Call for Papers: Charleston Law Review Supreme Court Preview Issue

                           CALL FOR PAPERS

                        CHARLESTON LAW REVIEW
                     SUPREME COURT PREVIEW ISSUE


      The Charleston Law Review, the flagship law review of the
      Charleston School of Law, invites submissions for its
      Supreme Court Preview issue. We welcome an article or essay
      addressing a case before the Court in its October 2009
      Term, or in the alternative, addressing an aspect of the
      Court itself such as recent voting trends, case load, an
      analysis of a particular Justice, or any other topic
      related to the Supreme Court.


      SUMMARY:

      Last year, our Supreme Court Preview included a diverse
      spectrum of works ranging from articles that examined cases
      argued in the Court's October 2008 Term to articles that
      analyzed current voting trends among the Court. For
      example, in Crime Labs and Prison Guards: A Comment on
      Melendez-Diaz and Its Potential Impact on Capital
      Sentencing Proceedings, John Blume and Emily Paavola argued
      that the Court's decision in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
      could resolve conflicting authority on what constitutes
      testimonial hearsay under Crawford v. Washington and could
      have a dramatic impact on the criminal justice system,
      particularly capital sentencing proceedings. Alternatively,
      in The Roberts Court and Criminal Justice at the Dawn of
      the 2008 Term, Professors Christopher E. Smith, Michael A.
      McCall, and Madhavi M. McCall introduced empirical
      decision-making patterns from the initial three terms of
      the Roberts Court in an attempt to ascertain how the Court
      would likely determine three Fourth Amendment cases in the
      Court's October 2008 Term.


      PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

      The Supreme Court Preview is published to coincide with the
      opening of the October Term 2009, and we therefore ask that
      work be submitted no later than August 1, 2009. Submissions
      will be reviewed on a rolling basis beginning July 1, 2009.
      Please direct submissions and any questions about our
      Supreme Court Preview to:

      CONTACT:       Ben Garner
                     Editor in Chief
      Email:         MAILTO:bgarner@charlestonlaw.edu
      Tel:           (434) 941-9831
Posted 4/10/09