Submissions
Please note that the Cardozo Law Review is only accepting submissions via Scholastica. Click here to submit via Scholastica.
Submissions Information
The Law Review seeks to reflect the vibrant, intellectually stimulating atmosphere of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and as such, we invite article submissions on all legal subjects. While we do not abide by a strict word limit, we prefer articles that are under 35,000 words. In general, we do not publish case comments or book reviews in the print journal. Those pieces may be submitted for consideration in our online companion journal, de•novo, by emailing cardozo.l.rev.de.novo@gmail.com. For more information on the types of articles that de•novo publishes, please click here.
Due to the volume of quality submissions that we receive, we are unable to consider student-submitted articles at this time.
Submissions Timeline
Our most active submissions periods, and thus the best times to submit your article, are during the peak Spring submissions period (February-April) and the Fall submissions period (August-September). Please note that we will not begin to make publication decisions, including for expedited articles, until mid-March (after our new editorial board is elected). Offers of publication will be extended on a rolling basis beginning in mid-March. While we do monitor submissions throughout the year, we usually complete the article-selection process for a given volume during the Fall submissions period.
However, our online companion journal, de•novo, accepts submissions on a rolling basis throughout the year. See information on how to submit to de•novo below.
Selection
Our article selection committee is comprised of our Executive Board, Submissions Editors, and Articles Editors. Each article undergoes three levels of review before an offer is extended.
Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding submissions, please contact our Submissions Editors, David Davani and Emily Bernstein, at davani.clrsubmissions@gmail.com and bernstein.clrsubmissions@gmail.com, respectively.
Please note that the volume of submissions generally precludes our ability to respond to individual status-update requests, particularly in regards to expedite requests. The Cardozo Law Review prefers electronic submissions via Scholastica.
If you or your institution do not have a Scholastica account, please submit your article by e-mail to davani.clrsubmissions@gmail.com and bernstein.clrsubmissions@gmail.com.
de•novo Submissions
As Cardozo Law Review‘s online companion journal, de•novo is designed to promote discourse regarding current legal topics, as well as academic matters, through the publication of shorter (10-25 pages maximum) and more targeted pieces. De•novo accepts submissions on a rolling basis throughout the year. Please submit your pieces through Scholastica. For more information, please contact our Head de•novo Editor, Samantha Velez.
Works de•novo will publish include:
- Responses to articles published elsewhere, particularly the Cardozo Law Review itself;
- Updates to previous articles, perhaps in light of a recent development(s);
- Stand-alone pieces—both academic and practical—that are shorter in length and research expectations than a traditional law journal article;
- A collection of short commentaries on a given issue; and
- Texts of speeches or presentations.
Once selected, an article will be promptly reviewed, edited, and readied for online publication as a downloadable PDF file. Though citations may be altered to conform to Bluebook standards during this process, we give great deference to the author on issues of style and substance. After publication, we will actively solicit responses to the article from other possible contributors—be they jurists, members of the academy or practitioners—in an attempt to generate timely discourse regarding the particular subject. Doing so both furthers the journal’s mission, and provides contributors with broader exposure within the legal community. The finished pieces will be available on the de•novo website in PDF format and online through the Lexis® and Westlaw® services.
Undoubtedly, de•novo will foster and expedite the dialogue generated by the highly-regarded articles of the Cardozo Law Review. We urge you to join in the discourse by sending us your submissions.
Sample Citation
John Doe, Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet, 2008 Cardozo L. Rev. de novo 13, 15–17.