Congratulations! You’re now a member of the University of Cincinnati Law Review, Human Rights Quarterly, Immigration & Nationality Law Review, Freedom Center Journal, or The Intellectual Property & Computer Law Journal. As a member of one of these publications, you may need to write an article, pull sources, and/or cite check. This guide is intended to introduce you to the many ways that the Library can help you accomplish these things successfully!
The following books and articles can help you figure out just how to write that scholarly article:
Richard Delgado, How to Write a Law Review Article, 20 U.S.F. L. Rev. 445 (1985).
The author wrote this article to explain in simple fashion some rules, conventions, and shortcuts he learned over the years as a legal writer. He explains the various steps one ought to consider in writing a law review article, the types and genres of such articles, and a few tips having to do with submission and marketing of one's work.
Matthew A. Edwards, Teaching Foreign LLM Students About Legal Scholarship, 51 J. LEGAL EDUC. 520 (2001).
Discusses the purpose and form of law review articles.
7 N.Y. CITY L. REV. 195 (2004).
Looks at the Falk and Volokh books.
Eugene Volokh, Writing a Student Article, 48 J. LEGAL EDUC. 247 (1998).
The original piece that his book expands on.
For some background information on narratives, storytelling, and outsider scholarship (be sure and check with your editors or instructor regarding these styles of writing) try these:
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