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59 S. C. L. Rev. 175 (2007-2008)
Navigating the Law Review Article Selection Process: An Empirical Study of Those with all the Power - Student Editors

handle is hein.journals/sclr59 and id is 195 raw text is: NAVIGATING THE LAW REVIEW ARTICLE SELECTION PROCESS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THOSE WITH ALL THE POWER-STUDENT EDITORS LEAH M. CHRISTENSEN* JULIE A. OSEID** 1. IN TRODU CTION ......................................................................................... 177 I1. PRIOR RESEARCH ON LAW REVIEW ARTICLE SELECTION ......................... 181 111. THE PRESENT STUD Y ................................................................................ 186 A. Survey Design and Dissemination ..................................................... 186 B . D ata A nalysis .................................................................................... 187 IV . SURVEY R ESULTS ..................................................................................... 188 A . A uthor C redentials ............................................................................ 188 1. Are You Influenced by Where an Author Now Teaches? ............ 188 2. Are You Influenced by Where an Author Graduated from Law School? .................................................... 190 3. Are You Influenced by the Number or Names of the Other Law Reviews Where an Author Has Published? .............. 191 *Assistant Professor of Law, University of St. Thomas School of Law. B.A., University of Chicago; J.D., University of Iowa School of Law. **Assistant Professor of Law, University of St. Thomas School of Law. B.A., University of Minnesota, Duluth; J.D., University of Minnesota Law School. The order in which the authors' names are listed is not intended to suggest a primary and secondary author. We consider each author's contribution equally important and essential. Because one name had to come first, we decided to follow tradition and list them alphabetically. We would like to thank the Legal Writing Institute and scholarship committee for generously funding a portion of this research with a 2007 Summer Research Grant. We give special thanks to Eugene Volokh, Professor of Law at UCLA Law School, for his suggestions and comments on this project. We thank Professor Volokh and Orin Kerr, Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School, for their helpful suggestions on a draft of this Article. We thank Amy Bergquist, former Editor in Chief of the Minnesota Law Review, for her helpful comments and ideas on this project. Amy went so far beyond the call of duty by responding to our repeated questions, while studying for the bar exam, that our debt of gratitude to her will probably never be repaid. We thank Nicholas Loch, Administrative Assistant at the Minnesota Law Review, for his help. We thank Andrea Specht, former editor of the University of St. Thomas Law Journal and former Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Justice Paul H. Anderson, for her helpful comments on the early draft of the survey. We also thank Laura Hammargren, Editor in Chief of the University ofSt. Thomas Law Journal, and Professor Susan McGuigan for their comments on the initial draft of the survey. We thank our wonderful research assistant Casey Smedstad for her work in researching the history of law review article selection. Last, but certainly not least, we thank our excellent research assistant, Matthew Schwandt, for his tireless work in compiling the survey data. We could not have completed this project without his help, and we suspect that graphs, rankings, and editor comments will be swimming through his head for many years to come.

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