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The Florida International University College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series (RPS) on SSRN showcases and distributes research papers and works by our faculty. 

View papers: https://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=Florida-Intl-U-LEG
Subscribe: http://www.ssrn.com/link/Florida-Intl-U-LEG.html

Follow the instructions below to upload your paper and boost your scholarship's impact:

1. Go to your User Home on SSRN.
2. At the top of the page, click "Submit a Paper" to begin uploading.
   
3. On the upload page, look for the message at the top: "If you would like to submit to the Research Paper Series associated with your institution, please click here." Make sure to click this so your paper is included in the FIU Research Paper Series.
   
4. You will be taken to a list of institutions. To find FIU, use Ctrl + F (Windows) or Cmd + F (Mac) to search. Once you locate FIU, click the Submit button next to its name.
   
5. After selecting the university, you will be directed to the FIU College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series submission form. This page will ask you to select the paper type and provide publication details. You can ignore the paper number field. If you are unsure which option to choose, select Florida International University Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming. Once finished, click Next Step and continue following the prompts on SSRN to complete your upload.
   

1. Subscribe to our Series and boost Social Media impact by reposting SSRN’s social shares.
   If you are on X/Twitter or LinkedIn, like and subscribe to SSRN’s channels. By subscribing to our RPS, you will be notified of each distribution of FIU Law’s RPS, along with accompanying social media posts from SSRN, which you can reshare to boost scholarly impact.
2. Abstract # is now FIU Law’s RPS #.
   Starting with our first distribution of 2024, your works have one # to identify them in SSRN: the Abstract #. No more waiting for a cover page, no more delays in distribution to correct sequencing in the RPS.

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