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By soliciting articles from those working in the legal and related fields, we are able to provide our readers with articles covering a range of topic. It is equally important that we publish articles that compliment the courses offered by the OU, such as our articles on European expansion (W200), the work of House of Commons select committees (W201) and Fairness and Diversity (W221). We intend to continue soliciting and publishing similar articles to help students with their studies and perhaps help them see the subjects in their textbooks from a slightly different angle. The final area for which we solicit outside articles is career development. By way of illustration, we have published an article on working as a local government lawyer, and an interview with the Chairperson of the Association of Women Solicitors. We are very fortunate to have received such strong support from so many organisations and people, including practicing barristers and solicitors, politicians, Open University tutors, and those working in the legal and popular media, as well as our own Professor Slapper. We will continue to publish articles that will be of interest to our readers and to solicit contributions from those working in the field. We hope that, over the coming months and years, the Review will continue to develop into a fully-fledged Law Review rivalling the best and most high profile in that genre. If you have any article suggestions, or if you or your organisation would like to write an article for the Review, please contact the Editorial team. |
The Review is the publication of the Open University Law Society and is aimed at broadening students' knowledge and understanding of the law and its interaction with society as well as providing supporting information for courses where appropriate and providing guidance in navigating the legal career minefield. The Review began life in July 2002 as The Sunday Tort, with Richard Hand as editor. It contained course and careers information, legal news, interviews with people in the legal profession, OULS business, and some light relief in the form of jokes and competitions. The current editorial team took over in the Spring of 2004, and we have aimed to continue and to build on Richard’s good work and the excellent publication he produced. We still publish legal news, course information, careers advice and interviews. In addition, we hoped to broaden the scope of legal information included in the Review, with the aim of raising awareness of areas of social and legal interest that are not studied in the basic OU LLB courses. We have, for example, published articles on Environmental law, and The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, and in the future we have articles planned on aviation law and family law. Our intention is to increase our readers’ knowledge, and to open up different areas of law to our readers for further reading, study, and career possibilities.
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The on-line documents are presented in Macromedia FlashPaper - which is similar to PDF but requires a much smaller application to be downloaded and is generally simpler to use to view the article on-screen. Click here for a quick tutorial on how to use FlashPaper. Click here for the on-line edition. Click here to e-mail the editors. Electronic copies of the OU Law Society Review are available on request for those members who have difficulty reading the paper version. Please contact the Editor for further details. Karen Dunlop (Editor), Ian Beeby,
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