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Guide to Publishing Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

INTRODUCTION

This short guide is intended to assist both faculty and students who wish to submit articles for publication in law reviews and journals.

Please contact the Williams Reference Desk, 202-662-9140, libref@law.georgetown.edu, if you have questions or comments.

I. Listings of Law Reviews and Law Journals

The first step in publishing is to review a list of law reviews and law journals, which will help you decide where to submit your article. The following resources provide current listings of law reviews and law journals.

  1. Law Journals, Washburn School of Law, http://www.washlaw.edu/lawjournal/. Annotated listing of journals.
  2. Law Journal Submission Service, Washington and Lee University School of Law Library, http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/. Journals may be sorted alphabetically or by subject, country or rank.
  3. Jurist Law Reviews directory, http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/lawreviews/.
  4. Directory of Law Reviews, 2005 (updated annually) (formerly Anderson's Directory of Law Reviews), print and online, KF1 .D57
  5. Findlaw Academic Law Review and Journals, http://stu.findlaw.com/journals/index.html. Alphabetical listings by topic.
  6. Hieros Gamos Law Journals Directory, http://www.hg.org/journals.html

II. Gather Information on Style, Strategy, and Selection

There are several sources and tools to assist in the process of selecting and submitting articles.

  1. Tips on Publishing , Columbia Law School, http://www.law.columbia.edu/careers/law_teaching/Publishing. Great strategy tips, including timing, expedited review, length, cost and format.
  2. "Publishing and Publicizing" in Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and Getting on Law Review 150 (2005). Williams KF250 .V65 2007.
  3. Publishing in Law Reviews and Journals, Harvard Law School Library, http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/services/research/guides/united_states/basics/publishing_in_law_reviews.php. Useful general Information.
  4. Writing for and Publishing in Law Reviews, Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington School of Law, http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/lawrev.html. Very good information on choosing topics for law articles.
  5. Legal Periodicals Blog, for those interested in legal periodical publishing, indexing, searching, ranking and use. http://bloggery.wlu.edu/lawrevs/.
  6. "Explanatory Guide," Directory of Law Reviews, http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/prodev/lawreview/intro2005.pdf. Includes information on topics such as multiple submissions and special requirements.
  7. Law Journal Submission Service, Washington and Lee University Law School Library, http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/. Permits ranking of journals based on how often they have been cited in the past eight years, and lists journal titles by subject and country.
  8. Journals Temporarily Not Accepting Submissions, list from the ExpressO web site, http://law.bepress.com/expresso/full.html.

III. How to Submit Articles for Publication

These sources provide the address and detail information that you need to submit an article.

  1. Law Journal Submission Service, Washington and Lee University Law School Library, http://lawlib.wlu.edu/LJ/. Submit articles directly from this web site to journals that accept electronic submissions. There is a listing of law reviews by title, subject, country or rank. Link to the records in each listing for submission rules and policies, addresses, and cost information.
  2. ExpressO, http://law.bepress.com/expresso/. Fee-based electronic article submission service.
    • Faculty: Contact Anna Selden in Faculty Support Services at as78@law.georgetown.edu or X9405.
    • Students: create an account on the ExpressO web site. One free submission is provided.
  3. SSRN (Social Science Research Network), http://www.ssrn.com/. Online repository for law faculty scholarship. All submission information is available at http://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/papers/.
  4. NELLCO BePress Repository, http://lsr.nellco.org/georgetown/. Online articles repository.

Revised 12/2007 (BRM)

 

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