Hastings Women's Law Journal
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The Hastings Women's Law Journal (ISSN: 1061-0901) is one of seven official law journals at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Its circulation as of 2005 is approximately 600.
Since 1989, the Hastings Women's Law Journal has provided a forum for voices outside the traditional scope of legal academic scholarship. It offers and maintains an inclusive space for feminism, race theory, multi-culturalism, animal rights, disability rights, language rights, international human rights, criminal defendants' rights and prisoners' rights, among others. HWLJ takes the road less travelled in regard to the law. The journal is committed to advancing feminist perspectives and promoting scholarship in issues of concern common to all women, while recognizing the unique concerns of communities that traditionally have been denied a voice, such as women of under-represented populations.
Staffed entirely by students and volunteers, HWLJ publishes twice a year. The journal is a progressive, diverse, open, and forward-looking collective of individuals working together to widen the scope of legal scholarship. To this end, HWLJ publishes works of literature, poems, book reviews, personal pieces, and, of course, legal analysis. The journal strongly believe that the law is a solution for the ills of the human condition, not merely a means of gaining and preserving privilege and position.
