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Founded in the spring of 1960, the Virginia Journal of International Law (VJIL) is the oldest continuously-published, student-edited international law journal in the United States.
VJIL addresses issues such as international commercial transactions and trade law, international litigation and arbitration, international organizations, international humanitarian and human rights law, and comparative law. Its pages contain a mix of full-length articles, comments, essays, and book reviews by scholars and practitioners, as well as notes, recent developments, and book notes by students.
VJIL’s subscribers span the globe and include the libraries of law schools, major law firms, bar associations, and multinational corporations, as well as government agencies, courts, and foreign missions. Practitioners and scholars have long recognized VJIL as among the finest and most authoritative student publications on international law. They rely on it in their research and practice of international law, citing to it often in their writings and before foreign and domestic courts. VJIL’s pieces have been cited by the Supreme Court of the United States, numerous U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the International Court of Justice.
A 2024 empirical study of international law publications by Oona Hathaway and John Bowers found that the VJIL is the top student-run international law journal and sixth best international publication overall.