Danny Sokol asks the trenchant question of whether, given it's impressive student numbers and faculty productivity, you'd publish an article in the UC Irvine Law Review. It's an interesting topic, but still a couple years off. Meanwhile, the moment has arrived for the first issue of the Drexel Law Review. In addition to several engaging articles, there are a pair of remarkably strong student notes. Lindsay Wagner's piece on sex offender residency restrictions is a highly thoughtful framing of this issue. And I would be truly derelict if I didn't highlight Mary Mitchell's impressive piece on the social shaping of inventiveness requirements in antebellum patent law.
And everyone will enjoy the very cool graphics of the virtual law review version which allows you to turn law review pages at the click of a mouse!
Dan–thanks for this. Mitchell's piece is particularly interesting to me–always glad to see that people are linking law with culture in the years leading into Civil War. But you didn't mention Judge Pollak's article on ranking. Given this week's US News craze, I think it may deserve a post of its own. I've thought for a long time (as I think have a number of people) that schools should be put into tiers (as Judge Pollak does), rather than rank-ordered 1 to …. whatever. I think the groups her presents in the appendix to his article make a lot of sense.
One suggestion on how a new journal might build "goodwill" with potential authors: acknowledge receipt of manuscripts and give timely feedback on the review status. (Hint.)