LawprofblawgDec 14, 2022

I suppose it is possible to criticize the law review system without "punching down at students."

However, if I'm criticizing elite law reviews for looking at author data to make selections and I'm first-gen from a low SES, which one of us is "punching down?"

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Show threadChris Edwards
@lawprofblawg @cyberdean07 the system is designed to reward mediocrity. When selecting articles, we were told to consider the prestige of the author’s prior publications. That has two problems: it keeps “others” out, but it also allows an author to write junk and have it published, since they’ve had a few high-profile pubs in the past
Dec 14, 2022 at 4:50amToot!