{"id":15,"date":"2017-07-23T10:51:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T14:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/international-law-journal\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-02-15T10:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:21:37","slug":"submissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/international-law-journal\/submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Call for Submissions on the Study and Analysis of International Law Scholarship<\/h2>\n<p><i>The Georgetown Journal of International Law<\/i>\u00a0(GJIL) and the\u00a0<i>Consortium for the Study and Analysis of International Law Scholarship<\/i>\u00a0(SAILS) invite submissions for a special collaboration in Volume 57.4 of\u00a0GJIL.<\/p>\n<p>This issue will feature up to five scholarly articles (9,000\u201312,000 words) examining how international and comparative law scholarship is produced, disseminated, and engaged across the global legal community. Selected works will contribute to ongoing SAILS research themes exploring the intellectual, institutional, and sociological dimensions of international law publishing and its impact on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Authors whose papers are selected for publication will have the opportunity to present their paper at Georgetown Law in the Spring semester<\/p>\n<p>We welcome submissions that address, among other topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The influence of international law journals on how scholars and practitioners conceptualize international law;<\/li>\n<li>Gaps in geographic, linguistic, or demographic representation in international legal scholarship;<\/li>\n<li>The role of professional and funding networks in shaping publication and citation patterns;<\/li>\n<li>Intersections between international, comparative, and foreign relations law and other disciplines, including political science and technology;<\/li>\n<li>Accessibility of international legal research and disparities in scholarly infrastructure across regions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Submissions should adhere to the Bluebook, 22nd edition, for citations and follow standard academic formatting. Manuscripts will be selected through a joint review by\u00a0GJIL\u00a0editors and SAILS participants.<\/p>\n<p>Please submit manuscripts by <b>February 23<\/b>\u00a0to\u00a0<b><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">lawgjil@georgetown.edu<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/b>, with the subject line \u201cSAILS\u2013GJIL Special Issue Submission\u201d or via Scholastica.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about<i>\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/coursesites.georgetown.domains\/sails\/about\/what-is-sails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\"><i>SAILS<\/i><\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/international-law-journal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\"><i>Georgetown Journal of International Law<\/i><\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a>, visit our websites.<\/p>\n<h2>Articles<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666\">GJIL welcomes submissions of manuscripts for publication in our upcoming issues via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/app.scholasticahq.com\/login\">Scholastica<\/a>. Articles should be less than 25,000 words and formatted according to the Bluebook citation system. Please note that articles solely focused on foreign law\u2013\u2013rather than international, comparative, or transnational\u2013\u2013will not be considered for publication.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<div>GJIL welcomes student-authored work in the form of note submissions. All Georgetown and non-Georgetown current J.D. and LL.M students are eligible to submit notes for consideration. Please send your submission and any questions you may have to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:gjilnotes.editors@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">GJILnotes.editors@gmail.com<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>Notes submitted for publication must be in Microsoft Word format between 25 and 45 pages in length, double-spaced, in Times New Roman, 12-point font. Notes must discuss an area of international law and should reflect novel arguments that do not repeat other scholars&#8217; work. Please include a short (1-2 page) abstract\/summary of your note that clearly states its novelty, connection to international law, and novelty\/relevance to scholars in the field.\u00a0The Notes Committee will confirm receipt as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<h2>Blog Posts<\/h2>\n<p>We also accept submissions for our blog. Posts should run between 700 and 1500 words. Sources should be hyperlinked. Posts must not have been published anywhere else. Following publication, posts are featured on our social media accounts. The blog&#8217;s content guidelines are the same as for the print journal but with greater flexibility. Send submissions to our Digital Editor at <a href=\"mailto:gjildigital@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">gjildigital@gmail.com<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666\">Arian Zand<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #666666\">Editor-in-Chief<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #666666\">Georgetown Journal of International Law<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #666666\">Georgetown University Law Center<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #666666\">600 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #666666\">Washington, D.C. 20001<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:lawgjil@georgetown.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">lawgjil@georgetown.edu<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call for Submissions on the Study and Analysis of International Law Scholarship The Georgetown Journal of International Law\u00a0(GJIL) and the\u00a0Consortium for the Study and Analysis of International Law Scholarship\u00a0(SAILS) invite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/international-law-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/international-law-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/international-law-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/international-law-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/international-law-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/international-law-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3404,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/international-law-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/3404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/international-law-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}