Helping Students Write and Publish

Many of our faculty prepare writing guidelines for student papers. Click on the listed faculty name to view a copy of their student writing guidelines (pdf). Blumm, Mandiberg, J.Miller, Neuman, Steverson, Wold. You may also suggest that your students watch the video on "How to Write a Good Law School Paper" that Dan Rohlf and Jan Neuman made a few years ago. The video is on reserve in the library.

Publishing isn't just for faculty! When you are supervising good student papers in a class, independent research project, or for law review, encourage your students to send the papers out to law reviews or another appopriate forum. You can help students publish in several ways:

(1) by giving plenty of detailed, substantive feedback on both content and style;
(2) by offering to write a cover letter urging publication to go with the paper (or by having the student draft a letter for you to sign);
(3) by working with the student to expand a paper to become a co-authored piece after the paper has been graded for class purposes; or
(4) by recognizing significant contributions by research fellows or research assistants with co-author status.