Scholarly Writing
Characteristics*
- Novel
Say something no one else has said. - Nonobvious
Avoid making an obvious claim. - Utility
Make sure your article has something the reader can take away. - Soundness
Get advice from someone who knows like your professor.
*From Eugene Volokh, Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and Getting on Law Review. 4th ed., 2010.
Read These
Heather Meeker, Stalking the Golden Topic: A guide to locating and selecting topics,1996 Utah L. Rev. 917 (1996)
Eugene Volokh, Writing a Student Article, 48 J. Legal Ed. 247 (1998)
Ruthann Robson, Law Students as Legal Scholars: An essay/review of Scholarly Writing for Law Students and Academic Legal Writing, 7 N.Y. City L. Rev. 195 (2004)
Finding a Topic or Case on Which to Write, BNA (2011) (Powerpoint)
Lexis Tutorial: Starting Your Law Review Note
Guide to Law Review Research (PDF), Westlaw/Thomson Reuters (2010)
Scholarly Writing for Law Students by Call Number: KF250 .F35 2011ISBN: 9780314207203Publication Date: 2011-01-05
Academic legal writing : law review articles, student notes, seminar papers, and getting on law review by Call Number: KF250 .V65 2010ISBN: 1599417502Publication Date: New York, N.Y. : Foundation Press, 2010.
Scholarly Writing by Call Number: KF250 .C528 2010ISBN: 1594606633Publication Date: Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2010.
