what is the urban lawyer

by Ms. Betty Walter 3 min read

Why choose the law offices of Anthony Urban?

The Urban Lawyer, published by the ABA Section of State and Local Government, is the national quarterly law journal on local government law and urban legal affairs. The journal publishes scholarly articles on all aspects of local government law and urban affairs, including. Land use; Government operations; Environment; Public education; Public finance

What is the American Bar Association's section of state and local law?

The Urban Lawyer, American Bar Association, 321 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654, or by e-mail to julie.furgerson@americanbar.org, with a copy to urbanlawyer@stateandlocalgovtlaw.org. ANY MEMBER OF THE American Bar Association may …

What are some of the most popular topics in urban law?

The Urban Lawyer is a quarterly journal containing substantive articles about issues such as eminent domain, workplace violence, and arbitrage.

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What is an urban lawyer?

The Urban Lawyer is a quarterly peer-reviewed law journal and the official publication of the American Bar Association 's (ABA) Section of State and Local Government Law. Published in cooperation with the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law, The Urban Lawyer has the largest circulation of any government law journal in the world.

What is the section of state and local government law?

The American Bar Association's Section of State and Local Government Law also publishes a compendium of section committee reports in book form, titled At the Cutting Edge: Land Use Law from The Urban Lawyer. This compendium reprints reports on the subject of land use law that were originally published in The Urban Lawyer. The idea for a compendium originated from a 2008 meeting of leaders of the Section of State and Local Government Law, where leaders discussed ways in which scholarship published in The Urban Lawyer could reach a wider audience. To accomplish this goal, section leaders decided to publish a collection of committee reports in book form, and the first edition of At the Cutting Edge was released in 2009. The American Bar Association publishes an updated collection of reports on an annual basis.

The Urban Lawyer

The American Bar Association put out the first issue of The Urban Lawyer in 1969, in the wake of what they called in the inaugural issue, the “urban crisis.” Topics range from violent crime to labor/housing issues and beyond.

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Summary

The Urban Lawyer is a quarterly peer-reviewed law journal and the official publication of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of State and Local Government Law. Published in cooperation with the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law, The Urban Lawyer has the largest circulation of any government law journal in the world.

Overview

The Urban Lawyer publishes articles, essays, letters, case studies, and book reviews relating to urban legal issues. Frequent topics include land use law, government operations, environmental law, public education, public finance, public transportation, ethics, and international law. The journal also hosts symposia on topics relating to urban law and policy. Recent symposia topics have included "Education Reform and Governance," "A 2020 View of Urban Infrastructure," and a "Sym…

History

In 1968, the American Bar Association's Section of State and Local Government Law decided to replace the Local Government Law Section Newsletter with a full-scale, peer-reviewed law journal to serve as a scholarly forum for "urban legal problem solving." The first volume of the journal was published in 1969, in the wake of what the editors described as "the urban crisis." The founding editors planned for the journal to address "substantive problems common to all local governmen…

Impact

With nearly 6,000 hard-copy subscribers and nearly 3,000 online subscribers, the journal is "the largest circulating government law journal in the world." Articles in it have been cited by the Supreme Court of the United States, as well as the Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, and the Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals. The journal has also been cited by many state supreme courts. Articles appear in many legal treatises, including American Jurisprudence, American Law …

Abstracting and indexing

The Urban Lawyer is abstracted or indexed in Academic Search (EbscoHost), HeinOnline, LexisNexis, Westlaw, and the University of Washington's Current Index to Legal Periodicals. Tables of contents are also available through Infotrieve and Ingenta. The American Bar Association also publishes recent articles from the journal on the Section of State and Local Government Law's website.

At the Cutting Edge: Land Use Law from The Urban Lawyer

The American Bar Association's Section of State and Local Government Law also publishes a compendium of section committee reports in book form, titled At the Cutting Edge: Land Use Law from The Urban Lawyer. This compendium reprints reports on the subject of land use law that were originally published in The Urban Lawyer. The idea for a compendium originated from a 2008 meeting of leaders of the Section of State and Local Government Law, where leaders discussed …

Most cited articles

According to Westlaw Legal Research Services, the following three articles have been cited most often:
1. Daniel R. Mandelker & A. Dan Tarlock, Shifting the Presumption of Constitutionality in Land-Use Law, 24 Urb. Law. 1 (1992)
2. Daniel R. Mandelker, Investment Backed Expectations in Taking Law, 27 Urb. Law. 215 (1995)

See also

• Urbanism
• Law review
• List of law journals