The Virginia Journal of International Law (VJIL), founded in 1959 at the University of Virginia School of Law, is the oldest continuously-published, student-edited law journal in the United States devoted exclusively to public and private international law. It is the world's most cited student-edited international law journal and the second most cited of any international law journal (after the American Journal of International Law).[1] VJIL's board of advisors includes renowned professors (such as A.E. Dick Howard and John Norton Moore), practitioners, former Israeli ambassador Shabtai Rosenne, and former president of the International Court of Justice Stephen M. Schwebel. The University of Virginia School of Law was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his academical village, the University of Virginia. ... A law review is a scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, published by an organization of students at a law school. ... International law (also called public international law to distinguish from private international law, i. ... The International Court of Justice (known colloquially as the World Court or ICJ; French: ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. ...

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• Virginia Journal of International Law official site