Ecology Law Quarterly is an environmental law review published quarterly by students at the UC Berkeley School of Law. The journal also produces Ecology Law Currents, an "online companion journal designed to publish pieces on a more frequent basis than the print journal.""About Ecology Law Quarterly", ELQ website. Accessed: October 1, 2021.
Recognition Ecology Law Quarterly received the United Nations Environment Programme's "Global 500 Roll of Honour" Award in 1990, the only academic journal among the recipients.
In a 1998 survey of experts, Ecology Law Quarterly was ranked as the most influential environmental law review in the United States.Gregory Scott Crespi, "Ranking the Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law, and Land Use Planning Journals: A Survey of Expert Opinion," 23 Wm. & Mary Envtl. L. & Pol'y Rev. 273 (1998).
In Washington & Lee School of Law's 2020 combined score rankings of Environmental and Land Use Law journals, Ecology Law Quarterly ranked 3rd overall."Law Journal Rankings", Washington & Lee School of Law. Accessed: October 1, 2021.
Ecology Law Quarterly articles have been cited by various courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court,See, e.g., San Diego Gas & Elec. Co. v. City of San Diego, 450 U.S. 621, 641 n.4 (1981) (Brennan, J., dissenting). U.S. Courts of Appeal,See, e.g., Nat. Res. Def. Council, Inc. v. EPA, 529 F.2d 755, 756 n.5 (5th Cir. 1976) and U.S. District Courts.See, e.g., Warm Springs Dam Task Force v. Gribble, 378 F. Supp. 240, 247 n. 12 (N.D. Cal. 1974). Ecology Law Quarterly received the highest number of case citations of any environmental law journal in 2015, 2016, and 2017.
See also List of environmental law journals
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External links (for both Ecology Law Quarterly and Ecology Law Currents)