The California Law Review will open for submissions in August 2026. Submissions will be accpeted on a rolling basis until slots are filled. We prefer to receive submissions via Scholastica. We also accept submissions sent via email to clrarticles@gmail.com. Please see California Law Review’s website for further information on the use of AI.

Submission Requirements

All manuscripts should be less than 35,000 words (including footnotes).

CLR considers pieces that are substantially legal in nature, and will accept pieces that would traditionally be considered articles or essays.

Citations should conform to the 22nd edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation.
Please include with your submission the following information for each author:

Name
Mailing Address
Email Address
Phone Number
CV

We give offers of publications on the phone. Our policy is to give authors 24 hours to decide whether or not to accept an offer of publication.

Expedite Requests

Expedite requests should be made online via Scholastica. Regrettably, the California Law Review is not able to confirm receipt of an expedite request, but an Editor will be in contact if there is interest in the piece.

Articles

Articles attempt to situate novel ideas within existing legal conversations. Articles generally provide a comprehensive treatment of a particular area of law and follow a traditional roadmap of an introduction, background information, arguments, and conclusion.

Essays

Essays typically start new conversations, rather than entering existing ones by employing methodologies atypical for law review article. When evaluating pieces for publication, the Articles & Essays Department will look for work that methodologically, stylistically, or topically diverges from more familiar modes of legal scholarship. We are especially interested in pieces that make us think about the law in new and different ways.

If you have any questions, please contact Senior Articles & Essays Editors at clrarticles@gmail.com.