[1][2] The journal is recognized as a national leader in its field and has featured articles by practitioners, academics, legislators, and justices of the United States Supreme Court.

[3][4] Environmental Law publishes four issues each year and contains articles, essays, book reviews by lawyers and academics, and student-written notes and comments.

The journal also publishes a Ninth Circuit Review on an annual basis as well as a "letters to the editor" section entitled "Clear the Air".

The letter was republished on the first page of the first volume of Environmental Law and followed by articles by Senator Edmund S. Muskie and Supreme Court Justice William O.

[11] Members are selected either by virtue of their grades during their first year of law school or by completing an anonymous writing competition, which is held during the summer months.