SUBMISSION POLICY
The Alabama Law Review publishes four issues per academic year. We invite submissions of unsolicited manuscripts from judges, members of the legal academy, and legal practitioners. Please review our submissions policies below. Thank you for your interest in the Alabama Law Review.
SUBMISSION METHOD
We are no longer accepting submissions for Volume 75. We will begin accepting submissions for Volume 76 via Scholastica on February 1, 2024.
REVIEW PROCESS
Submissions may be made from February-April. Each submission is reviewed first by our Acquisitions Editors and a team of screeners. Authors whose articles are chosen for further board review will be notified by the Acquisitions Editors of the status of the article.
Please note that the Alabama Law Review receives and reviews over 2,000 submissions each year. Consequently, while each submission is given a fair and equitable initial review, the staff is unable to personally respond to each author to update the status of our review. Authors should assume that members of our staff will contact them if their piece is pending for further review. We value our authors and appreciate your interest in the Alabama Law Review, and we do our best to ensure that each piece will be given proper review.
MANUSCRIPT GUIDELINES
We strongly prefer manuscripts under 30,000 words (including footnotes). Manuscripts under 15,000 words will be reviewed as essays. Unsolicited book reviews are also welcome, and these are typically 5,000 words maximum (including footnotes).
The Alabama Law Review generally conforms to the formatting and notation conventions set forth in THE BLUEBOOK: A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF CITATION (21st ed. 2020) and the style conventions of THE TEXAS LAW REVIEW MANUAL ON USAGE & STYLE (15th ed. 2020).
REQUESTS FOR EXPEDITED REVIEW
We consider expedited requests throughout the year. Requests for an expedited review should be sent to us through Scholastica. The request should include the author’s name, e-mail address, telephone number, names of the journal or journals that have offered publication, and the expiration dates of those offers. Please see above for our policy concerning contact with authors.
