Founded in 1994 as the Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review, MTLR was one of the first law journals to use interactive media to promote informed discourse about the interrelated legal, social, business, and public policy issues raised by emerging technologies. As one of the original online law journals in the world, MTLR is a ground-breaking publication.MTLR publishes online and printed volumes, available through subscription. MTLR is available through Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw, and its website. The Michigan Technology Law Review's primary purpose is to examine the tensions created by advances in computing, telecommunications, biotechnology, multimedia, networking, information, and other technologies.