Submissions

Overview

The Vanderbilt Law Review publishes six issues per year, in January, March, April, May, October, and November. The Law Review welcomes submissions of both articles and essays. Book reviews are published in Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc. We publish a symposium issue every other year, but we do not accept outside submissions for symposia.

The Law Review welcomes articles and essays on a wide range of legal topics, and we give serious consideration to every submission made. Authors should, however, realize that the overwhelming majority of our published articles are by law professors. Moreover, we do not publish student-written articles. The Law Review publishes at most 18 articles each year, and in the past few years has received more than 2,000 submissions per year.

Submissions

UPDATE: The spring submission is now open. En Banc continues to consider short pieces and book reviews throughout the year — please see the En Banc page for more details. Thank you for your continued interest in Vanderbilt Law Review.

We strongly prefer that authors submit their pieces electronically through ExpressO. However, we will accept print submissions or electronic submissions emailed to articles.review@law.vanderbilt.edu. Please do not submit both print and electronic copies.

All submissions should be accompanied by a cover letter and a curriculum vitae. Submissions should conform to Bluebook format.

Print submissions should be submitted to:

Expedited Reviews

Please send all expedite requests through ExpressO. If you are unable to use ExpressO, please send your expedite request to articles.review@law.vanderbilt.edu. You must include the name of the offering journal(s) and the date the offer expires. Please allow at least five days to respond.