It’s the start of a new school year at Emory Law, and as students begin to tackle their reading assignments and other coursework, the team behind the Emory Business Law Review is also busy planning the direction and scope of their newly renamed journal.

The Emory Business Law Review (EBLR) is a student-edited, online-only journal focused on issues related to business law, including corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, securities, banking, and commercial transactions. The journal also covers areas that intersect with commerce and regulation, such as health law, technology, AI, real estate, white-collar crime, and labor and employment. Contributors include legal scholars and practitioners – whose work is published through solicitation or outside submissions – as well as Emory Law students who write comments or publish perspective pieces on current topics.

“If an issue meaningfully affects business or commerce, it belongs at EBLR,” says Parvesh Rudher, an Emory Law 3L and EBLR’s Editor-in-Chief.

The official transition from the Emory Corporate Governance and Accountability Review (ECGAR) to the Emory Business Law Review began in March 2026. Former Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Woodman, current Editor-in-Chief Rudher, and faculty advisor Andrew Jennings discussed a rebrand that would expand the scope of the journal to reflect the work that students were already doing and the direction they wanted to pursue. Additionally, the 2026 opening of Emory Law’s Carney Center for Business and Transactional Law created an opportunity to align the journal more closely with business law-related work and expose journal members to the transactional side of the law.

“Students were already publishing great business law scholarship, and it was noteworthy that a school of Emory Law’s stature, especially with the building that we’re doing around The Carney Center and transactional skills, didn’t have a dedicated business law journal,” says Jennings, an associate professor of law. “Journals are student-run organizations, and students make the ultimate decisions, with counseling and advice from faculty, alumni, and the administration.”

“The rebrand marks the start of a broader identity for the journal,” says Rudher. “It gives students more room to write about what genuinely interests them and to find the business-law angle in a topic.” He says the response so far has been positive, with students appreciating the streamlined name and its increased accessibility for those interested in transactional law, research, or academia.

The EBLR editorial team plans to publish four issues during the 2026-2027 school year, with two each semester. The next issue is currently in progress.

“We are reviewing submissions and working through how to bring our broader business-law vision to life in the first issue,” says Rudher. “As EBLR settles into its new name, we hope to expand our senior advisory board, deepen our relationship with the transactional center, and bring in a wider range of voices. The goal is for EBLR to become the journal students think of when doing serious work in this field.”

For Emory Law students interested in joining the Emory Business Law Review, the primary path is the Write-On Competition. Held each spring, the competition is a joint selection process that allows rising 2L students to earn a spot on the journal. More information about the Write-On Competition will be available during the spring semester. For those interested in reading previous issues of EBLR, you can access the archive here.