Newton, MA--The Boston College Law Review (BCLR) advanced in the recently released Washington & Lee law journal rankings, moving up from #31 to #27.

The new ranking represents the highest BCLR ranking ever. As recently as 2004, BCLR was ranked #47.

The Washington & Lee ranking represents law journals’ cumulative "impact factor" and total number of citations over the last seven years. For more information on these rankings, ranking subsets and their methodology, please visit http://lawlib.wlu.edu/lj/method.asp.