>>> Item number 316, dated 93/11/20 08:32:13 -- ALL

Date:         Sat, 20 Nov 1993 08:32:13 CST
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From:         cfcrw@ecnuxa.bitnet
Subject:      Re: styles for submissions to legal journals

           Bob--

           Chris Waldrep has told you about the Harvard Guide to Legal
           Citation, or the Blue Book.  You will want to put your notes
           in that style, because the editors of law journals are law
           students, who have the commitment to form of the newly
           initiated.

           Keep another thing in mind.  Unlike the convention among
           historians, it is customary for legal scholars to submit
           copies of their articles to large numbers of legal journals
           at the same time.  When one decent one accepts, you then
           inform the others that they must speed their decisions if
           they wish to have the article.

           Les Benedict
           benedict.3@osu.edu

>>> Item number 324, dated 93/11/21 15:08:47 -- ALL

Date:         Sun, 21 Nov 1993 15:08:47 -0600
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Subject:      Re: styles for submissions to legal journals

 >           Bob--
 >
 >           Chris Waldrep has told you about the Harvard Guide to Legal
 >           Citation, or the Blue Book.  You will want to put your notes
 >           in that style, because the editors of law journals are law
 >           students, who have the commitment to form of the newly
 >           initiated.

thanks, i have obtained one.

did you see the article in uchicago law review on discarding the blue book in favor of chicago's style? has that caught on at all?

best,
--

• bob pasker, rbp@brown.edu, brown u, dept. of history
• "East is East, and West is San Francisco." -- O. Henry, _A Municipal Report_ [1910] --

>>> Item number 283, dated 93/11/10 08:58:28 -- ALL

Date:         Wed, 10 Nov 1993 08:58:28 CST
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Subject:      styles for submissions to legal journals

i am considering submitting some of my research to legal journals, but i have some questions.

most importantly, will my articles be rejected out of hand because i do not have a law degree?

i use chicago manual of style rather than the format most often seen in legal journals. should i reformat the papers before submitting them or is the formatting process part of the editing cycle as would be with a history journal?

where can i obtain precise style guidelines for legal journals?

other tips or suggestions?

thanks in advance.
--

• bob pasker, rbp@brown.edu, brown u, dept. of history
• "San Francisco has only one drawback. 'Tis hard to leave."
• -- Kipling, 1891. --

Editor's Note:

See *A Uniform System of Citation* published by the Harvard Law Review. AKA "The Blue Book."