NYU Review of Law & Social Change

Legal scholarship for systemic change. At the height of the political turmoil of the late 1960s, a group of activist students and professors at N.Y.U.

School of Law came together and discussed the ways in which legal scholarship could respond to the injustices suffered by those relegated to society's margins. These students and faculty felt that the dominant legal discourse found in countless law reviews failed to address sufficiently the gross inequities that existed (and continue to exist) along the lines of race, gender, class, sexuality, age

, and ability. The response of these students and academics was to establish the N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change. As the foreword to the first issue states, Social Change was "created to provide an outlet for student scholarship and analysis in areas of the law of particular interest to socially concerned attorneys." That first issue contained four student-written articles, the commitments of the authors reflected in their topics: ineffective assistance of counsel for the poor, tactics for squatters in abandoned New York City buildings, reformation of laws regarding retaliatory evictions, and the legality of maximum grant regulations for welfare recipients. As stated in the foreword to that first issue, the founding members of Social Change sought to "provide a forum for law students at New York University, and perhaps others, who are anxious to develop creative solutions through law to social problems." Over the past thirty years, Social Change has remained true to that commitment, while growing in scope and stature. Originally an annual publication, Social Change now publishes four issues per year. In addition to publishing the work of N.Y.U. students, we also now publish articles by nationally-recognized scholars, legal practitioners, and activists. Social Change also provides a space in which members of the law school community can come together to socialize, network, and organize. A variety of progressive student groups use Social Change as everything from a home-base to a storage facility. On any given day in our offices you may see students wrapping presents for a gift drive, organizing a public service auction, planning a sit-in, making posters for a protest, or drafting a habeas petition for a client. We at Social Change are proud of who we are and what we do. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us.

12/06/2023

The NYU Review of Law and Social Change joins with 16 journals from law schools across the country to demand compensation for all journal workers and an end to uncompensated journal labor. Read the full statement below:

Demand for Compensation and Call for Solidarity | N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change The editors of this journal have come together with the editors of journals across the country to demand compensation for the work we do to publish legal scholarship. Our demand rests on one…

11/16/2023

The fourth installment of Scholarship from the Inside is available now on our website. Check it out here:

Volume 48 | Scholarship from the Inside | N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change Legal Scholarship for Systemic Change

11/16/2023

The most recent publication of our print journal, Volume 47, Issue 1, is now available on our website. Check it out here:

Issue 1 | N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change Legal Scholarship for Systemic Change

11/16/2023

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N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change Statement of Commitment to the Boycott, Divest, Sanctions Movement | N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change

11/17/2021

RLSC is proud to share this statement expressing our commitment to the BDS movement and our solidarity with Palestinians collectively struggling toward liberation. Read more here:

N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change Statement of Commitment to the Boycott, Divest, Sanctions Movement | N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change RLSC’s statement of commitment to the Boycott, Divest, Sanctions Movement.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: | N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change

07/26/2021

The Harbinger, our digital publication, is seeking submissions from incarcerated authors for an upcoming special edition. We ask that you please share this widely! For more information, check out

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: | N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change MOVEMENTS FOR FREEDOM: SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE INSIDE The Harbinger is seeking articles, essays, stories, poems, drawings, artwork, and other pieces from currently incarcerated people about your…

06/26/2021

Issue 45.1 is up on our website! We are super excited about this one, and we think you will be, too! Each article is listed in the comments below.

Volume 45 | N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change Legal Scholarship for Systemic Change

03/27/2021

Our latest issue is up! It features fantastic scholarship concerning the racism underlying federal Indian law, pathways to unionization for workers misclassified as independent contractors, JLWOP sentencing policy, and recommendations for institutions managing gender information. Check it out here!

Issue 4 | N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change Legal Scholarship for Systemic Change

02/11/2021

That concludes Day 2 of ! Check out this Take Action Resource for further learning and action: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w8wQn87RUzH9_K0MRIpKzhDGWykJ2izd/view.
The recording and transcript will be available at http://socialchangenyu.com. Thank you for joining us!

Take Action Resource_WCAG.pdf

02/11/2021

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02/11/2021

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02/11/2021

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