Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law

Club Description

The Journal’s mission is to publish high-quality scholarship focusing on the intersection between law and social policy. The Journal is also a vehicle for students to further their interests in legal reform and to participate in the national debate about issues of social justice in an academic context. The Journal provides a forum for scholars, practitioners, and students to address social policy from a legal perspective and analyze the law in light of social policy. The Journal publishes academic articles addressing a broad spectrum of issues, including children’s rights, civil rights, criminal justice, education law, gender and the law, health care law, immigration rights, poverty law, race discrimination, rights of the disabled, and sexual orientation and the law. The Journal is dedicated to addressing these and other social issues from a wide variety of perspectives.In furtherance of the Journal’s mission to publish high-quality legal scholarship, the Journal engages in a rigorous review of the quality of articles and in an intensive editorial process. Members of the Journal thus have an opportunity to further develop their editorial abilities, improve their legal analysis, and refine their understanding of legal citation and form. It is one of the chief aims of the Journal to provide a superior educational experience to Journal members.In addition to fostering educational experiences and policy debate, the Journal actively encourages current and former members to interact with each other and develop a network for mentoring and professional development.