[5] Professor Dash brought the journal with him and changed its name to the American Criminal Law Review.

Volume 10, Number 1—the first issue published at Georgetown and under the American Criminal Law Review name—presented a symposium on military law, and began with an essay by the Chief of Staff of the United States Army at the time, Gen. William Westmoreland.

[7] ACLR contributors have included some of the most prominent figures in American government, academia, and legal practice, including Justice William Brennan,[8] Sen. Ted Kennedy,[9] Prof. Akhil Amar,[10] Cyrus R. Vance Jr.[11] Larry D. Thompson,[12] Julie O'Sullivan[13] and then-Judge Stephen Breyer.

Students are offered positions on ACLR based on their first-year grades and performance in a writing and citation competition.

First-year students participate in the competition after completing their final exams in the spring semester.