Hope everyone has a great holiday season!!
    Two issues that seem to raised annually have to do with the "what's my
title" or "to be a doctor or not to be a doctor" and the question regarding
the ranking of law journals and evidence thereof.
    With regard to the journal rankings, I came across some information which
may or may not be helpful.  As an alumnus of Widener University School of
Law, I periodically receive the alumni magazine.  The most recent is the
fall/winter 1999-2000 (volume 7, number 1) edition which contained the
following news "blurb":
        DELAWARE JOURNAL OF CORPORATE LAW RANKED 18TH       IN SURVEY
        The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law was ranked 18th in        a
survey of 284 specialized journals based upon the       prestige of the
authors who chose to publish their articles.        An article in the Florida
State University Law Review details         the research conducted by
Professors Tracey E. George         and Chris Guthrie of the University of
Missouri-Columbia       School of Law.  The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law
        was ranked ahead of those published by Harvard, Yale,       Columbia,
Georgetown, George Washington, Villanova and        Temple...
(For those whose e-mail gets a bit scrambled and can't see the indenting as I
sent it, the above paragraph is a direct quote from the "blurb" and no
citations were given.)
    The article then goes on to mention the ranking of the publication issued
from the Harrisburg campus.
    I have not seen the article so I cannot comment on its research methods
or accuracy however, it may be of help to those of you facing a justification
of your publications problem.
    A thought...Proud as I am of my school, given a choice of publishing at
Harvard, Yale or Columbia..., I'm not sure this (or any) article would
justify passing up such an opportunity.   I wonder how a Business School Dean
would feel about someone passing up Harvard for Widener.
--Mike Katz