Law Students, where can I find a "hot' legal topic to write about? Forum

[Mark Aldridge]

I am going to write a law article. Where do I look for some "hot" legal topics?

[cavalier1138]

Please search, "hot legal topic" on Google and screenshot the results for us.

[Mark Aldridge]

Please search, "hot legal topic" on Google and screenshot the results for us.

It is not getting me very good results. Do you have any specific resources you would use, besides search engines?

[cavalier1138]

Please search, "hot legal topic" on Google and screenshot the results for us.

It is not getting me very good results. Do you have any specific resources you would use, besides search engines?

What about the picture results?

Have you tried "hot xxx legal topic"? Or "hot barely legal topic"?

[Mark Aldridge]

Please search, "hot legal topic" on Google and screenshot the results for us.

It is not getting me very good results. Do you have any specific resources you would use, besides search engines?

What about the picture results?

Have you tried "hot xxx legal topic"? Or "hot barely legal topic"?

Are these threads on top law schools?

[A. Nony Mouse]

Why would you write a law article if you have no ideas for a topic?

[IsThisForReal]

Why would you write a law article if you have no ideas for a topic?

Our journal requires it I think. So I will be in this same situation soon enough.

[A. Nony Mouse]

Why would you write a law article if you have no ideas for a topic?

Our journal requires it I think. So I will be in this same situation soon enough.

But the OP is a 0L.

[Mark Aldridge]

Why would you write a law article if you have no ideas for a topic?

To put it on my resume and make me look interested in the law. Maybe I can make some connections that way when people see my name in print. I am interested in the law in general I just would like to hone down on a topic.

Do you have any suggestions for resources for cutting edge legal issues and topics?

[Mark Aldridge]

Why would you write a law article if you have no ideas for a topic?

Our journal requires it I think. So I will be in this same situation soon enough.

Looks like we are in the same boat! Do you know what you are going to write about?

[IsThisForReal]

Why would you write a law article if you have no ideas for a topic?

Our journal requires it I think. So I will be in this same situation soon enough.

But the OP is a 0L.

Oh. That's dumb. OP, you're trying to hard. Take a vacay

[A. Nony Mouse]

Why would you write a law article if you have no ideas for a topic?

To put it on my resume and make me look interested in the law. Maybe I can make some connections that way when people see my name in print. I am interested in the law in general I just would like to hone down on a topic.

Do you have any suggestions for resources for cutting edge legal issues and topics?

Where do you want to publish it? How do you expect to have anything useful to say on a legal topic yet?

[Mark Aldridge]

Why would you write a law article if you have no ideas for a topic?

Our journal requires it I think. So I will be in this same situation soon enough.

But the OP is a 0L.

Oh. That's dumb. OP, you're trying to hard. Take a vacay

I am actually on vacay right now! That's why I have some time to write my article. Any ideas of where to look for topics?

[Mark Aldridge]

Why would you write a law article if you have no ideas for a topic?

To put it on my resume and make me look interested in the law. Maybe I can make some connections that way when people see my name in print. I am interested in the law in general I just would like to hone down on a topic.

Do you have any suggestions for resources for cutting edge legal issues and topics?

Where do you want to publish it? How do you expect to have anything useful to say on a legal topic yet?

I'm going to publish it with a real lawyer - that's my "in." We'll be co-authors. I want to publish it in a trade journal or maybe on an on-line publication.

As for how I'll have anything useful to say, I find it hard to believe any lawyers have anything useful to say off the bat. They, like me, will have to research their articles first and revise and conform their initial thoughts and hypotheses to how their issue is treated by courts.

[IsThisForReal]

Why would you write a law article if you have no ideas for a topic?

Our journal requires it I think. So I will be in this same situation soon enough.

But the OP is a 0L.

Oh. That's dumb. OP, you're trying to hard. Take a vacay

I am actually on vacay right now! That's why I have some time to write my article. Any ideas of where to look for topics?

Go read a book that has nothing to do with law. Trust me

[browniestasty]

If you can make it happen with less than (arbitrarily decided) 5 hours of work... sure.

Otherwise you're better off studying for the LSAT.

[Mark Aldridge]

If you can make it happen with less than (arbitrarily decided) 5 hours of work... sure.

Otherwise you're better off studying for the LSAT.

I can make it happen.

Any ideas of resources to find cutting edge legal topics?

[cavalier1138]

Are we still treating this seriously?

[Mark Aldridge]

Are we still treating this seriously?

Yes I am serious about it. There are a lot of naysayers on this board though that's for sure.

So do you have any good ideas for resources I could turn to or not?

[IsThisForReal]

Knock yourself out

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... s#p8438209

[Mark Aldridge]

Knock yourself out

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... s#p8438209

Thanks!

[Eee666]

Seconding the advice to search for "barely legal" topics. A lot of legal scholarship is concerned with liminality - that is, given that we must draw a categorical distinction somewhere on a gradient of conduct/consequences/whatever, where do we choose to draw that line, and, more importantly, why? For you in particular OP, a relatively straightforward and highly publishable exercise would be to explain why some conduct is "barely legal", and explore the different ways the legal system has arrived at that point (or, why other systems have chosen to draw the line elsewhere, necessitating an exploration of what's "barely legal" in those jurisdictions too.)

[Mark Aldridge]

Seconding the advice to search for "barely legal" topics. A lot of legal scholarship is concerned with liminality - that is, given that we must draw a categorical distinction somewhere on a gradient of conduct/consequences/whatever, where do we choose to draw that line, and, more importantly, why? For you in particular OP, a relatively straightforward and highly publishable exercise would be to explain why some conduct is "barely legal", and explore the different ways the legal system has arrived at that point (or, why other systems have chosen to draw the line elsewhere, necessitating an exploration of what's "barely legal" in those jurisdictions too.)

I have no idea what thought you are trying to convey

[Mark Aldridge]

Knock yourself out

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... s#p8438209

this was not helpful

[IsThisForReal]

Knock yourself out

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... s#p8438209

this was not helpful

Then you're an idiot who needs to stop wasting peoples time