Edublawg

Yes. Student-Edited law reviews exist also in Europe, and the earliest ones actually have for nearly a decade!

I, along with colleague and friend Federico Longobardi, have authored a paper, now available in pre-print format on the ILSU Working Paper Series, that contains both a survey of  existing law reviews in Europe, as well as a discussion on the role that such type of publications may have in a context heavily dominated by faculty-edited journals, compared to the U.S.

In particular, we propose a two-tiered system where law reviews neither aim to replace peer-reviewed journals (which are instead useful in that they provide a highly authoritative and select forum) nor are they relegated in a subordinate sphere, publishing only works by students and for students, outside of mainstream scholarship.

Instead, we envisage a form of mutual cooperation between the two types of publications, in order to foster quality improvement of (mostly) non-faculty-authored scholarship - for which it may be harder to beat the competition and get through to a broader audience  - thereby opening up the legal marketplace of ideas, and simultaneously offering European law students a great opportunity for personal and professional growth, which – until recently – only their American peers could brag about. 

I hope you enjoy the paper. Feel free to leave feedback either as a comment to this post, or by emailing me at: lrussi (AT) edublawg (DOT) com.