Submissions

 

Submissions

Article Submissions
The Southern California Law Review receives thousands of manuscripts each year. From this pool, we ultimately select about twelve articles for publication. Our article selection process opens for submissions each Spring and Fall, and we have opened submissions for Fall 2023. We will be accepting submissions through approximately September 1, 2023. After submissions close, we will open again for the Spring submissions cycle in December 2023. We look forward to reviewing your work.
 
Submission Requirements:
  • All submissions must be accompanied by a CV and cover letter.
  • We prefer articles under 30,000 words (including footnotes).
  • All citations should conform to the 21st edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation.
Please direct all inquires regarding the submissions process to Niki Patel, Executive Articles Editor for Volume 97, at sclr.articles@lawmail.usc.edu. Please include “Inquiry” in the subject line.
 
Procedure
We prefer to receive submissions via Scholastica. We also accept submissions sent via email or mail.
 
Via Scholastica:
  • Submissions via Scholastica are highly preferred.
  • Given the sheer amount of manuscripts we receive, Scholastica provides the most efficient method of reviewing articles.
  • SCLR understands that the required fee to submit articles via Scholastica causes a financial burden for some authors; however, Scholastica is willing to consider requests for fee waivers as well as some other potential accommodations.
Via Email:
  • If Scholastica cannot accommodate your circumstances, please submit your article and curriculum vitae to sclr.articles@lawmail.usc.edu, along with an explanation of the financial circumstances that prevent you from submitting via Scholastica.
Via Paper Submissions:
  • Paper submissions should be directed to:
    • Executive Articles Editor
      Southern California Law Review
      The Gould School of Law
      University of Southern California
      University Park
      Los Angeles, California 90089-0071
Note Submissions
The Southern California Law Review also publishes student-written Notes. The Southern California Law Review selects Notes submitted by the Staff based on relevancy, authorship, and scholarship. The Editors blindly evaluate the Notes, without knowledge of the author’s identity. Each year, Staff submit Notes to be considered for publication in March, and publication decisions are finalized in May. The Notes must be the original work of the author and previously unpublished, a minimum of 35-pages long, and conform to the 21st edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. 
 
Postscript Submissions
Postscript is an online companion to the Southern California Law Review that permits us to publish a wider variety of worthwhile material than we can accommodate in our printed journal. We seek to publish a wide range of timely legal commentaries, response pieces, book reviews, and student work.
 
Postscript Requirements:
  • Postscript accepts three types of submissions: responses, commentaries, and book reviews.
    • Responses are short essays which respond to an article published in the Southern California Law Review.
      • We do not accept responses to student notes or bibliographies.
    • Commentaries are short essays which comment on legal developments and significant court decisions.
      • Authors are free to submit commentaries are on any topic.
    • Book reviews are pieces that analyze literary contribution to legal scholarship.
      • The Southern California Law Review occasionally publishes reviews of new books that address legal developments or significant court decisions.
      • Reviewers are free to submit book reviews on any legal topic.
  • Submissions should be between 6,000 and 10,000 words (excluding footnotes).
    • Submissions which do not adhere to this word count will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
  • All submissions should conform to the 21st edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation.
  • Submissions via Scholastica are highly preferred.
    • If Scholastica cannot accommodate your circumstances, please submit your material and curriculum vitae to Alexandra Stanley and Andrew Workman, Executive Postscript Editors for Volume 97, at sclr.postscript@lawmail.usc.edu.

Please direct any and all Postscript inquires to: sclr.postscript@lawmail.usc.edu.