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| The American
Journal of Trial Advocacy is a law review founded in
1977 by late Cumberland Dean Donald E. Corley. Dean
Corley perceived the need for scholarly analysis of the
day-to-day problems and issues experienced by practicing
attorneys. Traditional law reviews have been unable to
meet these demands due to their emphasis on a theoretical
analysis of the body of the law. Because of their
restrictive formats, ordinary law reviews have not dealt
with actual litigation practices to any significant
degree. Since 1977, the growth of the Journal has been spectacular. From two issues per year for Volumes 1 and 2, the Journal went to three per year in 1979. In its first decade, the circulation of the Journal rose above 2,000. The Journal has subscribers in all fifty states and in eight foreign countries, with one of the largest paid law review circulations in the Southeast. Journal issues are consistently cited as recommended reading in national legal publications such as ATLA Law Reporters, and frequently cited by courts and other law reviews and periodicals. The format of the Journal has kept it in the forefront of law school publications. Lead Articles and Trial Techniques are authored by prominent attorneys, judges, and clinical professors throughout the country, and concern proven tactics and techniques at the trial and pre-trial level. Student-written Notes, Comments and Recent Developments focus on new developments in the law that most directly affect trial practice and procedure. The Journal features an average of fifteen to twenty articles and eight to twelve student-written works per year. Please contact us for additional information or read our general guidelines for submitting an article. The Journal has an international reputation for usefulness and readability, and due to its unique scope and area of concentration, the Journal has the potential of reaching every practicing trial attorney and judge in a very positive manner. The Journal, in its third decade of publication, has tremendous potential for breaking new legal ground, supplying the largest section of the Bar with trial techniques, and gaining a national circulation greater than any other law review in the South. Journal student members are selected in a highly competitive candidates program and are ranked at or near the top of their respective classes, thus ensuring a continued high level of quality throughout the writing and editing process. |
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Last revised: 10/14/05
