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The journal changed its name to the Iowa Law Review in 1925. This renaming signaled a shift toward focusing primarily on legal issues within Iowa while still allowing occasional articles about national or international law.
Student editors have managed all aspects of the publication without faculty oversight since 1935. The current operation continues this tradition of complete student governance five times each calendar year with no external authority overriding their decisions.
The journal published its first symposium in 1933 under the title Administrative Law Based upon Legal Writings 1931-1933. This specific collection marked the first time any law review had attempted such a large-scale thematic project focused entirely on administrative law during those three years.
A notable study titled Facts and Fallacies About Iowa Civil Commitment appeared in volume 55 at page 895 in 1970. That work directly contributed to the revision of Iowa's civil commitment laws in 1975 after relying heavily on data collection methods over more than one year.
The Iowa Supreme Court cited a student note in its April 2009 decision known as Varnum v. Brien which struck down the state's ban on gay marriage based on legal arguments presented in the journal. Courts throughout the United States have widely cited these empirical findings in their own rulings.