The Law and Society Association
and the whole field of law and society research owe an enormous debt of
gratitude to Jeannine
Bell, Susan Sterett,
and Margot Young,
for their work as Editors of Law & Society Review. As incoming Editor, I am grateful to them for
their stewardship of the journal, their generous support of authors and aspiring
authors, and their innovations to the Review, including this blog.
The incoming Editorial Board has begun receiving new
manuscripts as they are submitted. Jon Gould, Robert
Lawless,
Elizabeth Mertz, Jennifer
Robbennolt and Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve have
generously agreed to serve in this role. Together with participation from the Editorial
Advisory Board -- a group deeply appreciated and too numerous to
list here -- these scholars’ contributions
expand the expertise of the journal’s editorial office across disciplines,
methods, theoretical traditions, and regions of the world. Danielle McClellan
continues to steady the ship as the Review’s accomplished Managing Editor, and
Dan Frumer joins as Editorial Assistant. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
and Department
of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
have stepped up to provide a supportive institutional home for the journal’s
work.
This year, the Review is on track to receive more
submissions than ever. That’s exciting
evidence of the vitality of our field and of growing participation from
scholars across the academy and around the world.
In a recent post
here, Susan Sterett offers advice for prospective authors. A fundamental part
of her message echoes a famous motto from sports marketing: “Just…” -- you probably know how it goes. This advice is
spot on. It’s a great post, with some fantastic suggestions and resources.
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be offering more ideas and
tools for authors. We look forward to learning from your work, supporting its
development, and to amplifying its reach.