Self-Publication on the Internet and the Future of Law Reviews

This essay presents a different vision of the future. Part I explains why law reviews might continue to exist even after self-publication on the Internet becomes the norm. It suggests that law reviews could still perform many of the functions they currently perform, even it they get out of the business of publishing. Part II then argues that law schools should favor the continued existence of law reviews.

It explains that law reviews stimulate and enrich the students who volunteer to serve on them, and that developments on the Internet will make the law review experience even more valuable. Part III then states a brief conclusion.