Forum on The Law Review Article Selection Process

Empirical Legal Studies hosts a wonderful forum on the new paper, The Law Review Article Selection Process: Results from a National Study, which I blogged in May.  The authors are Jason Nance and Dylan Steinberg, 2006 graduates of Penn Law School where they served as articles editors on the law review. From the Introduction by ELS's Bill Henderson (Indiana):

Over the next couple of weeks, the law journal submission season will enter full swing. Because there are only a limited number of publication slots at elite law journals—and there is a perception, if not a reality, that a strong placement affects pay, promotion, and lateral offers—this positional competition creates severe angst among law professors that often ends in disappointment. To help elucidate the inner-workings of this process, the ELS Blog will be hosting a forum [on the Nance & Steinberg paper]:

• Post #1:  Opening the Black Box of Law Review Selection, by Bill Henderson
• Post #2:  Some Context from the Authors, by Dylan Steinberg (J.D. 2006, Penn)
• Post #3:  Methodological Matters, by Chris Zorn (South Carolina)
• Post #4:  What is Right About Student-Edited Law Journals?, by Bill Henderson
• Post #5:  A Note on the Irony of Faculty Critiques of Student-Edited Law Reviews, by Ben Barton (Tennessee)
• Post #6:  Moving From Anecdote to Data, by Christine Hurt (Illinois)
• Post #7:  Thoughts on Author Credentials, by Ahmed Taha (Wake Forest)
• Post #8:  A Few Concluding Thoughts, by Dylan Steinberg
• Post #9:  Concluding Remarks, by Jason Nance (J.D. 2006, Penn)
• Post #10:  Conclusion, by Bill Henderson