About Us
The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice is not for the weak of heart or the timid in spirit. Feminist inquiry and critical race analysis are the touchstones of our endeavor. Our building blocks are new forms of analysis that reach beyond traditional conceptions of legal thought. We challenge our writers, our readers, and ourselves to question who we are and how the law defines us. We strive to be a transformative experience. In a spirit of openness, we explore how we are classified, stratified, ignored, and singled out under the law because of our race, s*x, gender, economic class, ability, s*xual identity, and the multitude of labels applied to us. Identity is a matrix of experiences; when the law fails to recognize any one facet of our identity, both the law and the person lose invaluable dimension. Our challenge is to examine how we negotiate our identities, how the legal system negotiates them for us and how these negotiations affect our ability to attain justice.
Our conception of justice looks beyond legal rights to how fairness, equity, and respect delineate the boundaries of what legal justice must, at a minimum, entail. We include all struggles against oppression within this conception. We seek to invoke a vision of justice that is without fear, a vision that allows us to be who we are as we are, without sanction or penalty. We encourage personal and social responsibility towards achieving this vision, and we welcome all viewpoints and ideas that are expressed with respect and collegiality.
Finally, we are a journal that promotes living discussion. Through our symposium, we will test, shape, and strengthen our scholarship by bringing a myriad of experiences into the realm of legal thought. We intend to build alliances across differences, to rub ideas together and watch the sparks fly. We invite you to help us fan the flames, to set the legal community on fire. Subscribe, submit (your work, not yourselves), and support us in our mission.
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✍️ “Writing a note has been one of my favorite experiences in law school and I'm looking forward to continuing to work on it as we prepare for publication. I loved having the opportunity to research a topic I'm interested in. The note writing process really allows students to follow their interests and passions in a unique way, which I think is really cool,” 2L Madeline James said.
Her note on child labor in the fast fashion industry was recently selected for publication in the Journal of Gender, Race & Justice. JGRJ is ranked in the top 5 for two subject matter areas—#5 in the Gender category and #3 in the Race category. 🙌
We are proud of the many students who published notes recently in our top-ranked law journals!
1Ls - Are you interested in getting involved? Applications open in May. Reach out to the Note & Comment Editor from any of our 4 journals for more info.
The extensive collection available in our Law Library and support from our team of librarians provides the foundation students and faculty need to produce prolific legal research.
Our four student-run journals are top notch— Iowa Law Review is ranked #12 out of over 400 law journals across the country.
📊 The Journal of Corporation Law - #2 in its subject matter
⚖️ Journal of Gender, Race & Justice - Ranked in the top 5 for two subject matter areas - #5 in the Gender category and #3 in the Race category
🌏 Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems
Carissa Vogel, our Law Library Director, said, “Everything changed in journal support after we closed our doors last March, and, over the summer, a lot of creative problem-solving went in to conceiving support for a mostly remote academic year with new student writers and editors. The law librarians and the entire team onsite have worked tirelessly to make the source gathering, note consultation, and legal research refreshers as safe and flexible as possible. Our hats off to the journal students who worked so hard to keep their publications strong and a credit to Iowa Law!” #nationallibraryweek
1Ls – Journals are looking for you! The selection process for student writers begins directly after finals. Contact the Senior Note & Comment Editor from any journal for more info on obtaining your “write-on” packet!
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Congratulations to our new Volume 22 student writers and welcome to The Journal of Gender, Race, & Justice! We are looking forward to a great year!
Read dis if you have a few minutes and like JGRJ's FB page for other cool blog posts written by my smart friends
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As a contributor, you will get to interact with like-minded individuals also seeking to raise their voice and be a part of a growing community that is making a real impact on our society. It is important for us to note that this site is not for everyone. We encourage members to think critically about these various issues just as much as the sheer act of speaking up. That is where the challenge lies.
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Thank you for the excellent symposium.
Check out this event that the Gender, Women's, & S*xuality Studies department is putting together!
"The Social Justice After Ferguson symposium includes workshops for students and faculty, lectures, and panel discussions. The purpose of this conference is to explore and expose the intersections of race, class, gender, violence, civil rights, and the criminal justice system in the United States after the events which took place in Ferguson, Missouri and subsequent incidents, including the Baltimore Riots of April 25th which have been in the media spotlight."
All events are free and open to the public. You don't have to attend every event during the two day symposium but if you plan to go to one or more, please register here so we know how many people to expect: clas.uiowa.edu/gwss/sjaf
If you register, you can also forward the confirmation email to your professors and get an excused absence from class because this is a university sponsored event!
Comment or message me if you have any more questions.
I am an investigative researcher into the neo-Confederate movement. I am published by university presses and peer reviewed academic journals. My curriculum vitae is online at
http://www.templeofdemocracy.com/curriculum-vitae.html.
I am currently running a campaign to get churches to not host neo-Confederate groups.
http://www.templeofdemocracy.com/churches-of-the-confederacy.html At the web page you can see bar graphs by denomination which churches do this.
I have been writing these denominations and churches and largely, despite all their resolutions about race, seem to be quite willing to host neo-Confederate groups such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) and the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC).
I think there must be some people in the Christian faith that are truly concerned about race and religion beyond lip service.
I was very successful in getting major corporations to give up donating to the SCV through an affinity purchasing group.
http://www.blackcommentator2.com/527_cover_scv_donation_loss_sebesta_guest.html
But it seems that the Temples of Mammon were much more willing to give up neo-Confederacy than the Churches of Christ.
I am seeking Christians that will be concerned that the Confederacy doesn't have a place in Christianity.
We are living in the world where people of all nations, race, gender, age and generations need justice and deep love toward transformation
Love and Justice must flow like living waters in all nations to all people of every generation, race, gender and age. By Dr. Peter Agbelie Silver Spring Maryland.
