Over at PrawfsBlawg, Kaimi Wenger and several commenters (including me) are discussing the different strategies top journals use to try to win the competition for the best law review articles. Some journals give authors very tight deadlines to try to force authors to accept; others don’t. The different practices among different journals raise lots of interesting normative and tactical questions.
What we really need is for an enterprising person to conduct a survey of the top 50 journals to find out their typical practices. How long does an author typically have to decide on an offer? Are extensions granted? How long does an author have to to decide on an offer granted following expedited review? These things can vary year-to-year, but it would be particularly helpful for less-experienced authors to have some idea of current practices. If anyone wants to do this, let me know — I would be happy to post the results here at the VC or link to wherever they appear.
UPDATE: I am reminded that Kaimi has a paper in the works on related topics that has some data collected: you can see early data on expedited review practices at The Conglomerate.
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