Submit an Article
The Journal receives over 2,000 submissions every year, many of them outstanding scholarly work. Unfortunately, space is limited and only a relatively small number of those articles can be selected for eventual publication. Selection takes place on a per-volume basis. Submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis, beginning on February 1st and concluding when the volume is filled, typically around mid-September.
Authors considering submitting a manuscript should read the Joint Law Review Statement on Article Length, a statement published jointly by many of the top law reviews reflecting general concern regarding the trend of overly lengthy articles.
To combat this trend, we strongly encourage authors to submit articles that are shorter than 30,000 words in length, including text and footnotes. Authors are encouraged to provide a word count that includes text and footnotes to facilitate faster review of their manuscripts.
Submitting a Manuscript
The Journal strongly prefers that authors submit articles through Scholastica. As a reminder, the Journal is listed as The Georgetown Law Journal under the “T’s” in Scholastica. Alternatively, authors without Scholastica accounts may submit their articles as a Microsoft Word attachment to lawglj@georgetown.edu(This link opens in a new tab). Authors are asked to provide an abstract and CV with their submissions.
Requests for Expedited Review
Requests for expedited review should be made via email to lawglj@georgetown.edu(This link opens in a new tab). Please use “Expedited Review Request” and the article title as the subject line of the email, and include the following information in the body of the email: the author’s name, the article’s title, a contact phone number, the journal making the offer, and the deadline for the expedited review to be completed. Because of the large number of expedited review requests we receive and the limited time frame that we have to complete the review, we are not always able personally to respond to each request. Nonetheless, we will make every effort to review each expedite within the time constraints.
Artificial Intelligence Policy
- The Georgetown Law Journal is committed to keeping human-written work at the core of legal scholarship. The Author represents and warrants that (i) the Author is the sole author of the Work; (ii) the Work’s written text—its above-the-line content,[1] below-the-line text,[2] and below-the-line citation parentheticals—[3] has not been written with assistance from generative artificial intelligence in a manner that would constitute plagiarism—including, but not limited to, copying and pasting from generative artificial intelligence;[4] (iii) if the Author used research assistance from generative artificial intelligence, any content produced from the research was then verified by a human researcher or writer; (iv) the Author has full power and authority to enter into this Publication License and to grant to the Journal the rights and licenses described in Section I; and (v) the Author has not previously granted or otherwise conveyed any such rights or licenses to any other person or entity.
- The Georgetown Law Journal understands that many modern legal research tools incorporate artificial intelligence and the Journal acknowledges the modern ubiquity of using these tools; however, the Author understands that the Journal retains the right to void this Agreement should the Work contain clear signs of unverified generative artificial intelligence usage that is inconsistent with Paragraph III.1—including, but not limited to, hallucinated cases or quotations.
[1] “Above-the-line content” refers to all content that appears above the citation division on the page—including, but not limited to, textual sentences, visual diagrams, and charts.
[2] “Below-the-line text” refers to all textual sentences within footnotes and excludes citation sentences.
[3] “Below-the-line citation parentheticals” refers to all explanatory phrases within parentheses at the end of a legal citation.
[4] The Georgetown Law Journal does not consider spell check or grammar check to be generative artificial intelligence. Brainstorming with the assistance of generative artificial intelligence is not prohibited.