Maryland Law Review is a student-run publication publishing four print issues annually. These issues include pieces from professors, practitioners, and judges.

Maryland Law Review Online (formerly known as “End Notes”) is the online companion to the print volume. The Maryland Law Review Online publishes shorter pieces in the traditional law review format.

The Maryland Law Review is the oldest student-run legal journal at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. With issues dating back to 1936, the Maryland Law Review is the pre-eminent student authority on developments in Maryland case law and a well-respected voice on the Fourth Circuit.

In accordance with our Core Value of scholarship, we pride ourselves on publishing pieces that reflect the future of the legal community and introduce novel ideas. Recent publications include:

  • Taylor C. Joseph, Revitalizing the Youngberg v. Romeo Professional Judgment Standard to Require Trauma-Informed Care for Detained Children, 81 Md. L. Rev. 1329 (2022).

  • Megan S. Wright, Dementia, Autonomy, and Supported Healthcare Decision Making, 79 Md. L. Rev. 257 (2020).

  • Hon. Pamela J. White, Thirty Years Later: Recalling the Gender Bias Report and Asking “What’s Next?” In the Legal Profession, 80 Md. L. Rev. Online 13 (2020).

  • Robin Feldman, The Burden on Society from Eleventh-Hour “Citizen Petitions” Filed to Slow Generic Drugs, 79 Md. L. Rev. Online 1 (2020).

  • Gina S. Warren, The Perils of Philanthrocapitalism, 78 Md. L. Rev. 1 (2018).

The first editors of Maryland Law Review developed an editorial policy that emphasized a desire to confine publication to matters that were relevant to Maryland or federal law. Today, the Law Review has expanded its focus to include national pieces, but we aim to preserve the local vision that our founders intended.

Recent publications include:

  • John R. Grimm & Landyn Wm. Rookard, How Federal and Maryland Courts Review Administrative Agency Action, 81 Md. L. Rev. 1224 (2022).

  • Celine Esmeir, Plank v. Cherneski: Maryland Opts in to “Opt-Out” In the LLC Fiduciary Duty Debate, 81 Md. L. Rev. 1302 (2022).

  • Carly L. Hviding, What Deference Does it Make? Reviewing Agency Statutory Interpretation in Maryland, 81 Md. L. Rev. Online 12 (2022).

  • Madison C. DeRegis, “Can You Hear Me Now?”: The Implications of Virtual Proceedings on Criminal Defendants’ Constitutional Rights, 81 Md. L. Rev. Online 71 (2022).

  • Andrew White, Perpetuating Injustice: Analyzing the Maryland Court of Appeal’s Refusal to Change the Common Law Doctrine of Contributory Negligence, 78 Md. L. Rev. 1042 (2019).

Our Core Value of Professionalism ensures that we are able to maintain our reputation as a leading national law journal and good standing within the legal community. This reputation has been established by our former colleagues, and we continue to build on it. For a history of Maryland Law Review’’s first 75 years, see William L. Reynolds, Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Tribute: The Maryland Law Review at Seventy-Five, 75 Md. L. Rev. 1190 (2016).

Other articles discussing the history of Maryland Law Review include:

  • Bernard S. Meyer, Fiftieth Volume Tributes: Is There Cause for Jubilee?, 50 Md. L. Rev. 227 (1991).

  • William L. Reynolds, A Half Century of the Maryland Law Review, 50 Md. L. Rev. 239 (1991).