Submissions

William & Mary Law Review

The William & Mary Law Review publishes six issues per year: October, November, February, March, April, and May. The Law Review publishes scholarship on a wide range of legal and public policy issues. The majority of works published in the William & Mary Law Review are selected from unsolicited submissions. The Law Review receives and reviews approximately 1800 submissions each year. Great care is taken to publish each issue on time, and the Law Review takes pride in the fact that it has done so consistently for the past several years.

Print Submissions

The Articles Committee is now considering submissions for the volume that will be published next academic year. The committee reviews all articles and essays it receives until the volume is full.

In addition to submitting a manuscript, the Review encourages authors to submit a cover letter or an abstract of the article, a word count, and any other information the author believes useful for our consideration.

The Notes section of the William & Mary Law Review is reserved for the journal's own membership. The Law Review does not consider any other submissions from current law students.

Electronic submissions must be sent through Scholastica. We will not accept emailed submissions.

 

Hard copy submissions for print can be sent to:

By mail:

  • Senior Articles Editor
  • William & Mary Law Review
  • William & Mary School of Law
  • P.O. Box 8795
  • Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795

By Federal Express/UPS:

  • Senior Articles Editor
  • William & Mary Law Review
  • William & Mary School of Law
  • 613 South Henry Street
  • Williamsburg, Virginia 23185
  • Phone: (757) 221-3860

Expedited Review for Print Submissions

If you would like to request an expedited review of your article, please submit this request through the Scholastica website. Although we will try to review each request, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to review your article in the time provided.

Please direct any questions that you have to the attention of the Senior Articles Editor.

William & Mary Law Review Online

The William & Mary Law Review Online is a general interest online law journal and the official online supplement to the William & Mary Law Review. By offering authors a rolling publication timetable throughout the academic year, the William & Mary Law Review Online provides authors a dynamic forum for essays discussing timely legal issues, responses to print publications, book reviews, dialogues, and other academic treatments of scholarly legal topics.
 
Edited by the same law student members of the print William & Mary Law Review, the William & Mary Law Review Online publishes online articles with the same careful editing and attention to detail for which the Law Review is known.

Online Submissions

The William & Mary Law Review Online accepts articles on a rolling basis throughout the year and offers a flexible publication timeline. In addition to submitting a manuscript, the Review encourages authors to submit a cover letter or an abstract of the article, a word count, and any other information the author believes useful for our consideration. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our Lead Online Editor.

Electronic submissions must be sent through Scholastica. We will not accept emailed submissions.

William & Mary Law Review

 

Hard copy submissions for online can be sent to:

By mail:

  • Lead Online Editor
  • William & Mary Law Review
  • William & Mary School of Law
  • P.O. Box 8795
  • Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795

By Federal Express/UPS:

  • Lead Online Editor
  • William & Mary Law Review
  • William & Mary School of Law
  • 613 South Henry Street
  • Williamsburg, Virginia 23185
  • Phone: (757) 221-3860

Expedited Review for Online Submissions

If you would like to request an expedited review of your article, please submit this request through the Scholastica website. Although we will try to review each request, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to review your article in the time provided.

Please direct any questions that you have to the attention of the Lead Online Editor.