tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764290.post6161915669651444191..comments2024-03-22T08:01:16.236-04:00Comments on Rebecca Tushnet's 43(B)log: I get knocked down: Women publishing law review notesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764290.post-85683607545203993062009-11-28T00:02:29.746-05:002009-11-28T00:02:29.746-05:00Thanks for this story.I think that your advice is ...Thanks for this story.I think that your advice is excellent for the majority of individuals aspiring to publish. Regarding your point on "multiple fora:" I agree, and urge writers to consider giving up on the main journal, and trying another venue.<br /><br />I was rejected by YLJ, but never resubmitted my proposed note and never tried to publish it. I felt that the hoops they were trying to make me jump through were too tiresome to contemplate. My reaction melded an immature arrogance with a justified suspicion of the limitations of the types of scholarship they were likely to accept. <br /><br />I went on to write something in a field (health/bioethics) that is virtually unrepresented on the Yale law faculty, and was lucky enough to get it accepted at the Yale J. of Law & Humanities while I was clerking. That piece inspired some of my later articles in health law, and I probably would not have written it had I put my energies into following the form of a YLJ note. <br /><br />I'd also say that law school can be alienating, and one of the best ways to avoid that experience is to find a good mentor as soon as you can. That process also can lead to many rejections, but I think most thoughtful and dedicated students can find concerned, competent (and sometimes even caring) mentors.Frank Pasqualehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06781189394947342774noreply@blogger.com