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hlr-topic-selection
Use when choosing or sharpening a topic for a Harvard Law Review (HLR) Article, Essay, or Book Review so it is timely, generalist-legible, and placeable in the student-edited law-review market. Judges fit and timing; it does not run the preemption search (that is hlr-preemption-check) or draft the claim.
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# Topic Selection (hlr-topic-selection)
HLR is a **generalist, student-edited** flagship. A topic succeeds when it is (1) of broad importance
across legal fields, (2) **timely** — riding a live doctrinal, statutory, or social development — and
(3) plausibly **placeable** given the seasons and the competition. The student editors who screen are
smart generalists, not subfield specialists, so a topic that only a niche bar cares about is off-fit.
## When to trigger
- Picking among several possible article ideas
- A topic feels important to you but you cannot say why it matters to the whole legal academy
- You are unsure whether the topic is "HLR-sized" (flagship) versus a specialty-journal fit
- Timing: a new Supreme Court decision, circuit split, or statute just changed the landscape
