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BNA for Law Review Selecting Topics for Writing Notes and Comments. About BNA. Independent publisher of more than 300 print and electronic news, analysis and references services.
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BNA for Law ReviewSelecting Topics for Writing Notes and Comments
About BNA • Independent publisher of more than 300 print and electronic news, analysis and references services. • Intensive coverage of legal, legislative, regulatory, economic and international developments on a wide range of topics. • Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with reporters covering Capitol Hill and the world for over 75 years. • Publications include the highly respected United States Law Week.
Finding a Topic • Your topic should be timely and unique. • The topic should allow you to demonstrate your analytical, legal and writing skills. • The biggest challenge is finding a topic.
Why Use BNA • BNA provides unbiased reporting and analysis on legislative activity, cases and legal trends. • BNA’s coverage of hot topics will save you time by providing you with the resources you need to find a information on breaking news and current topic on which others have not yet written.
BNA’s Current Reports • “Hot Topics” includes “Editor Pics” and “My Pics” • Insights provide articles written by expert practitioners. • From the Editors includes in-depth research and analysis on body of law. • Over 200 reports to select from on specialized practice areas such as Intellectual Property, Health Law, Labor & Employment and more. • Includes United States Law Week, which covers all areas of the law.
Using United States Law Weekto Identify Hot Topics • Hot Topics • Editors Pics • My Pics • Insights • Circuit Splits • From the Editors • Core Sections • Case Alert • Legal News • Supreme Court Today
Advanced Search: A field search can be used to limit results by topic.
Print or download results by selecting the box next to the title of an article.
Use a key word search to retrieve all articles discussing circuit splits on a particular topic.
Other BNA Resources • In addition to United States Law Week, there are many other BNA publications which will be useful in your topic selection. • Most of these are updated daily or weekly.
Accessing BNA • Your law school may subscribe to many of the illustrated BNA publications. • Check with your library if you do not know how to access BNA at your school.