A recent article on SSRN (the Social Science Research Network) explains how students might go about publishing an outstanding seminar paper in an academic law journal. After an introduction, which briefly discusses publishing in bar journals, writing competitions, and journals which specialize in particular subject areas, the article provides a chart listing the publication policies of 194 law reviews regarding submissions from students from other law schools and from students at the journal's own law school who are not law review members. Thanks to Joe Hodnicki and the Law Librarian blog for the link. Read More ...

The 19th edition of the Bluebook was released this year. The law library has several copies on reserve. If you want to know how this edition has changed from the previous one, there is a chart describing these changes. Read More ...

Gerald Uelmen, professor at Santa Clara Law, has written an article for California Lawyer on the declining value of law review articles in the judiciary. Although this trend has been written on frequently over the last 20 years, Uelmen's article presents a scathing critique of the current focus on law review journals and how they are addressed to a largely academic audience. Read More ...

A new article, available via SSRN and written by facutly at the University of Missouri, provides information on how to make submissions to law reviews. This may be a helpful resource if you are looking to get your work published and are not quite sure how the submission process works. If you are trying to get published and need assistance, the librarians at Heafey are here to help. Read More ...

The South Carolina Law Review, a publication of the University of South Carolina, has announced plans to experiment with a new peer review program to select law review articles. The announcement claims that "[b]ecause we believe the current system of legal scholarship publication may be improved by changing how articles are selected, our Pilot Program will explore the feasibility of article selection through peer review in the context of a major, general interest law review." Read More ...