Law Review

Suggestions for law students to get their papers published. Chart of policies of particular law reviews regarding publication of articles written by students who are not on that law review, both from that school and other schools. Written Aug. 23, 2021.

This document contains information about submitting articles to law reviews and journals, including the methods for submitting an article, any special formatting requirements, how to contact them to request an expedited review, and how to contact them to withdraw an article from consideration. It covers 203 law reviews. The document was updated in 2023. Rostron, Allen and Levit, Nancy,

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When do law reviews usually open? When will peak submission times be? When do editors issue the majority of article decisions?

Galle, Brian D., (August 12, 2016).

Robert Luther III, Practical Tips for Placing and Publishing Your First Law Review Article, 50 U. Rich. L. Rev. Online 63 (2016).

Robert M. Jarvis and Phyllis Coleman, Ranking Law Reviews by Author Prominence- Ten Years Later, 99 Law Library Journal 573 (2007).

The library maintains a list of cases citing to the Akron Law Review. As of 10/2023, Akron Law Review articles were cited in 497 cases.

Updated 2023. Contains journal rankings. By Alan Rostron and Nancy Levit.

Links to Google Scholar metric, Scopus, and a lot more.

114 Law Libr. J. 395 (2022). Contains recommendations for promoting legal scholarship for law journals (p. 425) and authors, including using DOI (digital object identifiers).

from Richmond School of Law. Find contest by prize amount, due date or legal topic.

Includes Writing competitions

A compilation of legal writing competitions by subject. By Suffolk University.

Student writing competitions and calls for student papers are posted here.