Emory Law School Website

• Law Journal: Submissions and Ranking (Washington & Lee Law Library). This site can be used to sort journals by rank (based on citation frequency and impact), subject, country or alphabetically by title. A detailed explanation of how to use this service, and the methodology behind it, can be found here. For example, you can quickly generate a list of the top 50 most-cited general student-edited U.S. law reviews. To view a demonstration of this example please click here.  
  
  
  • To generate such a list, beginning from the top left of the screen, select US from the drop-down menu; then check-mark English, General, Student-edited, Print, and Ranked; finally type 1-50 in the box next to Rank and click Submit.  
    
    
  • Clicking on an individual journal title in your list will pull-up a page of useful editorial information for that particular journal.
    
    
• ExpressO 2006 Top 100 Law Reviews (Berkeley Electronic Press). Law reviews ranked according to the number of manuscripts received in 2006 via the ExpressO submission service.
  
  
  • ExpressO 2007 Top Law Reviews: Most Popular Subjects. Subject specific rankings.

• Law Review Article Length Limits & Preferences (Emory Law Library). Table listing article length limits and preferences for the top 35 most-cited general student-edited U.S. law reviews. Most common is a length limit of 35,000 words/70-75 pages, with most preferences ranging from under 25,000 words/50 pages to under 35,000 words/70 pages.  

• Law Journal: Submissions and Ranking (Washington & Lee Law Library). In addition to ranking journals, this site also provides contact information for individual law reviews. For example, once you've generated your list of law reviews, clicking on any individual journal title in your list will pull-up a page of useful editorial information including all contact information for that journal.
  
  
• Academic Law Reviews and Journals (Findlaw). Provides links to home pages for hundreds of journals affiliated with law schools.
  
  
• JURIST - Law Reviews. This list is less comprehensive than FindLaw's, but it provides links to specific sections of law review websites and is searchable by keyword.
  
  
• Links to Submissions Information (UMKC School of Law). List of links to the submissions information on websites of over 180 law reviews.
  
  
• Periodicals Information (Gallagher Law Library). List of current contact information for the law reviews indexed in the Current Index to Legal Periodicals.
  
  
• On-line Directory of Law Reviews and Scholarly Legal Periodicals (Lexis). Contact information provided includes each journal's editorial address, phone and fax numbers, and email address. Be sure not to miss the How to Use document which includes tips concerning multiple submissions, copies and special requirements.
  
  
• Law Review Article Length Limits & Preferences (Emory Law Library). Table includes contact information (editorial address, phone number, and email address) for the top 35 most-cited general student-edited U.S. law reviews.

• ExpressO (Berkeley Electronic Press). You may use this bepress service to have your manuscript electronically delivered to your choice of over 550 law reviews. Emory Law School has an institutional account so when you create your account be sure to use your Emory email address. To get started please review ExpressO's step-by-step instructions and FAQ for Authors.  
  
  
  • List of law reviews that are temporarily full and not accepting submissions.
    
    
• Law Journal: Submissions and Ranking (Washington & Lee Law Library). In addition to ranking journals, this site can facilitate article submission. More information about how to use the Author Submissions feature can be found here. To view a demonstration of this feature please click here.
  
  
  • For example, once you've generated your list of law reviews you can select the top 15 journals in your list by check-marking the boxes to the left of those titles.
    
    
  • Next, toward the top right of the screen, check-mark the box in step 4. under "Author Submission Process" and click on Submit. This produces a custom list of email addresses, upload links, editorial addresses, and submission policies, if available, including the accepted and preferred formats for submission.
    
    
• Law Review Electronic Submissions (Chase College of Law). Lists law reviews that accept electronic submissions and enables email submissions to multiple law reviews.

• Law School Symposia (Chase College of Law). Information on current and upcoming symposia maintained by Chase College of Law Professor Rick Bales.

Blogs

• Concurring Opinions. Law School (Law Reviews) Category.
  
  
• Volokh Conspiracy. To find discussions about law reviews, search for the phrase: law review submission, or for the phrase: law review article.

Articles

• Leah M. Christensen and Julie A. Oseid, Navigating the Law Review Article Selection Process: An Empirical Study of Those With All the Power - Student Editors, 59 S. C. L. Rev. 465 (forthcoming 2008).
  
  
• Nancy Levit, Scholarship Advice for New Law Professors in the Electronic Age, 16 Widener L.J. 947 (2007).

Guides

• Tips on Publishing (Columbia Law School). Advice and strategy for getting published.
  
  
• Eugene Volokh, Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and getting on Law Review (2007). KF250 .V6 2007, on Reserve and at Reference.
  
  
• See especially, Chapter VII. Publishing and Publicizing, pp.185-206
  
  
• 2007 ExpressO Law Review Submissions Guide (Berkeley Electronic Press). Survey of legal scholars who used the ExpressO submission service in 2006. Addresses number and timeliness of publication offers, and publication agreements including negotiating for greater rights.

Charts

• Allen Rostron and Nancy Levit, Information for Submitting Articles to Law Reviews & Journals (June 2008). Two charts containing information for over 180 law reviews and journals concerning methods for submission, special formatting requirements, requesting expedited review, and withdrawing an article from consideration.

Citation Manuals

• Neither The Bluebook nor the ALWD Citation Manual are currently available online. Print editions are available in the Library at the Reserve Desk and at the Reference Desk. Peter W. Martin's Introduction to Basic Legal Citation at Cornell's Legal Information Institute is a useful and thorough guide that includes references to both manuals. 

Dictionary

• Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations on LexisNexis. Print copies are available at the Reserve Desk and Reference Desk in the Library.