LibGuides: Publishing Papers: Topic Selection, Preemption Checking &amp; Preparing for Publication: Current Awareness Sources

News Sources

Major legal and non-legal newspapers, including

Bloomberg Law This link opens in a new window
Integrated legal research database, premium content, news, and proprietary business data. Login required off-campus. To register for your own account, click Academic Registration, USE YOUR @AMERICAN.EDU or @WCL.AMERICAN.EDU EMAIL ADDRESS and follow the prompts.
The American Lawyer This link opens in a new window
Major legal and non-legal newspapers, including
Law 360 This link opens in a new window
Law 360 provides news and analysis on business law and legal practice areas, including intellectual property, white-collar crime, contracts, class actions and financial services. Subscribers can sign up to receive email alerts on specific companies, litigation and government agencies.
National Law Journal This link opens in a new window
The National Law Journal provides in-depth coverage of the issues that mean the most to private practitioners, judges, corporate lawyers, government attorneys and other members of the legal community.

Be Spacific
News blog that covers law, government, non-government organizations, and technology. Good resource for recent Executive Branch, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and General Accountability Office (GAO) reports, as well as other recently released official and semi-official documents.
Mealey's Litigation Reports
Lexis Advance > Content Type > Secondary Legal > "Mealey's Litigation Reports"

Lists top current awareness sources for that practice area.
Lexis Legal News
Westlaw News
Delaware Business Court Insider
Pence Law Library Website > Databases & Websites, A-Z > Delaware Business Court Insider

Social Science Research Network [SSRN] This link opens in a new window
Abstracts of law-related scholarly working papers and articles accepted for publication, full text journals, professional announcements, calls for papers, and academic and industry job listings. Part of the Social Science Research Network. From main SSRN site, select "Legal Scholarship Network" from the left-hand menu. To create a customized subscription, select "Site Subscriptions for LSN," then "join an existing site" and complete the form.
bePress: Berkeley Electronic Press This link opens in a new window
The Berkeley Electronic Press (BEPress) was founded as an electronic alternative to traditional paper academic journals. They publish journals and working papers in law, political science, current affairs, economics, business, marketing, science, technology, and medicine. This site also has a number of author tools, including LawKit and ExpressO, which help in the journal submission process.