#lawreviews — Public Fediverse posts

It's law review submission season. Did you know that @ScholasticaLawReviews is here in the fedi, posting journal openings?

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My lunchtime reading for today: @nicholson et al. on star footnotes: https://www.stanfordlawreview.org/print/article/hierarchy-race-and-gender-in-legal-scholarly-networks/

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One specific question: I know at least some people in the crowd are interested in submitting this fall. What's the current thinking on the "fall" cycle? Specifically: When does it start? Should you submit at the start? That kind of thing.

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I've agreed to speak on a panel about playing the law review placement game.*

The panel is aimed, at least in part, towards newer scholars and people who may have been away from scholarship for a while.

So, friends, do you have any out-of-the-box or less obvious tips or insights I can share?

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*To be clear: This for people who -want- to play the game. Let's save our discussions about opting out of the game or changing the game for another thread.

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@jmadelman wishing i could quote retweet to point out how useful these essays are for #lawprofs and #lawreviews.

How the Law Review Grind Makes Legal Scholarship Worse Legal intellectuals have been complaining about law reviews for decades. Famed federal appeals court Judge Richard Posner wrote about the “ignorance, immaturity, inexperience, and inadequate incentives” of law reviews back in the mid-90s. Perhaps that’s why a 2007 analysis by San Diego Law Professor Thomas Smith suggested that about 40 percent of all law review publications have not been cited once…” https://www.bespacific.com/how-the-law-review-grind-makes-legal-scholarship-worse/ #LawReviews

Hello Lawprofs! As you probably know, hashtags are important for discovering content on Mastodon, which doesn't have full-text search by default. Here are a few you might find useful:

#papers - plug your new paper/book or flag someone else's

#conferences - announce upcoming conferences or workshops

#cfp - calls for papers

#hiring - announce or flag job openings

#teaching - discussions of classroom technique or materials

#lawreviews - discussions of the submission process and related topics