Laura, as a second year faculty member I would be very interested in your list. Thank you!
Ann Marie Tracey- Xavier University

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From: Laura Hartman <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2004 9:46 pm
Subject: Re: Publication Requirements

> Hi Donna -
>
> The question you ask is so enduring.  I atually recall sending out a
> very similar email when I first went up for tenure a number of years
> ago!  At that time, I was expected by my demaprtment (management) to
> evidence publications in blaw journals (specifically, ablj),
> managementjournals and  traditional law journals.
>
> If you're interested, several colleagues and I have an article
> (not yet
> published) that addresses this exact question and is specifically
> targeted at issues relevant to business law faculty.  Basically, in
> short, we explore publication outlets at schools of equivalent
> competitive calibers in an effort to provide guidance to our
> non-business law department peers and, in the end, create a
> process that
> results in a list of journal outlets arguably equivalent to those in
> which these colleagues publish.  Let me know if you'd like me to
> send it
> along.
>
> Good luck!
> Laura
>
>
>
> Laura P. Hartman
> Assoc. Vice President, Academic Affairs
> Professor of Business Ethics
> DePaul University, 1 E. Jackson Blvd.
> Chicago, IL 60604
> 312/362-6569, fax: 312/362-6822
>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 09/01/04 04:16PM >>>
> Dear ALSBers:
>
>
>
> Ronnie Cohen's inquiry about Department categories for ALSBers has
> given
> me the impetus for another survey of members.  I have a dilemma which
> I'm sure other members have, regarding publication requirements.
>
>
>
> Our business college requires publications in double-blind, peer
> reviewed journals with an acceptance rate of no more than 30%.
> Admittedly, some faculty here publish in journals which do not meet
> those requirements, but that is the standard, and with
> re-accreditation
> pending, it has become very important.  The problem for our kind of
> law
> faculty group is that few law journals meet those standards.  Many are
> editorially reviewed rather than peer-reviewed, and their acceptance
> rates, if calculated, do not necessarily indicate quality in the same
> way that the "percentage of acceptance" rates do for business
> journals.
>
>
>
>
> In addition, the standards of publication requirements are all built
> on
> the premise that one has done a dissertation - something law students
> do
> not do.  So in order to publish,  it is necessary to learn to research
> and write in the various styles for business journals, though that may
> not have been our field of undergraduate study.  Research can also be
> problematic.  The university's business library may be complete, but
> many of our business schools do not have a law library at all.  So one
> must learn to research online, in both legal and business journals,
> and
> to write in the various styles used, more or less on the fly.  All of
> that can be managed, but the possibilities for publication are still
> limited.  They would be much greater if one could publish in legal
> journals which are of similar quality to the desired business
> journals,
> but which operate under a different rating and review system.  We just
> need the information necessary to assure our business schools of the
> quality of the law journals.
>
>
>
> What are the publication requirements at your university or business
> school?  Do your business schools accept publication in legal
> journals?
> If so, what standards are acceptable?  If a majority of business
> schools
> agree on what is acceptable, perhaps with that information, the others
> of us can persuade their schools to accept similar publications.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Donna J. Cunningham, J.D.
>
> Assistant Professor of Management
>
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>
> (229) 249-2606
>