This presentation was given at Birmingham Law School's 2014 PhD conference. I spoke about publishing during a PhD - some do's and don't's from my own career.

1. Publishing During Your PhD:
The Things I Have Learned
Dr Steven Vaughan
Birmingham Law School

2. 3 key bits of advice:
1. Publish
2. Publish
3. Publish

3. Why publish?
Fame, Fortune, Future

4. Competing Factors
Finishing on Time
Passing
Gainful Employment

5. When?

6. What?
Articles
Case Notes
Book Reviews
Blogs
Legal Journalism
Working Papers
Conference Papers

7. Where?
The Modern Law Review isn’t
always the best option…

8. Tips:
1. Find someone to
write with
2. Do something simple to
start off
3. Factor in ‘drawer’ time
4. Get feedback from as
many people as possible

9. Journal Processes
1. You send it in
2. Normally, the editor reads it
3. It goes out for review
4. Reviewers send in comments
5. Acceptance/Rejection/Resubmission
6. Copyright Form + Proofs
7. Publication

10. Feedback + Rejection
“It may be that you are just not capable of
the sort of scholarship we are looking for…”

11. Publishing your PhD as a Book
1. Do your publisher
research
2. Don’t send your
proposal off ‘cold’
3. Don’t send off your entire
thesis, unless asked
4. Be prepared for a bit
of a fight

12. • http://www.palgrave-
journals.com/eps/journal/v2/n2/pdf/eps20039a.pdf
• http://www.palgrave-
journals.com/eps/journal/v2/n3/pdf/eps200323a.pdf
• http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=8573
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• http://www.lse.ac.uk/intranet/researchAndDevelopment/gettingPu
blished/gettingPublishedTimesHigher.pdf
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