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So, I'm about 1/3 of the way through my first editing assignment and decided to come up for air and think a little bit about my note. Our first deadline is September 2nd, by which point we are supposed to have selected our note topics. I haven't really figured out what I want to write about yet, since there's nothing in the law I'm interested in enough to write ~50 pages on.

How's this going for anyone else? Has anyone found any really useful resources for figuring out a topic or the process generally? You folks who've already done this, is there anything you'd recommend? Is the Volokh book worth reading?

Our journal only publishes 3 times a year, so only 2-3 cite checks the whole year. It's awesome.

Also, if you'd like help finding a topic, not sure if you know about this -

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/summary/

Scroll down and you can find opinion summaries organized by court or by legal topic.

kalvano wrote:Our journal only publishes 3 times a year, so only 2-3 cite checks the whole year. It's awesome.

I think I hate you a little.

Our first hard deadline for the note is mid-september, but in two weeks we should be able to talk to the note editor about something. I have no clue. Well, I know I'd like to something crim pro or civ pro related, but otherwise I have no idea. It seems impossible to find something that has not already been written about or won't be pre-empted.

By the way, 2-3 publications per year? I'm positive I hate you. We do 6.

Geist13 wrote:Our first hard deadline for the note is mid-september, but in two weeks we should be able to talk to the note editor about something. I have no clue. Well, I know I'd like to something crim pro or civ pro related, but otherwise I have no idea. It seems impossible to find something that has not already been written about or won't be pre-empted.

By the way, 2-3 publications per year? I'm positive I hate you. We do 6.

We do 6 as well. It's the absolute suck.

TTH wrote:Has anyone found any really useful resources for figuring out a topic or the process generally? You folks who've already done this, is there anything you'd recommend?

Faculty are usually happy to help and will have suggestions for note topics.

We have five publications. I've been thinking about a couple of note topics, but I haven't nailed anything down. When is everyone's final draft due?

ndirish2010 wrote:We have five publications. I've been thinking about a couple of note topics, but I haven't nailed anything down. When is everyone's final draft due?

March-ish. I think either right before or right after spring break.

I'll take the lack of activity on this thread as evidence that everyone is struggling as much as I am to figure out a topic.

TTH wrote:

ndirish2010 wrote:We have five publications. I've been thinking about a couple of note topics, but I haven't nailed anything down. When is everyone's final draft due?

March-ish. I think either right before or right after spring break.

Now *I* hate *you*

Final Draft 1/17/2012 (First draft end of October)

(also 6 publications)

nymario wrote:

TTH wrote:

ndirish2010 wrote:We have five publications. I've been thinking about a couple of note topics, but I haven't nailed anything down. When is everyone's final draft due?

March-ish. I think either right before or right after spring break.

Now *I* hate *you*

Final Draft 1/17/2012 (First draft end of October)

(also 6 publications)

LOLOLOLOL Holy Shit. Where do you go to school?

On a secondary, but the first draft of my comment is due 9/12. Have my topic and an outline, but there's too much shit going on right now that I haven't even thought about writing - like, you know, OCI and finding a job.

beach_terror wrote:On a secondary, but the first draft of my comment is due 9/12. Have my topic and an outline, but there's too much shit going on right now that I haven't even thought about writing - like, you know, OCI and finding a job.

We're all jobless anyway. Might as well write a note.

Our note is due 11/28.

So, having picked a case for a casenote is a pretty nice feeling. That seemed the biggest hurdle as I hate open-ended things like that.

My proposal is due Friday. Still really don't have a topic. Have a couple of ideas, but no topic. Gonna be an awesome couple of days.