New York Law Journal New York Law Journal NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL, October 14, 1997 at S7. Students at Boston College Law School have put a high-tech twist on an old tradition: Writing for a scholarly journal. Making innovative use of Web technology, a group of second- and third-year students has created the paperless law review, an on-line journal called the Intellectual Property and Technology Forum (http://infoeagle.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/law/st_org/ipg/iptf). Accessible to any user with an Internet connection and a Web browser, the site features a colorful, user-friendly interface and a professional-looking design. Pages download quickly and hypertext links abound. From the home page, visitors can access articles on current developments in technology law and intellectual property, including First Amendment protection in cyberspace, patent and trademark issues, DNA testing in the courtroom and government regulation on the Internet. Links take users to related on-line resources, including court decisions, statutes, news reports and relevant off-site pages. An analysis of the Supreme Court's recent decision in Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, for example, includes links to related decisions, as well as a transcript of oral arguments. E-mail links allow visitors to post comments and interact with the student editors. Legal practitioners, professors and judges are invited to submit analyses, comments and traditional

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