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"A world wide collaborative of over 800 leading scholars [SSRN] is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research. It is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences" including the Legal Scholarship Network." Each of SSRN's networks encourages the early distribution of research results by reviewing and distributing submitted abstracts and by soliciting abstracts of top quality research papers around the world. The Networks encourage readers to communicate directly with other subscribers concerning their own and other's research."
University of Michigan Law School Working Paper series within the Legal Scholarship Network on SSRN include:
Submitting and downloading papers on SSRN is free. For information on how to submit your papers to SSRN visit their
FAQ or contact Jessica Hanes at
hanesjl@umich.edu for assistance.
E-mail your paper directly to
facpubupdates@umich.edu and they will submit or revise the paper for you.
Bepress offers another place to publish your work online. Previously published under the auspices of the University of Michigan's John M. Olin Center for Law and Economics, working papers are now published under the title: Program in Law and Economics.
For more information on the Program in Law and Economics, please visit the
webpage. For information on how to submit your papers to Bepress, contact Jessica Hanes at
hanesjl@umich.edu.
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For more information on using ExpressO for your law review submission visit their
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