MJLST is based at the Law School and staffed by law students, but is overseen and managed by the Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences. MJLST is indexed in relevant legal, scientific, and medical databases such as Westlaw, Lexis, and Hein Online.

MJLST is made possible by support from prominent law firms and businesses with interest in the intersection of law and science, the Law School, the Presidential Initiative on Law and Values, and the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.

This journal builds upon the foundation created by the Minnesota Intellectual Property Review (MIPR), an online, completely student-edited publication founded in 2000. Following the publication of Volume 5, Number 2 in spring 2004, MIPR became MJLST, which published its first issue in December 2004.  MJLST expands the focus of MIPR to address not only intellectual property issue, but also policy, ethical, and societal issues at the intersection of law, science, and technology. MJLST remains a journal based at the Law School staffed by law students, but is overseen and managed by the Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences.

Although MJLST offers a venue for publications resulting from events sponsored by the Consortium and its members, the journal retains its editorial independence. The journal's faculty and student editors decide what to publish and the shape of each volume. MJLST continues MIPR's numbering sequence with publication each Winter and Spring. 

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