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Journal of Legal Education

Submissions

The Journal publishes a wide range of work and the editors encourage submission of articles from authors both within and without the legal academy that reflect or focus on legal education, legal pedagogy, and the legal profession. Journal editors meet bi-weekly to review submissions, and publication decisions are typically made within two to three weeks of submission. Articles submitted that involve empirical research may be sent out for outside peer review and decisions on those submissions may take longer. Please note the following:

  • Peer Edited. Consistent with its role as the academic voice of the AALS, the JLE is peer edited.
  • Exclusive Submissions through Scholastica. Article submissions must be exclusive, that is, not simultaneously offered to any other publication. All submissions should be made through Scholastica.
  • Citation Style. Citation style should conform to the most recent edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (21st ed. 2020) published by the Harvard Law Review Association.
  • Submissions with Images. Submissions containing images must also be accompanied by separate, stand-alone files; the image file names should be labeled to match the figure/image numbers displayed in the manuscript (e.g., image1.jpg). Images may be .jpeg, .jpg, .tif or .eps. Grayscale mode is preferred, but all images must be at least 300 dpi resolution. Final image inclusion is at the discretion of the editors.
  • The Production Process. The production process takes 6-9 months from acceptance through publication. Editors extensively engage with authors and their submissions and provide written feedback on each article accepted for publication. Articles are also proofread, and the footnotes cite-checked. Authors have the opportunity to review and make changes to their submission after copy editing and citation and source checking are complete before reviewing the final page proofs.

The views expressed in the Journal are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Association, the institutions with which the authors are affiliated, or the editors.

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The primary purpose of the JLE is to foster a rich interchange of ideas and information about legal education and related matters.