ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti sˈɛvən, zˈɛlmən kˈoʊɪn ðˈɛn dˈiːn ʌvðə fˈækəlti ænd lˈeɪɾɚ ɡˈʌvɚnɚdʒˈɛnɚɹəl ʌv ɔːstɹˈeɪliə ɹˌiːɪstˈæblɪʃt ðə dʒˈɜːnəl ɐlˈɔŋ ðə mˈɑːdəl ʌvðə hˈɑːɹvɚd lˈɔː ɹᵻvjˈuː ænd ɹᵻnˈeɪmd ɪt ðə mˈɛlbɚn jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi lˈɔː ɹᵻvjˈuː.
In 1957, Zelman Cowen (then dean of the faculty and later governor-general of Australia) re-established the journal along the model of the Harvard Law Review and renamed it the Melbourne University Law Review.