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82 Minn. L. Rev. 1261 (1997-1998)
Why Student-Run Law Reviews

handle is hein.journals/mnlr82 and id is 1271 raw text is: Why Student-Run Law Reviews?

James W. Harper*
I.  A Brief History .................................................................. 1263
11. Modem      Trends .................................................................. 1265
A. The Blooming of Reviews and Specialty Journals ... 1265
B. Doctrinal vs. Nondoctrinal Writing ........................... 1266
H. Commonality and Uniqueness Among
Student-Run Law Reviews ............................................... 1267
A. The Mania for Footnotes ............................................ 1268
B. Editing by Manual ...................................................... 1269
C. Students Editing ProfessorsT ................................... 1270
IV. Purposes ............................................................................ 1271
A. Teaching Students ...................................................... 1272
B. Distinguishing Among Students ............................... 1274
C. Doing the Work of Faculty ......................................... 1274
D. Giving Faculty a Place to Publish ............................. 1275
E. Boosting the School Within and Without ................. 1276
F. Developing the Law .................................................... 1277
G. Keeping the Law Understandable ............................ 1279
V. Putting Our Purposes into Print ..................................... 1283
A. In Selecting Articles ................................................... 1283
B. In Editing .................................................................... 1284
C. In Managing ............................................................... 1288
VI. Reforming The Law Reviews ........................................... 1289
A. The Editorial Seminar Model .................................... 1289
B. The Faculty Symposium            Model ................................. 1290
C. The Specialty Journal Model ..................................... 1292
D. The Reformed Student Control Model ...................... 1293
E. The Faculty-Run Law Review ................................... 1293
Conclusion ................................................................................ 1294

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* Counsel, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law,
Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives. B-A 1990, Uni-
versity of California, Santa Barbara; J.D. 1994, Hastings College of the Law.

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