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Spring 2014 Law Review Article Submission Guide
February 14, 2014
Nancy Levit (UMKC) & Allen Rostron (UMKC) have updated their incredibly useful document, which contains two charts...
February 14, 2014
Nancy Levit (UMKC) & Allen Rostron (UMKC) have updated their incredibly useful document, which contains two charts...
Is Law Review Experience Valuable for Helping Law Students Prepare for Practice?
November 2, 2013
Recently, Adam Liptak wrote a piece for the New York Times, which questioned the current system of student-written law reviews. Here are a couple of excerpts for flavor: "These student editors are mostly bright and work hard, but they are young, part-time amateurs who know little about the law or about editing prose. Yet they are in charge of picking the best articles from among many hundreds of submissions written by professors with authentic expertise in fields the students may never have...
November 2, 2013
Recently, Adam Liptak wrote a piece for the New York Times, which questioned the current system of student-written law reviews. Here are a couple of excerpts for flavor: "These student editors are mostly bright and work hard, but they are young, part-time amateurs who know little about the law or about editing prose. Yet they are in charge of picking the best articles from among many hundreds of submissions written by professors with authentic expertise in fields the students may never have...
The Future of Printed Law Reviews
August 4, 2013
Even the most prestigious law reviews may have 2000 or fewer paid subscribers. And with online access, how often do any of us consult a hard copy? Moreover, hard copy printing costs cash-strapped law schools $$. The obvious prediction: within the next few years, almost all law reviews will be online and not in hard copy. The development promises at least two positive consequences. First, the current concern about limiting the number of pages in an issue( for economic reasons) will disappear....
August 4, 2013
Even the most prestigious law reviews may have 2000 or fewer paid subscribers. And with online access, how often do any of us consult a hard copy? Moreover, hard copy printing costs cash-strapped law schools $$. The obvious prediction: within the next few years, almost all law reviews will be online and not in hard copy. The development promises at least two positive consequences. First, the current concern about limiting the number of pages in an issue( for economic reasons) will disappear....
