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| Law Review | Method(s) of Submission | Notes | 2008 Rank |
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| Alabama Law Review | ExpressO/ Mail/ |
If you must submit an article in hard copy form, please mail it to the address below and simultaneously e-mail a Microsoft Word copy to acquisitions@law.ua.edu. Alabama Law Review ATTN: Acquisitions Editor The University of Alabama School of Law Box 870382 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0382 Unsolicited submissions are welcome. |
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| American University Law Review | Mail/ |
Submissions should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format. They can be either mailed to: American University Law Review American Unversity Washington College of Law 4801 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20016 or emailed to the Senior Articles Editor at lawrev-sr-articles-editor@wcl.american.edu. |
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| Arizona Law Review | ExpressO/ |
If you are unable to submit your manuscript via ExpressO, please send it as an electronic attachment in Microsoft Word format, along with a resume or CV, to lrsae@law.arizona.edu . We begin article selection on or around March 1 and September 1. You are welcome to submit articles throughout the year, however your piece will likely not be considered for publication until the next article selection cycle. |
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| Boston College |
ExpressO (Strongly Prefer)/ |
Even if you choose to submit an article in hard copy, we encourage you to send a supplementary electronic copy by ExpressO or e-mail (bclr@bc.edu), as this will help us review your article more quickly. If you submit the same article both electronically and in hard copy, please indicate this in your cover letter and your e-mail. Hard copies and other non-electronic correspondence should be addressed to: Boston College Law School ATTN: Boston College Law Review 885 Centre Street Newton, MA 02459-1163 Please submit the following items along with your article: Cover letter that references the article's title, briefly describes the article, and contains the author's name, affiliation, and full contact information (including phone number and e-mail address); and Resume, bio, or brief curriculum vitae. |
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| Boston University Law Review | Mail/ |
Hard copy submissions should be mailed to: Boston University Law Review ATTN: Senior Article Editor 765 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 Please e-mail attachments to lawrev@bu.edu . In the body of the e-mail, please include ONLY the following information: author's name and title; author's e-mail address; manuscript's title. |
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| BYU Law Review | E-mail/ ExpressO | Submissions should be e-mailed to lawrev@byulaw.net. If submitting via email, please send your article in Microsoft Word format. Also, please include CV, resume, and cover letter. Publication decisions are usually usually made within 2-4 weeks of the date a piece is received. Acceptance or rejection letters are sent by e-mail shortly thereafter. |
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| California Law Review (Berkeley) | ExpressO (Strongly Prefer)/ |
If online submission is not possible, submissions may be mailed to the following address: Articles Department California Law Review 592 Simon Hall University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 |
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| Columbia University | Website/ |
Hard copy submissions should be mailed to: Articles Committee Columbia Law Review 435 West 116th Street New York, NY 10027 Submit only one, double spaced copy of your manuscript. We greatly prefer if submissions appear in Microsoft Word format. If you submit your piece via mail, enclose a cover letter that references the name of your manuscript, and provides your address, telephone number, and e-mail address. |
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| Connecticut Law Review | ExpressO/ |
Hard copy submissions should be mailed to: Connecticut Law Review Attn: Submissions 65 Elizabeth Street Hartford, CT 06105-2290 |
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| Cornell Law Review | ExpressO/ |
Hard copy submissions should be mailed to: The Articles Office Cornell Law Review Myron Taylor Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Please do not submit your article through both ExpressO and hard copy, as this will create two entries in our database. |
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| Duke Law Journal | ExpressO (Prefer)/ Mail/ Express Delivery |
Hard copy submissions should be sent to: U.S. Mail: Duke Law Journal Duke University School of Law Box 90371 Durham, NC 27708 Express Delivery: Duke Law Journal Duke University School of Law Towerview Road and Science Drive Durham, NC 27708 Please review our article length, editing, and Open Access policies before submitting articles to the Journal. |
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| Emory Law Journal | ExpressO (Strongly Prefer)/ |
Hard copy submissions should be mailed to: Emory Law Journal Attn: Executive Articles Editor Emory University School of Law Gambrell Hall Atlanta, GA 30322 |
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| Florida Law Review | ExpressO (Strongly Prefer)/ |
Hard copy submissions should be mailed to: Executive Articles Editor Florida Law Review Fredric G. Levin College of Law University of Florida 115 Holland Hall Spessard L. Holland Law Center P.O. Box 117637 Gainesville, FL 32611-7637 We strongly believe that the vast majority of law review articles can convey their arguments most effectively in no more than 70 journal pages (approximately 35,000 words - including footnotes). Please provide a cover and curriculum vitae that include the following: a short synopsis of your manuscript; a return mailing address; a telephone number; an email address; and a short list of your recently published scholarly work. We accept submissions on a "rolling" basis through the calendar year and strongly encourage contributors to submit manuscripts as soon as the manuscripts are ready. |
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| Fordham Law Review | ExpressO/ |
If you are unable to submit via ExpressO, please send a copy of your article to: Senior Articles Editors Fordham Law Review Fordham University School of Law 140 West 62nd Street New York , NY 10023 |
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| George Mason Law Review | ExpressO/ E-mail/ |
E-mail submissions to art-reg@gmu.edu. We accept hard copy submissions but we strongly encourage electronic submissions. If your hard copy submission is selected for further review, we will request an electronic copy of your article. Please send only one copy to the following address: Articles Editor George Mason Law Review George Mason University School of Law 3301 Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22201-4498 Please include: Cover letter (preferably including abstract of article) with total word count above-the-line and preferably total footnote word count; CV with contact information, including phone number, mailing address and email. Manuscripts should be created in Microsoft Word. |
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| George Washington University | E-mail/ ExpressO | Please address your submissions to gwlrarticles@law.gwu.edu . You may also submit your article through ExpressO. A hard copy of your article is no longer required. | 20 |
| Georgetown Law Journal | ExpressO (Prefer)/ E-mail/ |
Authors may submit their articles as a Microsoft Word attachment to glj@law.georgetown.edu. Authors are asked to provide an abstract with their submissions. Although electronic copies are preferred, authors may submit hardcopies as well; please mail them to: Articles Editor The Georgetown Law Journal Georgetown University Law Center 600 New Jersey Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 |
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| Georgia Law Review | ExpressO (Prefer)/ |
Hard copy submissions should be mailed to: Georgia Law Review University of Georgia School of Law Athens, GA 30602-6012 |
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| Harvard Law Review | Website/ |
Hard copy submissions should be mailed to: Articles Office Harvard Law Review Gannett House 1511 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138 We will give preference to articles under 25,000 words in length -- the equivalent of 50 law review pages -- including text and footnotes. We will not publish articles exceeding 35,000 words -- the equivalent of 70-75 law review pages -- except in extraordinary circumstance. Please confine your name, affiliation, biographical information, and acknowledgments to a separate cover page. Please include the manuscript's title on the first text page. |
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| Hastings Law Journal | ExpressO/ E-mail/ |
Articles may be sent directly via e-mail to hlj@hastingslawjournal.org. Paper submissions should be directed to the following: Hastings Law Journal U.C. Hastings College of the Law 200 McAllister Street San Francisco, CA 94102-4707 All submissions should be accompanied by a cover letter and a brief abstract. All necessary contact information should also be included. We gladly consider unsolicited manuscripts by members of the legal community for publication. |
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| Indiana Law Journal | Address submissions to: Executive Articles Editor Indiana Law Journal Indiana University Maurer School of Law 211 South Indiana Ave. Room 009 Bloomington, IN 47405-7001 Please confine the author's name and biographical information to a removable title page. |
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| Iowa Law Review | ExpressO (Strongly Prefer)/ |
If you must submit a hard copy, please mail your manuscript to: Senior Articles Editor Iowa Law Review 190 Boyd Law Building Iowa City, IA 52242-1113 |
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| Maryland Law Review | ExpressO/ |
Please address all paper submissions to: Maryland Law Review ATTN: Manuscripts Editor 500 West Baltimore Street, Suite 406 Baltimore, MD 21201 Please do not submit your manuscript by mail if you have already submitted it electronically. Strong preference is given to manuscripts of fewer than 25,000 words (including text and footnotes). |
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| Michigan Law Review | ExpressO (Strongly Prefer)/ |
Send a hard copy of your article to: Michigan Law Review Hutchins Hall 625 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215 Please do not submit your article by mail if you have also submitted the article through ExpressO. Please include a cover letter with the following: your name; the article title; word count of article (including footnotes); your mailing address and phone number; your e-mail address. |
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| Minnesota Law Review | ExpressO/ E-mail/ |
E-mail manuscripts to mnlawrev@umn.edu. Hard copy submissions should be sent to: Minnesota Law Review University of Minnesota Law School Walter F. Mondale Hall, Room 285 229, 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 The accompanying cover letter should indicate the total number of words in the article (including text and footnotes) and the number of words in text alone. |
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| New York University Law Review | ExpressO (Strongly Prefer)/ |
If you must submit a hard copy, please mail your submission to: Articles Editor New York University Law Review 110 West Third Street New York , NY 10012 Our journal has no minimum or maximum page requirements for submissions. However, we also strongly believe that the vast majority of law review articles can convey their arguments effectively in 40-70 journal pages (between 20,000 and 35,000 words including text and footnotes) and encourage authors to target the lengths of their submissions to this range. We welcome submissions of various formats, including essays, articles, and book reviews. |
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| North Carolina Law Review | ExpressO (Strongly Prefer)/ |
Hard copy submissions should be mailed to: Executive Articles Editor The North Carolina Law Review UNC School of Law Van Hecke-Wettach Hall 100 Ridge Road Campus Box #3380 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3380 We will give preference to articles under 25,000 words in length--the equivalent of 50 law review pages--including text and footnotes. We will not publish articles exceeding 40,000 words--the equivalent of 75 to 80 law review pages--except in extraordinary circumstances. |
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| Northwestern University Law Review | ExpressO (Strongly Prefer)/ |
If you must submit a hard copy, please mail it to: Executive Articles Editor Northwestern University Law Review Northwestern University School of Law 357 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611-3069 We believe that establishing page limit guidelines will enhance the quality of legal scholarship, and also shorten and improve the editing process. To that end, we strongly encourage authors submitting articles for our consideration to limit their pieces to 35,000 words, including footnotes. Authors submitting essays for our consideration are encouraged to limit their pieces to 20,000 words, including footnotes. |
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| Notre Dame Law Review | E-mail/ |
Manuscripts may be e-mailed in Microsoft Word format to lrsubmit@nd.edu. Hard copy submissions should be mailed to: Notre Dame Law Review
Notre Dame Law School Room B-1 Notre Dame, IN 46556 Manuscripts cannot be returned unless a self-addressed stamped envelope is provided. Manuscripts should be submitted in one form only, either electronic or hard copy. |
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| Ohio State Law Journal | Please send one paper copy with footnotes – in Bluebook format – to: Ohio State Law Journal Attention: Article Submissions The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law 55 West 12th Avenue Columbus, OH 43210 Please include a cover letter with your contact information, including your email address. You may include a CV with your submission. |
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| Southern California Law Review | ExpressO | Our article selection process proceeds on a rolling basis. | 18 |
| SMU Law Review | ExpressO (Strongly Prefer)/ |
Manuscripts should be mailed to: Editor-in-Chief SMU Law Review Dedman School of Law Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 All submissions should include (1) a cover letter containing the author’s contact information and the title of the manuscript; (2) a resume or curriculum vitae for the author; (3) a brief abstract (under 250 words) on a separate page, and (4) a copy of the manuscript. |
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| Stanford Law Review | Website (Prefer)/ |
Paper submissions are also accepted. Please send manuscripts to: Senior Articles Editor Stanford Law Review Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305-8610 Please include your e-mail address with your submission. Please do not submit your article by mail if you have also submitted the article through our website. We consider submissions of all lengths, but give preference to articles of fewer than 30,000 words. We invite the submission of unsolicited articles and essays. |
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| Texas Law Review (UT Austin) |
ExpressO/ |
Hard copy submissions should be addressed to: Texas Law Review Articles Editor 727 E. Dean Keeton Austin, TX 78705 We endorse the Joint Statement on the Length of Law Review Articles, but we believe quality legal scholarship can be found in both long and short articles, and our past practice bears this out. We endorse this statement as a step toward removing the perception that the Texas Law Review actively seeks out and publishes only long articles. |
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| Tulane Law Review | ExpressO/ Website/ |
If you wish to submit a hard copy of your manuscript, please mail it to: Senior Articles Editor Tulane Law Review Tulane Law School 6329 Freret St. New Orleans, LA 70118-6231. For our masthead topics - the civil law, comparative law, and admiralty - the Review is recognized as a preeminent student-edited forum for scholarly publication. |
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| UC Davis Law Review | ExpressO/ |
E-mail submissions to lawreview@law.ucdavis.edu. (Please enter "Submissions" in the subject line.) All submissions should be in either Microsoft Word or PDF format and should include a table of contents. Authors should provide a curriculum vitae and a cover letter with the author's name, affiliation, address, phone number, and email address. |
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| UCLA Law Review | ExpressO (Prefer)/ |
If you must submit a hard copy, please mail your submission to: Articles Dept. UCLA Law Review UCLA School of Law 405 Hilgard Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90095-1476 Submissions should include a table of contents and a cover letter with the author's name, address, telephone number and e-mail address. We will give preference to articles under 25,000 words in length--the equivalent of 50 law review pages--including text and footnotes. We will not publish articles exceeding 35,000 words--the equivalent of 70-75 law review pages--except in extraordinary circumstances. |
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| University of Chicago Law Review | ExpressO/ E-mail/ |
You can e-mail your manuscript in Microsoft Word format to lrarticles@law.uchicago.edu. Hard copy submissions should be mailed to: Articles Editors The University of Chicago Law Review The University of Chicago Law School 1111 East 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637 Please do not submit a hard copy if you have submitted an electronic copy through ExpressO or email. Because our editorial policy affords substantial deference to authors, articles must be well written and completely argued at the time of submission. Limited resources generally prevent us from filling in the gaps of an otherwise significant article or substantially correcting its style. |
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| University of Colorado Law Review | ExpressO | We invite unsolicited manuscripts throughout the year. Submissions should be double-spaced and no longer than 75 pages. For the past quarter-century, we have dedicated at least one issue each year to natural resources and environmental topics. We strongly encourage submission of manuscripts on these topics. |
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| University of Illinois Law Review | ExpressO (Strongly Prefer)/ E-mail/ |
Authors may either e-mail manuscripts to lrev@law.uiuc.edu or mail them to: Articles Editors/Book Review Editor University of Illinois Law Review University of Illinois College of Law 244H Law Building 504 East Pennsylvania Avenue Champaign, IL 61820-6996 Please indicate whether your submission is an article or book review essay by addressing your piece to the appropriate editor. The Board of Editors encourages authors to include a cover letter and curriculum vitae with their manuscript. |
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| University of Pennsylvania Law Review | Website/ |
Manuscripts, including author's e-mail address and other pertinent contact information, should be mailed to: Articles Editors University of Pennslyvania Law Review 3400 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6204 We strongly prefer articles under 35,000 words (including footnotes). We will continue to publish manuscripts over 35,000 words if the length is merited. We encourage the submission of essays (manuscripts of approximately 10,000 words). |
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| Vanderbilt Law Review | ExpressO (Strongly Prefer)/ E-mail/ |
Submissions may be e-mailed to articles.review@law.vanderbilt.edu or mailed to: Senior Articles Editor The Vanderbilt Law Review The Vanderbilt Law School 131 21st Avenue South Nashville, TN 37203 Please do not submit both print and electronic copies. All submissions should be accompanied by a cover letter and curriculum vitae. |
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| Virginia Law Review | ExpressO/ E-mail/ |
We strongly prefer electronic submissions. Electronic submissions should be sent by e-mail to lawrev@virginia.edu in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format or through ExpressO. Hard-copy submissions should be addressed to: Virginia Law Review Association Attn: Articles Development Editor 580 Massie Road Charlottesville, VA 22903-1789 We strongly prefer articles under 25,000 words (including footnotes). We will publish manuscripts over 30,000 words only under exceptional circumstances. Manuscripts under 15,000 words usually will be reviewed as essays. All submissions must include a cover letter, which should prominently feature the following:
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| Wake Forest Law Review | Mail/ |
Manuscripts should be sent to the attention of the Senior Articles Editor at the following address: Wake Forest Law Review Wake Forest University School of Law P.O. Box 7206 Reynolda Station Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7206 Manuscripts may sent by e-mail to the attention of the Senior Articles Editor at lr-submissions@lists.wfu.edu. It is preferred that articles be submitted in Microsoft Word format, but WordPerfect format will be accepted as well. We invite the submission of unsolicited manuscripts either through the mail or electronically. We request that contributing authors disclose any economic interests and affiliations that may influence the views expressed in submissions. |
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| Washington & Lee Law Review | ExpressO/ Mail | Hard copy submissions should be sent to: Senior Articles Editors Washington and Lee Law Review Room 408 Washington and Lee University School of Law Lexington, VA 24450 We accept manuscripts in Microsoft Word format only. Please do not make duplicate submissions. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year. |
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| Washington Law Review | Expresso (Strongly Prefer)/ |
Submissions can mailed to: Washington Law Review ATTN: Articles Department University of Washington William H. Gates Hall Box 353020 Seattle, WA 98195 |
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| Washington University Law Review | ExpressO/ E-mail/ |
We prefer that all submissions be made electronically. Please enclose a cover letter that indicates the name of your manuscript, its nature, and provides all of your relevant contact information. E-mail submissions should be addressed to review@wulaw.wustl.edu with the manuscript, cover letter, and curriculum vitae attached in Microsoft Word format. Hard copies should be sent to: Submissions Washington University Law Review Washington University School of Law Campus Box 1120 One Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 |
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| William and Mary Law Review | ExpressO/ Mail/ Express Delivery |
Hard copy submissions can be sent to: By mail: Senior Articles Editor William and Mary Law Review William and Mary School of Law P. O. Box 8795 Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 Express Delivery: Senior Articles Editor William and Mary Law Review William and Mary School of Law 613 South Henry Street Williamsburg, VA 23185 In addition to submitting a manuscript, the we encourage authors to submit a cover letter or an abstract of the article, a word count, and any other information the author believes useful for our consideration. |
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| Wisconsin Law Review | ExpressO | We give preference to articles of 37,000 words or less, including text and footnotes. In selecting articles for publication, weight will be given to submissions closer to 20,000 words in length. Authors who wish to submit articles over the length limit should attach to their submission an explanation of why they believe exceptional circumstances apply. | 37 |
| Yale Law Journal | Website | We invite the submission of unsolicited articles, essays and book reviews. | 1 |