Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law Institute

In the fall of 2006, North Carolina Central University School of Law created the first Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law Institute. The mission of the Institute is to make substantial contributions to the development of biotechnology and pharmaceutical law. The Institute focuses on biotechnology, bioethics, pharmaceutical regulation, and technology transfer.

From the Institute, the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law Review (BPLR), formally known as the Journal of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law, emerged. As one of the only legal reviews of its kind in the nation and the newest law review at NCCU School of Law, the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law Review occupies a unique place within the law school community. Its goal is to expose and transform these research areas through scholarly work that analyzes and critiques newly developed issues in this realm. The Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law Review seeks to publish a professional periodical devoted to these areas that is useful to judges, practitioners, teachers, legislators, students, and other interested parties.

In the spring of 2008, the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law Review successfully published its first issue, and it remains an annual publication. Generally, an issue consists of a collection of articles, notes, comments, and hot topics. Additionally, once a year, the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law Review hosts a symposium devoted to a single legal problem or issue in the related research areas.

The Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law Review focuses on innovative and ground-breaking legal issues that many courts have yet to address.

Article submissions may be made in their entirety or in abstract form, providing a brief summary of the article or intended article. Submissions should be made in Microsoft Word format (.docx). Please do not submit PDFs. Submissions should be presented in Bluebook format, with footnotes.

Submissions may also be made to our “Hot Topics in Biotechnology” section of the journal. This section has become a resource for short articles for practitioners and students in the following areas: intellectual property, patent law, and global technology.  Esteemed practitioners in the aforementioned practice areas are encouraged to submit short articles on important recent developments in their respective fields of practice. We also have a “Book Review” section of the journal. We are currently accepting submissions.

Submissions may be made to Professor Kimberly Cogdell Boies at [email protected] or 919-530-6618.