AULR's "My Favorite Law Review Article"

The following comes to us from one of our devoted readers (and fellow business law blogger), Walter Effross. He writes to inform us about a new initiative that he suggested to the American University Law Review, in which faculty, practitioners, judges, regulators, and others discuss "My Favorite Law Review Article." The inaugural video (in which Walter recommends an Elizabeth Warren article) is here.

The guidelines for submissions are as follows:

1. Select the law review article that you wish to discuss. (Please choose an article that you did not write or co-author.)
2. All forms of video recording (Zoom, Photo Booth, phone camera, etc.) are acceptable; our team will edit appropriately.
3. Please try to keep your review between five and seven minutes long.
4. At the beginning of the video, please introduce (1) yourself and (2) the title and author of the Article. [including the citation, or at least the year of publication?]
5. Please provide a brief synopsis of the piece, read one or more pertinent passages, and/or discuss a particularly moving/interesting segment.
6. Most importantly, explain why this article is your favorite. You might consider discussing: when and how you first read it; what makes it special to you—the topic itself, the writing style, and/or something else; why others should read it; and/or how it contributed to your understanding of, or passion for, specific areas of the law.
7. Email your recording to Emily Thomas, at [email protected]. 

I am intrigued by this initiative.  I admitted to Walter that it is making me think about what my favorite might be . . . .  The website notes that the law review hopes "that this collaborative project brings legal thinkers together and initiates productive conversation about the legal community and how we can better understand each other’s points of view." I will be interested to see where this goes.  Let me know if you contribute!

[Editor's Note: Most of this post comes directly from an email I received from Walter.  So, I tip my hat to him and thank him for the text of this post!]