A new education law entity has emerged at the University of Georgia's
Institute of Higher Education. The Education Law Consortium has
been around for a little while now, however, it is now moving in a promising
new direction with the publication of the Education Law and
Policy Forum. The Forum combines papers submitted throughout the year and
conference presentation submissions for their annual National Student
Conference.
                                          

The national conference for students is proposing to cover the lodging and
meals for the presenters for the weekend of the presentation. Quite a good deal
for graduate students and I encourage all Edjurist faculty out there to make
their students aware of the opportunity.



I have investigated the publications and I am quite impressed for an electronic
journal. Most of the submissions seem to come from law students and many of
those happen to attend the University
of Georgia. However, over
time, with Edjurist cooperation, the conference could be something even better.
Further, I applaud the Consortium for the effort to publish the papers online
for free. It could be a great resource, if properly publicized.



The only drawback I foresee is the electronic and student nature of the Forum.
Such a nature precludes consideration for tenure and would not weigh as heavily
with future employers as a traditional policy or law publication. This Edjurist
encourages the Forum to open paper submissions to present practitioners and
faculty to increase the stature of the publication and to annually publish all
the submissions in a hard copy so libraries and data centers such as ERIC can
get aboard.



All in all, a great idea and it has the full backing of the Edjurist.