You will select your topic in consultation with your seminar professor. In addition to your professor or another expert in the field, some good research sources for getting ideas for paper topics are:
- Web sites of government agencies (state and local, federal, or international)
- Web sites of non-profit organizations and associations
- Newsletters in your field of study
- Looseleaf services in your field of study
- Westlaw's topical highlights databases (e.g., WTH-SEC for securities law topics; WTH-TAX for tax law topics)
- Lexis's emerging issues analysis files listed by topic (Browse > Sources > Search for a source - "Emerging Issues")
- Legal news & newspapers found in Lexis & Westlaw, additionally Law.com, Law360 & National Law Journal
- Look for recent scholarship in LegalTrac
- Major newspapers, such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times, include stories about interesting and emerging legal issues. Other current news sources include: CQ.com, Opinion Archives, Politico Pro & Press Display
- Blogs in your field of study
- Seton Hall Circuit Review ("Current Circuit Splits" column)
- The United States Law Week Circuit Splits
- Conferences
- Legal Scholarship Blog - listings available through a collaboration between the law schools at the University of Pittsburgh and University of Washington
- Georgetown Events - listing scholarly events held at Georgetown Law
