Comments on: Notre Dame Law Review, Volume 83, Issue 2 (January 2008) http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/04/notre_dame_law.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John C http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2008/04/notre_dame_law.html/comment-page-1#comment-49552 John C Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:25:08 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2008/04/notre-dame-law-review-volume-83-issue-2-january-2008.html#comment-49552 I am really coming to dislike law journals who do not provide free links to their articles. Some of these articles look interesting, but since I'm not a Notre Dame law student or faculty member, I can't access them. So they've lost a reader. It doesn't make sense from any perspective; it certainly doesn't help ND more widely circulate their articles, and chances are some or all of these articles have or will become available on free resources (SSRN, Bepress, etc.). All they've done is make it harder for people to find them and read them. They need to get with the times. Ain't no one buying a subscription to the ND Law Review. Make your articles free and accessible to everyone. I am really coming to dislike law journals who do not provide free links to their articles. Some of these articles look interesting, but since I’m not a Notre Dame law student or faculty member, I can’t access them. So they’ve lost a reader.

It doesn’t make sense from any perspective; it certainly doesn’t help ND more widely circulate their articles, and chances are some or all of these articles have or will become available on free resources (SSRN, Bepress, etc.). All they’ve done is make it harder for people to find them and read them. They need to get with the times. Ain’t no one buying a subscription to the ND Law Review. Make your articles free and accessible to everyone.

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