Why Spell-Check Is Not Enough

In the first six months of 2007, at least 18 journals published articles containing citations in which Catharine MacKinnon’s name is misspelled.   The offenders are:

Alb. L. Rev.

California L. Rev.  

Cardozo J.L. & Gender

Case W. Res. J. Int’l L.

Colum. J. Gender & L.

Iowa Law Review

Me. L. Rev.

N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change

Pac. Rim L. & Pol’y J.

Rutgers L. Rev.

Tex. Int’l L.J.

U.C. Davis L. Rev.

U.C. Davis J. Juv. L. & Pol’y

U. Cin. L. Rev.

U. Miami L. Rev.

Whittier L. Rev.

Wm. & Mary J. Women & L.

Vand. J. Transnat’l L.

Nobody’s perfect and, yes, my home institution’s main journal is on the list of offenders for the previous year.   But we can do better.      

-Bridget Crawford

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0 Responses to Why Spell-Check Is Not Enough

  1. brat says:

    This is sooo common. This spring, I was given a most unexpected award by my major research organization (a lovely engraved plaque–they spent a mint). Of course, my first name was mispelled. My partner had a stroke, she couldn’t believe it. I laughed and said, “I’m not yelling about it, they’ll take it back and I’ll never see the replacement.”

    But our professional colleagues (editors, association presidents, etc), should not be so darned sloppy.

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