Writing & Publishing Resources

• Steven W. Bender, The Value of Online Law Review Supplements for Junior and Senior Faculty, TOURO L. REV., 33 (2107). Available here.
• Erwin Chemerinksy, Why Write? 107 MICH. L. REV. 881 (2008-2009). Available here. 
• Richard Delgado, How to Write a Law Review Article, 20 U.S.F. L. REV. 445 (1985). Available here.  
• Mary Dudziak, How (Not to) Write an Abstract, Legal History Blog, Oct. 23, 2007. Available here.  
• Sizzle on the Steak: How To Sell a Law Review Article. Available here.
• Sonia Katyal, Encouraging Engaged Scholarship: Perspectives from an Associate Dean for Research (January 6, 2015). TOURO L. REV. Available here.  
• Nancy Levit, Scholarship Advice for New Law Professors in the Electronic Age, 16 WIDENER L.J. 947 (2007). Available here.  
• Katerina Linos & Melissa Carlson, Qualitative Methods for Law Review Writing, 84 U. CHI. L. REV. 213 (2017). Available here. 
• Cass Susntein, In Praise Of Law Books and Law Reviews (and Jargon-Filled Academic Writing), MICH. L. REV. 114, 833 (2015). Available here. 
• Eugene Volokh, Writing an Abstract for a Law Review Article, Volokh Conspiracy, Feb. 8, 2010. Available here. 
• Eugene Volokh, Academic Legal Writing (2016). Available here.

• Mary Garvey Algero, Long Live the Student-Edited Law Review, Touro L. Rev., 33 (2017). Available here.
• Leah Christensen and Julie Oseid, Navigating the Law Review Article Selection Process: An Empirical Study of Those with all the Power - Student Editors, 59 S. C. L. REV. 175 (2007-2008). Available here.
• Michael Higdon, Beyond the Metatheoretical: Implicit Bias in Law Review Article Selection, 51 WAKE FOREST L. REV. 339 (2016). Available here.
• Jordan Leibman and James White, How the Student-Edited Law Journals Make Their Publication Decisions, 39 J. LEGAL EDUC. 387 (1989). Available here.
• Nancy Levit and Allen K. Rostron, Information for Submitting Articles to Law Reviews & Journals (July 15, 2022). Available here.
• Thomas W. Merrill, The Digital Revolution and the Future of Law Reviews. Available here. 
• Jason Nance and Dylan Steinberg, The Law Review Article Selection Process: Results from a National Survey, 71 ALB. L. REV. 565 (2008). Available here.
• Eric Segall, The Law Review Follies, 50 LOY. U. CHI. L.J. 385 (2018-2019). Available here.
• Annual Scholastica Law Review Submissions Insights. Available here. 
• Optimizing Law Review Submissions (Advice From An Executive Articles Editor). Available here.

• Publication Considerations
• Sample Publishing Agreement
• AALS Guidelines and Sample Agreement (1998)

Below are examples of actual publication agreements to give you a sense of what to expect:

• Iowa Law Review Publication Agreement (2019)
• UCLA Law Review Publication Agreement (2009)
• Yale Law Journal Publication Agreement (2007)

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