Submissions
The Georgetown Journal of Law and Modern Critical Race Perspectives
Issue 15.1 & Issue 16
Call for Submissions
Volume 15.1:
The Georgetown Journal of Law and Modern Critical Race Perspectives invites legal academics and practitioners to submit articles for Volume 15. This issue will focus on the intersection of law, race, and power in American life, particularly as Critical Race Theory receives significant pushback from conservative leaders. All journal submissions must comport with the journal’s mission as well as the following:
- a) 25,000 words or less
- b) Written by an author who has graduated law school
- c) Include an abstract and curriculum vitae
Submissions and questions may be directed to lawmcrp@georgetown.edu, or the journal’s submissions page on Scholastica.
Deadline for submissions: Submissions will be considered on a rolling basis.
Volume 16: 70 Years Later: Revisiting Brown v. Board of Education and the Struggle for Racial Equity in Education
Seventy years after Brown v. Board of Education, schools are facing yet another watershed moment. Classrooms have long served as incubators of change with the potential to address systemic racial and economic inequity in American life. In recent years, educators have witnessed a wave of pushback against educational programs and curricula that explicitly address inequity in the classroom, whether through inclusion of Critical Race Theory and trauma-informed teaching strategies, affirmative action policies at K-12 and postsecondary institutions, reduction of exclusionary punishment, or removal of police from schools. Stemming from partisan politics, these policies target and disproportionately impact the educational experience and outcomes of students of color, LGBTQ students, students with disabilities, and students from other marginalized communities.
In this issue, we seek to explore the lasting impact of Brown v. Board of Education in this new era of pushback against progress. We invite authors to engage with this topic and others that arise from this turbulent moment.
Submission Criteria
All journal submissions must comport with the journal’s mission as well as the following:
- a) 25,000 words or less
- b) Written by an author who has graduated law school
- c) Include an abstract and curriculum vitae
Submissions and questions may be directed to lawmcrp@georgetown.edu, or the Journal’s submissions page on Scholastica.
Deadline for submissions: Submissions will be considered on a rolling basis.
The Symposium
Contributors to Volume 16 will be featured prominently in a proposed day-long Symposium event in Spring 2024 highlighting the role of Critical Race Theory in modern educational pedagogy, curricula, and systems. The proposed Symposium will occur in-person at Georgetown University Law Center. MCRP anticipates the release of additional details, speakers, and a schedule of events in Spring 2024.
While only traditional legal scholarship will be considered for this Volume, we invite a wide variety of contributions to be featured during the Symposium, so long as they engage with education and Critical Race Theory (CRT). Exceptional essays (including those from non-legal fields), comments, poems, interviews, and reactions will be considered.
Any thoughts related to the Symposium will be much appreciated, and should be directed to Symposium Chair Chelsea Clayton at cac465@georgetown.edu. Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made to the Georgetown Journal of Law and Modern Critical Race Perspectives at lawmcrp@georgetown.edu.
Journal Mission
The Georgetown Journal of Law and Modern Critical Race Perspectives is dedicated to supporting scholarship that provides a critical analysis of the intersection of law and race, focusing especially on the law’s role in the construction and maintenance of racial subordination and social domination.
Submissions Guidance
The Georgetown Law Journal of Modern and Critical Race Perspectives (MCRP) is dedicated to legal scholarship on race and identity. We seek to elevate and connect scholarship and activism, and we provide the following guidance for you to consider when submitting your piece to our journal.
We are a journal of critical race theory. We seek to investigate the relationships between racism, race, power, and the law. Submissions to our journal should be relevant to our focus. We know that all disciplines are connected, and we know that critical race theory overlaps substantially with the social and political sciences. But we seek legal scholarship, not just racism-focused scholarship more generally.
We are looking for works that advance the field of critical race theory and are not wedded to particular lengths of scholarship. We are not focusing on shorter submissions that merely restate existing scholarship—nor we are not looking to publish works that are better suited for publication as books.
Many topics are worthy of—and in need for—critical race scholarship, and we welcome a wide array of topics that fall under this umbrella. But we are looking for works of scholarship that coherently convey their central theses without the need for substantial substantive modification by our production process.
We will engage in a rigorous production process for all pieces that we accept for publication, but we are looking for submissions that are ready for publication. The closer a piece is to being publication-ready, the more effectively we can focus on reviewing and polishing its substance instead of its form.
Both article and student note submissions should adhere to the following technical criteria: MS Word format; double-spaced text (twelve-point Times New Roman font); single-spaced footnotes (ten-point Times New Roman font); one-inch margins all around; and Bluebook (Twenty-First Edition) citation format.
Article Submissions
To submit electronically, please email your submission to lawmcrp@georgetown.edu or submit it via Scholastica or ExpressO. To submit by mail, please send a hard copy of your submission to:
Submissions Editor
Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Student Notes Submissions
The Georgetown Journal of Law and Modern Critical Race Perspectives is excited to offer the opportunity for students to enter an academic dialogue with leaders in the field of Critical Race Theory. MCRP welcomes submissions from students from Georgetown Law and other schools.
Submissions should be emailed to lawmcrp@georgetown.edu with attention to Student Notes Editor. Please include the title of the article in the subject line. The body of the e-mail should include your name, phone number, and mailing address.
Expedited Review
If your submission has been offered publication with another journal, we will make every effort to comply with a request for expedited review.
To request an expedited review, please email lawmcrp@georgetown.edu and include the following information:
- Name
- Phone number
- Email address
- Title of the article
- The journal that has accepted the article
- Your deadline
To facilitate the review process, we request that you attach an electronic copy of your article to the email request for expedited review.