In January 2008, with Vol. XXIII, Number 1, the Wisconsin Women’s Law Journal is changing to the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society.

As part of a message to members on its Web site, the journal’s Editorial Board describes the reasoning underlying the change:

"The new name is more closely aligned with the Journal’s mission statement. For twenty-two years, the Journal has been seeking scholarship that, ‘examine[s] the intersection of law and gender with issues of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientation.’ As the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society, we will continue to publish articles with this content, now under a more inclusive name that acknowledges the impact of gender on the legal system, without reference to one sex.

"We believe the new name will also attract submissions that more closely reflect our mission statement. We hope the new name will advertise the type of content and scholarship we look to publish. The ideas explored in the Journal simply outgrew the former name. The new name better represents the fundamental mission of the Journal—to explore the ways that gender and the law interact."

To read the Board’s full statement, see http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wjlgs/.

Submitted by on February 21, 2008

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