A Cutting-Edge Multidisciplinary Journal The Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology is a cutting-edge multidisciplinary journal focusing on law, health, the sciences, and bioethics. The journal is edited by faculty and students with a Faculty Editorial Advisory Board drawn from across the University of Minnesota. MJLST tackles issues in intellectual property, technology policy and innovation, bioethics, and law and science, while maintaining a rigorous grounding in law, values, and policy. Formerly the Minnesota Intellectual Property Review, the journal is overseen and managed by the University's Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences. MJLST Offers Advance Online Publication The Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology offers authors the opportunity to publish articles online in advance of appearing in MJLST's print publication. This helps assure that time-sensitive articles can be disseminated while they are most relevant. 
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| MJLST is pleased to announce advance online publication of a follow-up to an article appearing in Issue 12.2 entitled "A Failure to Comply: An Initial Assessment of Gaps in IOM’s Medical Device Study Committee" by Prof. Ralph F. Hall, JD, and Eva Stensvad, MD, JD. (original article available here). Download "Left to Their Own Devices: IOM's Medical Device Committee's Failure to Comply" (PDF) here. |
April 12, 2012 Student Notes Selected for Publication in Issue 14.1The editors of Volume 14 have selected student notes for inclusion in issue 14.1, which will be published in Winter 2013. Congratulations to the following authors: - Kayla Fossen, "The Post-Grant Problem: America Invents Falling Short"
- Eric Friske, "Addressing Looming Prescription Drug Shortages Through Legislative and Regulatory Approaches"
- David Hanna, "Do Educational Institutions Score High on Their Sustainability Efforts?"
- Emily Puchalski, "Bringing Dormant GRAS(E) to Bloom: Reviving the GRASE Concept for Drugs"
April 4, 2012  April 25th Consortium Event: Dr.Jørgen Schlundt,
Global Food Safety Regulatory and Policy Challenges 
MJLST is managed by the University's Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences, which hosts numerous events throughout the year. In this lecture on April 25th from 11:30 A.M to 1:00 P.M., Dr.Jørgen Schlundt, Deputy Director of the National Food Institute at the Technical University of Denmark, will discuss global food safety regulatory and policy challenges, including the need for international policy alignment. The event is free and open to all. An application for CLE credit will be filed. More information...
March 29, 2012 Volume 13, Issue 1 - Winter 2012 is Now Available in Print Subscribers will be receiving their copies shortly. Individual copies are available for purchase. If you would like to purchase a single issue, please contact us. A Subscription to MJLST Maximizes the Impact of your Library Dollars 
According to Washington & Lee University Law School's law journal rankings, MJLST is the top subscription value among journals in the following topical areas: Health, Medicine, Psychology, and Psychiatry; Science, Technology & Computing; Environment, Natural Resources, and Land Use; and Intellectual Property - when measured by the number of times the journal is cited annually compared to the cost of a subscription.
Information on subscribing to MJLST is available here.
March 6, 2012 Volume 13, Issue 1 - Winter 2012 is Now Available Online All articles from our current issue can be downloaded from the Current Issue page.
February 28, 2012 MJLST Reaches Milestone in Journal Ranking The Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology is pleased to announce that, with the release of the 2011 Washington and Lee University of Law rankings of law journals, MJLST is now among the top ten journals in each of its relevant categories. - Health, Medicine, Psychology, and Psychiatry
5 out of 71 - Science, Technology & Computing
7 out of 67 - Environment, Natural Resources, and Land Use
7 out of 88 - Intellectual Property
10 out of 80 For more details on these rankings as well as previous years' information, visit the Washington and Lee University School of Law Law Journals: Submissions and Rankings page. Please note that in prior years, MJLST excluded non-print journals in calculating its rankings. The rankings shown above take a more rigorous approach and compare MJLST to all journals in each category reported by Washington and Lee, including journals published only online.
February 14, 2012 MJLST Names Volume 14 Editors Please join the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology in congratulating Volume 14 Editor-in-Chief Keli Holzapfel and Executive Editor Chris Evans! 
Keli Holzapfel, Volume 14 Editor in Chief, graduated from the University of Washington with a BS in Biochemistry with Departmental and College Honors. She is currently a Joint Degree student pursuing a JD and a PhD in Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics. Her PhD work is in the laboratory of Dr. Kristin Hogquist and focuses on the activation of Natural Killer T cells during an immune response. Additionally, Keli is a registered patent agent and is a graduate assistant for the Office of Commercial Technology at the U of M. 
Chris Evans, Volume 14 Executive Editor, graduated from Davidson College with a BA in Economics and anticipates earning his JD from U of M in 2013. He is currently a student of the Environmental Sustainability clinic at U of M, developing model comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance language. |
