ADVICE FOR YOUNG SCHOLARS: Should I do an edited collection ? (Legal History Blog, 23 JUL 2018)

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The Legal History Blog published the results of a survey conducted among scholars concerning the practice of partcipating in edited collections.

First paragraph:

Group publications can be challenging in many ways. We asked legal historians for their advice on doing edited volumes or special issues (h/t: LSA Law and History CRN). Our questions:

• What works and what doesn’t?

• What did you learn the hard way or wish you had known from the start?

• Was it worth it in the end?

• Were there any unexpected benefits?

We received a ton of responses. In the first post of this series, we share advice on contributing a chapter as an author. The second post will be about putting together such collections as an editor of the volume or special issue. The third will cover advice from scholars who have been editors of journals that produce special issues.

Read more here.