Arent' the editors of ABLJ and JLSE our "peers"?  They are business law 
and legal environment professors.  If they aren't our peers, who is?

Rosemary

Rosemary Hartigan
Director, Business and Executive Programs and Collegiate Professor
University of Maryland University College

Alan C. Roline wrote:

>Mary-Kathryn,
>
>This seems to be a recurring problem at many AACSB schools.  Here at UMD I
>have been able to convince the Dean and Chair of the Intellectual
>Contributions Committee that Law Reviews, albeit student-edited, are
>legitimate sources for legal publication and as such should be considered
>the same as "peer reviewed" journals under AACSB standards, at least for our
>business law profs. They would not go so far as to accept other types of
>editorially reviewed publications, however.
>
>Dan Herron and several others have helped me make the case for that in my
>past skirmishes over that issue. I think what also helps is showing them a
>few articles in the various law reviews, and letting them compare that with
>anything published in most "peer reviewed" academic journals in almost any
>discipline.  I would say that the level of such scholarship holds up pretty
>well, by comparison.  It also doesn't hurt to mention that the law school's
>faculty are expected to publish in such law reviews to achieve tenure at
>most any law school.
>
>Just my two-cents worth.
>
>Al
>
>________________________________________________
>Alan C. Roline
>Chair and Associate Professor of Business Law
>Department of Accounting, 125 SBE
>Labovitz School of Business and Economics
>University of Minnesota Duluth
>412 Library Drive
>Duluth, Minnesota 55812
>Phone: (218) 726-8550
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mary-Kathryn Zachary
>Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:28 PM
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>Subject: Re: PRJ/AACSBI Issues
>
>Colleagues,
>
>First, I would like to express appreciation for all the assistance various 
>members of this organization have provided to me with respect to current 
>publication issues at my institution.  I am grateful to be a part of such an
>
>organization.
>
>I have yet another request.  It concerns the question of what are considered
>
>to be "peer reviewed journals" in the context of intellectual contributions,
>
>as opposed to "other intellectual contributions"  for purposes of AACSB 
>accreditation.  Specifically, the question relates to whether or not other 
>schools require that a publication be blind reviewed to be considered a peer
>
>reviewed journal under AACSB standards. Our new Dean defines peer reviewed 
>journals as blind reviewed journals and has stated that other Deans are 
>telling her that this is the way that they are handling the PRJ question as 
>well.  I know that not all schools are defining PRJ in that way, but it 
>would be helpful to know which ones are and which ones are not.  Would those
>
>of you who are at schools dealing with classifying intellectual 
>contributions as PRJ or OIC let me know if your school is limiting the PRJ 
>classification to blind reviewed journals or has a broader definition, for 
>example, one that would include appropriate law reviews and editorially 
>reviewed publications?
>
>One useful part of this experience is that I am acquiring a great deal of 
>material that might be useful to anyone else going through the same thing, 
>although I really wouldn't wish this experience on anyone.  This 
>organization has been a wonderful resource for me, and I will be happy to do
>
>what I can to help anyone else.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Mary-Kathryn Zachary, J. D.
>Professor of Business Administration
>University of West Georgia
>Carrollton, GA  30118
>678-839-4832
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