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The Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality (“JLI”) publishes articles that reveal the intersection between the law and various forms of inequality.
The Journal was founded in 1981 under the direction of Professor Catharine MacKinnon.
Each volume of the Journal is comprised of two issues: Winter and Summer. Along with many of our peers, including Cornell Law Review, Duke Law Review, and Michigan Law Review, Law & Inequality has made the decision to move the Journal to an entirely online format. This will not affect our standard practice of ensuring authors receive bound, hard copies of their articles.
Law & Inequality seeks to raise awareness of and address the ways in which the law perpetuates systemic oppression, exploitation, and discrimination, and to offer practical solutions for how the law can be used to combat the same. As such, the Journal publishes articles and hosts symposia on topics that reveal the intersection between the law and various forms of inequality including, but not limited to (in alphabetical order): age, animals, disability, the environment, gender identity, geographical areas, healthcare, immigration, incarceration, indigeneity, industries, labor, mental health, national origin, policies, political participation, poverty, race, regulations, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomics, and other unique lenses into inequality. Journal articles can be community-based, doctrinal, empirical, experiential, literary, normative, or social. Recognizing the dynamic complexity of inequality, the Journal also welcomes submissions that broaden the scope of inequality-related issues and lenses.
Law & Inequality publishes articles by lawyers and non-lawyers, such as academics and community organizers, in order to provide the intellectual insight and practical depth necessary for a true understanding of inequality. Some notable authors of articles in Law & Inequality include Catharine MacKinnon, William J. Brennan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Richard Delgado, Cass Sunstein, Derrick Bell, Jo Freeman, Jr., Peter Edelman, and Trina Jones. The Journal welcomes submissions from members of historically underrepresented groups and values submissions that elevate underrepresented groups in source citations.
The Journal also publishes an online companion publication: Inequality Inquiry. Inequality Inquiry is compiled and edited by the same editorial board as The Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality, on a rolling basis, to disseminate information in a timely manner. Submission information for Inequality Inquiry is available here.