I can see that you quoted my reply, but I'm not sure that you actually read it, so here it is again:
Just because Columbia's law review has higher standards for the articles that it accepts . . . .
I clearly stated that Columbia's law review adheres to a higher standard for the articles that it publishes. Of course, but the vast, vast majority of law review editors are 2L and 3L law students, so this point seems to be more than just a tad bit disingenuous.
I haven't ignored a single point you have made. You seem to have a fundamental inability to understand what "peer-reviewed" means. You posted the definition, but you are failing to understand what you posted, so here it is again:
Scholarly peer review (also known as refereeing) is the process of subjecting an author's scholarly work, research, or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field, before a paper describing this work is published in a journal.
Here's how publishing a paper in a peer-reviewed journal works. The author submits the manuscript to the journal, either as a solicited or unsolicited manuscript, and the journal decides whether to reject it or accept it, pending review. If it is accepted, then the manuscript is passed on for review by a panel of experts in that particular professional field, who then scrutinize the paper's ideas, methodology, and findings. These critiques, if they point out detrimental flaws in the paper, will then be passed back to the author who can then decide if he or she wants to incorporate those critiques into his or her paper and then resubmit it for publication.In most law reviews, the author submits a manuscript to the law review, either solicited or unsolicited, which the law review editors decide whether or not they want to publish that article. If they chose to publish it, then the article is assigned to certain members of the law review staff to verify that the sources cited state what the author says they do, and to check the style and grammar of the piece.
Here are two lists that show "student-edited" law reviews: http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/prodev/lawreview/StudentEdited200611.htm and http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/prodev/lawreview/SpecialFocus200611.htm . Note that this includes Columbia's law review.
Now, as I said, most law reviews follow the "student-edited" method. There are, however, a few that function as an actual peer-reviewed journal: http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/prodev/lawreview/non-student.htm
As I said, the vast majority of law reviews are not peer-reviewed.
