Founded in 1897 as The Forum, it is the fifth oldest law review in continuous print in the United States.

[1] From 1898–1899, Julia Radle, the first female student in the school's history, was the editor-in-chief of the law review.

It is believed that Ms. Radle may have been the first female in the United States to serve in this capacity.

[2] When the Dickinson Law School merged with Penn State University in 2003, the name of the periodical was changed to the Penn State Law Review.

[3] Following the separation of the Penn State Law and Penn State Dickinson Law campuses into separately-accredited law schools in 2016,[4] the periodical was renamed Dickinson Law Review, while the Penn State Law Review was retained by Penn State Law.