HLS Jumps Into The Faculty-Edited Peer-Reviewed Law Journal Pool

While ELS Blog posts debate the comparative merits of faculty- and student-edited law journals, the legal scholarship market continues to move. Perhaps sensing a trend that they wanted to become a part of (or one that they could no longer safely ignore), the Harvard Law School faculty, led by Mark Ramseyer and Steven Shavell, announced the creation (in 2008) of the Journal of Legal Analysis. According to Ramseyer, the Journal will cover "the broader field of law." Ramseyer also notes that “having articles edited by peers is helpful because it draws  on the judgment of scholars in the field.” This is especially so "due to the interdisciplinary nature of the articles that will be published." (The HLS press release is here; Brian Leiter's observations are here; Gordon Smith's here; Larry Solum's here.)