2024". Retrieved June 4, 2025.
5. ^ "American Criminal Law Review - publication history". HeinOnline. Archived from the original on 2020-05-24.
6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "American Criminal Law Review". georgetown.edu.
7. ^ Understanding White Collar Crime, Third Edition 2011, J. Kelly Strader, Professor of Law, Southwestern Law School
8. ^ "Annual Survey Index | American Criminal Law Review". Archived from the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
9. ^ "The Judge's Supervisory Role". heinonline.org. Archived from the original on 2015-02-09.
10. ^ "NCJRS Abstract - National Criminal Justice Reference Service". ncjrs.gov.
11. ^ Amar, Akhil Reed (1995–1996). "The Future of Constitutional Criminal Procedure" (PDF). American Criminal Law Review. 33: 1123–1140.
12. ^ "INTRODUCTORY ARTICLE: THE CONSCIENCE AND CULTURE OF A PROSECUTOR". lexisnexis.com.
13. ^ "The Blameless Corporation | American Criminal Law Review". Archived from the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
14. ^ O'Sullivan, Julie (January 2008). ""Does DOJ's Privilege Waiver Policy Threaten the Rationales Underlying " by Julie R. O'Sullivan". Georgetown.edu.
15. ^ "Senate Judiciary Committee Initial Questionnaire (Supreme Court) - Stephen Breyer" (PDF). GovInfo.

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