Submission Guidelines
We are looking for law professors and law students to write short (500-1500 words) pieces covering books published recently on a variety of legal issues.
We chose two words to summarize what we're looking for in a book review: reactions and recommendations. The goal of this project is to learn about what legal scholars are reading and why; the focus is therefore less on criticism or scholarly analysis, and more on insight and opinion. While we do exercise enough editorial control to make sure that high-quality reviews are being published, our goal is to cover as many books as possible, so please do not hesitate to reach out to us.
Any book under the broad heading of law, including interdisciplinary works, is potentially eligible. If you are a law professor and have recently published a book yourself, we strongly encourage you to find a colleague who has read the book to write a brief response piece. We are currently working on assembling a list of suggested titles for guidance, but the list will by no means be exclusive.
How to submit:
If you are interested in submitting a review to TLR: Dicta, please send an email with your CV, the book you'd like to review, and a brief overview of your planned approach to seealso - at - texaslrev.com.
Commentary on Recent Books for Legal Scholars
Texas Law Review is launching a new project in the next couple months to fill a underserved need in the legal scholarship community: reviews and reactions to recent books published on various legal and interdisciplinary topics. This void was noted in a recent essay in Texas Law Review (Sanford Levinson, The Vanishing Book Review in Student-Edited Law Reviews and Potential Responses, 87 Texas L. Rev.1205 (2009)) and has since been observed in a number of notable legal blogs (such as Brian Leiter's Law School Reports, TaxProf Blog, and PrawfsBlawg).
TLR: Dicta, at its simplest, is a place for law professors (and law students) to share their thoughts, reactions, and recommendations on books they have recently read. The site will feature short and accessible pieces covering any and all recently published books that are of interest to the legal academy. As this project, which will launch in the next couple months once an initial set of reviews is ready, hopefully grows into a significant collection of opinions, readers will be able to take advantage of useful organizational features like tagging by subject matter, advanced searching, and so on.
This project, launched by the Texas Law Review with the guidance of faculty advisors, is for the benefit of the legal scholarship community; therefore, we eagerly welcome your thoughts and suggestions as this project expands. Feel free to contact our Online Content Editor through our contact form, or via email at seealso - at - texaslrev.com.
Faculty Advisory Board
Sanford Levinson (U. Texas)
Mitchell Berman (U. Texas)
Brian Leiter (U. Chicago)
