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RESPECT: What it Means to Me Scholarship. Melissa H. Weresh Professor of Law Drake University Law School. Scholarship: Pros and Cons. Evaluate the following: your “Institutional Reality,” particularly long-term realities the commitment you are ready to make given the immediate benefits
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RESPECT:What it Means to MeScholarship Melissa H. Weresh Professor of Law Drake University Law School
Scholarship: Pros and Cons • Evaluate the following: • your “Institutional Reality,” particularly long-term realities • the commitment you are ready to make given the immediate benefits • the type and quantity of scholarship necessary to earn your duck bill • and, um, whether you actually like to research and write
Scholarship Basics • How many of you are required to produce scholarship? • If so, what are the requirements? • How many of you have actually produced scholarship? If so: • What topic(s) have you addressed? • What types of documents? • Where have you placed these documents?
Topic Selection • Calls for Papers: Benefits • Deadline gets you writing • Likelihood of being published increases • If selected, you avoid having to shop the article • If not selected, you have a finished article to shop • The topic has been focused for you
Calls for Papers (CFPs) • Listservs • LSN Professional Announcements: www.ssrn.com/update/lsn/lsnann/lsn_ann.html • AALS Call for Scholarly Papers: http://aals.org/events_2007scholarly.php
Calls for Papers (CFPs) • Legal Writing Prof Blog (Soonpaa and Liemer): http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legalwriting/2006/05/aals_call_for_p.html • Upcoming Law Symposia: http://www.nku.edu/~chase/faculty_staff/symposia.php • AALS Section Membership
CFPsWebsites for law reviews and journals • Findlaw: • Academic Law Reviews and Journals: http://stu.findlaw.com/journals/ academic journals organized by subject area, includes editorial addresses for many law reviews • Legal Minds Community: http://legalminds.lp.findlaw.com/subjects/ – link on main subject heading for main list. Some subject areas are comprehensive while others have only one link. Many provide subscriptions to topic-related listservs. • USC Law Index of Law-Related E-Journals and Periodicals: http://lawweb.usc.edu/library/resources/journals.html
RESPECT:What it Means to MeScholarship Melissa H. Weresh Professor of Law Drake University Law School