For Authors
Submit Manuscript**The Articles Committee is currently accepting submissions. **
Submission Format
- We prefer if submissions appear in Microsoft Word format.
- Text and citations should conform to A Uniform System of Citation (21st ed. 2020) (“The Bluebook”). Footnotes are strongly preferred over endnotes.
- We encourage the use of gender-neutral language.
The Columbia Law Review has a strong preference for accepting pieces between 20,000 and 30,000 words (including footnotes).
Expedited Review
We will do our best to honor all expedite requests and to provide a prompt publication decision. Please be aware of the Review’s policy concerning expedited reviews: If the Review makes an offer of publication following an expedited review, the author has one hour from the time of actual notification in which to accept the offer.
Peer Review
Because peer review of articles and essays improves the Columbia Law Review’s selection process and helps to verify piece originality, the Review strongly prefers subjecting submitted pieces to peer review, contingent on piece-selection timeframes and other extenuating circumstances.
Standard Exclusive Submissions
The Articles Committee welcomes exclusive submissions. If you have a strong interest in publishing with the Columbia Law Review, please email your manuscript to the Executive Articles Editor (eae@columbialawreview.org) on or after August 1. We kindly ask that you give the Review ten days for exclusive review before submitting to other journals. Please note that the Articles Committee will subject all submitted pieces to the same standard and thorough process of review. The Articles Committee will not consider any exclusive submissions earlier than August.
***Please note that submitting through this page will categorize your submission as an Article. If you believe your submission is better categorized as an Essay, please submit through this page. If you are submitting a book review, please submit through this page. If you are submitting for online publication in _CLR Forum, please submit here.***