Ethan Katsh (Moderator)
Professor of Legal Studies
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
katsh@legal.umass.edu
Bernard Hibbitts
Associate Dean for Communications and Information Technology and Professor of Law
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Professor Trotter Hardy
William and Mary School of Law
thardy@mail.wm.edu
Ronald Staudt
Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, VP of New Business Development
LEXIS-NEXIS
ronald.staudt@lexis-nexis.com
Bernard Hibbitts' article "Last Writes? Reassessing the Law Review in the Age of Cyberspace" 71 N.Y.U.L. Rev. 615 or at above link, has received considerable attention since it was first published on the Web. Dean Hibbitts begins his essay by suggesting that "The next decade could witness the end of the law review as we know it." How likely is this and what would a different electronic publishing role mean for law students, law faculty, law schools, and legal education? Should we lament (or perhaps celebrate) its passing or should we be working on its reincarnation? Why is change so slow and can the new technologies provide us with new models for legal publishing?