Submission of Law Student Articles for Publication

43 Pages Posted: 10 Aug 2010 Last revised: 2 Sep 2016

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Nancy Levit

University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law; University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law

Lawrence Duncan MacLachlan

University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law

Allen Rostron

University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law

Drew Greaves

University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law

Date Written: August 30, 2016

Abstract

Each year law students collectively write a large number of papers that could become law review articles but that are never published. Most law schools require students at some point during their time in law school to research and write an academic paper of publishable quality or seminar paper. Some of these are law review notes and comments that are not selected for publication. Others of these are papers written for specific substantive classes or to fulfill research and writing requirements.

Most of these student papers - even very worthy ones - will never be published or posted online. The publishing route for law students who want to publish in a venue other than their home law journal is not clearly marked. And many law reviews simply will not accept submissions from students outside their own school. Often, the publishing opportunities for non-law review members in their home school’s law review are also not well known.

The purposes of this essay are twofold. First, it offers a number of suggestions for law students (and implicitly for students in other graduate programs) who want to publish their research papers. Second, this essay presents a chart of the policies of 194 law reviews with respect to whether they will publish comments submitted by non-law review members who are students at their home school or notes, comments or articles submitted by law students from other schools.

Keywords: Law Review, Law Journal, Student Publication, Scholarly Publication, Scholarly Writing, Academic Paper, Law Student, Submission Policy, Notes, Comments

JEL Classification: K10, K19

Suggested Citation

Levit, Nancy and MacLachlan, Lawrence Duncan and Rostron, Allen K. and Greaves, Drew, Submission of Law Student Articles for Publication (August 30, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1656395 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1656395

Nancy Levit (Contact Author)

University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law ( email )

5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
United States

University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law ( email )

5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
United States

Lawrence Duncan MacLachlan

University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law

5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
United States
816-235-2437 (Phone)
816-235-5274 (Fax)

Allen K. Rostron

University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law ( email )

5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
United States

Drew Greaves

University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law ( email )

5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
United States

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