Faculty Scholarship and Research Support
Publication Services
- Faculty Scholarship Support Brochure
- The LRC offers cite-checking, proofreading, and other support for faculty scholarship.
- For questions, contact Liz Parker.
- SSRN support for faculty
- To submit a paper to the law school's SSRN repository, please email SSRN-lrc@sandiego.edu.
- Submitting your articles via Scholastica
- USD School of Law has an institutional subscription that covers submission fees for law faculty. The list of authorized users is managed by the LRC. Please contact the LRC reference desk to be added or if you encounter any problems.
- Scholastica’s Law Review Author Guide and list of journals currently accepting submissions
- ExpressO
- The ExpressO submission system shut down on June 30, 2021. Please contact Bepress or the LRC with questions.
- Digital USD
- We provide online archiving and hosting of our faculty scholarship.
- For submissions or questions, please contact the reference desk at lrcrefer@sandiego.edu.
Research Support
Contact our reference desk at lrcrefer@sandiego.edu to inquire about new or specifically tailored legal subject area email alert options.
USD Resources
- Check out or receive library materials
- Make a Request for Librarian Research (Reference librarians are available to work on research projects to support your scholarship; contact us with the details of your request. Please note that turnaround time varies greatly based on subject and scope—once you have submitted a request, we will work with you to establish a workable timeframe for completing the project.)
- Suggest a Book or Journal for Purchase
- Searching for library materials
- Research Databases (The library subscribes to a growing number of online databases. These databases contain the full text of thousands of treatises, briefs, numerous journals and newspapers, as well as bibliographic information on a wide variety of subjects.)
- Library Purchase Process for individual faculty
Alert Options and online materials
- SSRN (USD Law Faculty scholarly works available here.)
- Sign up for the Chronicle of Higher Education
- Sign up for Westlaw, Lexis, or Bloomberg Law alerts
Other Services, Resources and Information
- Request Lexis, Westlaw and Bloomberg Accounts (We also provide tailored Research Database refresher training at your convenience.)
- Get Password for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) (online law school lessons.)