Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN) and bepress - These two repositories contain abstracts and full-text scholarly working papers in law, economics, and other fields. Papers are often published here before submission to academic journals.
Doing a preemption check will help verify that your approach to your topic is original. The research you do for your preemption check may also be useful for your project.
CALI's Preemption Checking Lesson - A great presentation on how to determine if your argument is preempted. If you do not have a CALI account, please email John Scherrer.
Eugene Volokh, Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and Getting on Law Review (5th ed. 2016), RESERVE KF250 .V65 2016. Part I of the Volokh text discusses "Finding What to Write About (The Claim)."
Elizabeth Fajans & Mary R. Falk, Scholarly Writing for Law Students: Seminar Papers, Law Review Notes and Law Review Competition Papers (5th ed. 2017), RESERVE KF250 .F35 2017. In particular, see Chapter 2, "Inspiration: Choosing a Subject & Developing a Thesis"
Heather Meeker, Stalking the Golden Topic: A Guide to Locating and Selecting Topics for Legal Research Papers, 1996 Utah L. Rev. 917. Available from HeinOnline, LexisNexis & Westlaw.
Richard Delgado, How to Write a Law Review Article, 20 U .San Francisco. L. Rev. 445 (1986). Available from HeinOnline.
