1. PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW Part 6: Secondary Legal Sources: Legal Periodicals

2. TYPES OF SECONDARY LEGAL SOURCES
Lawbooks for the General Public
Lawbooks for Law Students
Treatises
Restatements of the Law
Comprehensive Legal Encyclopedias
Legal Periodicals
There are several TYPES OF SECONDARY LEGAL SOURCES
Lawbooks for the General Public
Lawbooks for Law Students
Treatises
Restatements of the Law
Comprehensive Legal Encyclopedias
Legal Periodicals
We will discuss each of these types of secondary legal resources individually

3. LEGAL PERIODICALS
There are a number of legal periodicals. This is often a good place to begin doing research on an aspect of the law.
Periodical articles often cite the primary sources of law: statutes and court cases that can be used to analyze a legal problem
There are several different kinds of legal periodicals.
There are a number of legal periodicals. This is often a good place to begin doing research on an aspect of the law.
Periodical articles often cite the primary sources of law: statutes and court cases that can be used to analyze a legal problem
There are several different kinds of legal periodicals.

4. 3 Kinds of Legal Periodicals
Law Review
Bar Journals
Legal Newspapers

5. KINDS OF PERIODICALS: LAW REVIEW
Every law school publishes at least one academic law review
There could be as many as 570 academic law reviews
Law review articles can be written by students, supreme court justices to law professors.
Most articles tend to be written by law professors
Great variation in the quality of articles in journals because edited by law students
Finding a law review article on your topic can be valuable in two ways:
Most are well written and provide a great deal of background information
Well researched, provide a wealth of footnotes to primary sources
KINDS OF PERIODICALS: LAW REVIEW
Every law school publishes at least one academic law review
There could be as many as 570 academic law reviews
Law review articles can be written by students, supreme court justices to law professors.
Most articles tend to be written by law professors
Great variation in the quality of articles in journals because edited by law students
Finding a law review article on your topic can be valuable in two ways:
Most are well written and provide a great deal of background information
Well researched, provide a wealth of footnotes to primary sources

6. Example of a law review journal
Oklahoma Law Review
Example of a law review journal
Oklahoma Law Review
Published quarterly since 1948 under the auspices of the University of Oklahoma College of Law, the Oklahoma Law Review gives expression to legal scholarship and serves the profession and the public with timely discussion of legal problems. Student editors and staff members publish the Oklahoma Law Review with the advice of members of the faculty. It contains leading article written by members of the bar and bench as well as law professors. The Review also publishes student notes and comments, recent case developments, and book reviews.
Other Law Review Journals:
Texas Law Review is published by the University of Texas School of Law.

7. KINDS OF LEGAL PERIODICALS
Bar Journals
These periodicals are published mainly for practicing lawyers.
One of the main publishers of this type of legal periodical is the American Bar Association.
Also state bar associations publish magazines.
These are also called commercial publications
The second kind of Legal Periodical is called a Bar Journal
These periodicals are published mainly for practicing lawyers.
One of the main publishers of this type of legal periodical is the American Bar Association.
Also state bar associations publish magazines.
These are also called commercial publications

8. Some Bar Journals Texas Bar Journal Oklahoma Bar Journal
Oklahoma Bar Journal
Examples of Bar Journals are : The Texas Bar Journal
Oklahoma Bar Journal

9. Some Other Bar Journals
ABA Journal (American Bar Association)
Arizona Attorney
Arkansas Lawyer Magazine
California Bar Journal
Connecticut Lawyer
Criminal Justice
Georgia Bar Journal
Human Rights
Illinois Bar Journal
Iowa Lawyer
The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association
Louisiana Bar Journal
Michigan Bar Journal
(New Mexico) Bar Bulletin
New York State Bar Association Journal
Student Lawyer

10. KINDS OF LEGAL PERIODICALS
Legal Newspapers
These periodicals are also mainly published for practicing lawyers, and many of them cover local, or regional legal news. However, the National Law Journal covers legal developments for the entire nation
A third kind of Legal periodicals is a Legal Newspaper
These periodicals are also mainly published for practicing lawyers, and many of them cover local, or regional legal news. However, the National Law Journal covers legal developments for the entire nation

11. National Law Journal

12. WHERE TO FIND THE NAMES OF LEGAL PERIODICALS
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory 2011
The multivolume set contains listings on over 223,430 serials in paper format, electronic and on CD-ROM, published throughout the world, and they are classified in this set by 901 subject headings.
Most legal periodicals appear in volume 2 under law. There are over 7000 periodicals on law in this directory.
WHERE do you go TO FIND THE NAMES OF LEGAL PERIODICALS?
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory 2009
The multivolume set contains listings on over 218,290 serials in paper format, electronic and on CD-ROM, published throughout the world, and they are classified in this set by 906 subject headings.
Most legal periodicals appear in volume 2 under law. There are over 7000 periodicals on law in this directory.

13. WHERE TO FIND THE NAMES OF LEGAL PERIODICALS
Findlaw for Students: Academic Law Reviews and Journals
Lists law reviews and journals by legal topic.

14. WHERE TO FIND THE NAMES OF LEGAL PERIODICALS
WashLaw: Law Journals Index
An alphabetical list by title of Law review journals. This list has been compiled by Washburn University School of Law at Topeka, Kansas.

15. WHERE TO FIND THE NAMES OF LEGAL PERIODICALS
Jurist: Law Reviews
Law Reviews is JURIST's directory of legal journals based at ABA-accredited law schools.

16. WHERE TO FIND THE NAMES OF LEGAL PERIODICALS
Law Journals: Submissions and Ranking
This page is maintained by Washington and Lee Univeristy School of Law and ranks the law journals.

17. WHERE TO FIND THE NAMES OF LEGAL PERIODICALS
Other Law Journal listing sites can be found on the Research Guide are:
American Law Sources Online: United States--Law Reviews and Periodicals
Law Library of Congress: Law Reviews Online
NexisLexis Directory of Law Reviews

18. Now you are done with part 6!