Chase Law Faculty - Support For Research & Scholarship

Law Review Rankings

The law review rankings are widely debated and the major factors for evaluating law reviews include: frequency of citation, prominance of the author, and the prestige of the law school. The following resources will help you decide where to submit your article:

Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid distribution and sharing of research.  SSRN allows a scholar to quickly post and share research worldwide long before the paper if officially published.

Legal Scholarship is one of the fileds of scholarship and the resource can be used to:

•    Conduct a preemptive search to see if there is a new working paper on your topic>

•    Upload and share your new working paper.

•    Subscribe to eJournals and receive email notices of new research

Contact:  Tobe Liebert if you want a quick overview of the resource and/or you wish assistance in posting an article. 

Scholastica, a multidisciplinary open access journal submission tool.  Scholastica is now the most common way for law professors to submit articles to law reviews.
Contact:  The law school has an institutional account.  Contact Tobe Liebert if you need assistance with getting a password or submitting an article.