Getting Published (and Discussing What Is)
LLRX has this article by Kevin Strutin about on-line companions to law reviews.
Aspiring attorney-authors should give it a read, as it discusses a shift away from traditional law review articles.
Of note: Strutin’s article begins by noting a law review article authored by Lawrence Solum who maintains the Legal Theory blog. In that article, Solum discusses (sort of) why he started a blog (even though he “had no clue what a web log was”). Curiously, the first footnote in Slocum’s article refers readers to his first blog entry, which consists of the following (set as white text on a white background, so it can’t be seen):
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A might weird, but Solum is something of a philosopher, and such are well known for doing things weird.
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If reading white type on a white background strikes you as a complete waste of time, but a scholarly analysis of law review articles does not, then you should give a read to this law review article authored by law professors Leah M. Christensen and Julie A. Oseid. Their article considers “what factors student [law review] editors consider most important when making article selection decisions.”
Of note: One thing that surprised the authors was that most law review editors found most submissions lacking in quality. From their article:
Four out of the five editors from the top 15 journals noted surprise about the poor quality of articles. Sixteen of the thirty-one editors from the non-specialty journals commented about the poor quality of articles.. At slightly over half the respondents, this was the comment made most often by editors at non-specialty journals. This was also the most common comment from specialty journal editors with six out of seventeen noting the poor quality of articles.
