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Journal Staff Legal Research Guide: Home

This guide is designed to assist law journal staff through the process of selecting topics, writing, editing and cite checking law review articles.

Introduction to Law Journal Staff Work

Overview of Law Journal Staff Work

2Ls have two main tasks as members of a law journal staff. They cite-check and edit articles that are being published by the law journal, and they typically write a note or comment of publishable quality.

3Ls fill the senior editorial staff positions. They are responsible for reviewing and selecting articles for publication, managing the editing process, and assisting the 2Ls in writing notes and comments.

This Journal Staff Research Guide is intended to assist all law journal members while writing and editing.

Table of Contents

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  • Overview of Law Journal Staff Work
  • Table of Contents
  • Contact Us

Getting Started--Topics

Preemption Check

Locating and Borrowing Reference Materials

  • What's In the Law Library
  • Links for Looking Beyond the Law Library to Find Reference Materials

Cite and Source Tools and Tips

  • Links to Resources for Cite and Source Work
  • Overview of Cite and Source Work

Tools for Writing and Editing an Article

  • Books about Academic Writing
  • Articles about Writing a Note or Comment
  • Books about Usage, Style and Editing of Legal Writing

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