The Harvard Journal of the Legal Left is a new law journal, one that's published online. (You download the articles (in .pdf format) from the website.) The only other online law journal that I'm aware of (though I'm sure there are others) is the Boalt Journal of Criminal Law.
I think the phenomenon of online law journals is kind of interesting. The elimination of printing costs removes a barrier to entry, and obviously, with the name "Harvard" behind it, a law journal might be able to develop a following quickly. Publication lag time is reduced greatly; I noticed that the BJCL is seeking submissions for the spring 2005 issue right now, with anticipated publication in May or June 2005. That beats the traditional bound journals; the article I had accepted last fall is due to come up in a couple of weeks, which is a lag time of about nine months! On the other hand, the tactile feeling provided by a hard copy, not to mention the sort of established view of traditional journals, may not be easily overcome.
See Asian Pacific Law and Policy Journal of the University of Hawaii.
Posted by: | April 20, 2005 at 09:29 PM
Check out the metatags in the code. I think they left in one they shouldn't have. ;)
Posted by: A. Rickey | April 21, 2005 at 09:14 AM
LOL! Someone should tell them! Maybe they stole the template from a septic service? Or a diaper service?
Posted by: Stefanie | April 21, 2005 at 10:52 AM
... Not to mention professors don't get those oh-so-neat offprints to spread around to tenure committees and other faculty.
... and of course, any information from the journals would be inherently lacking in value, at least according to Mr. DeLay.
Posted by: Kyle K. | April 22, 2005 at 04:35 PM
The University of Southern California Law School just launched the entirely online Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy, in tandem with the philosophy department. More philosophy than law, although the editor is a law school professor.
Posted by: TigerHawk | April 23, 2005 at 05:08 AM
Interesting, to see where this one will go. Seems like the first issue is more like a collection of essays and memoirs. Not that that's bad or anything, but what westlaw/lexis search terms will people use to locate them? Oh, and, I think everyone has unpleasant experiences in law school, not just lefties (at least I hope not).
Posted by: class of 2002 | April 23, 2005 at 11:49 AM
UCLA Journal of Law and Technology.
Posted by: The Angry Clam | April 24, 2005 at 11:44 AM