Law Review Submissions Guide 2015-16 Law Review Rankings & Submission Tips

Law Review Submissions Guide 2015-16

Law Review Rankings & Submission Tips Law Review Submissions Guide 2015-16

Law Review Rankings & Submission Tips

3 Introducing the New SelectedWorks! Welcome to ExpressO! The ExpressO Submissions Guide for 2015-16 is here and features our exclusive ExpressO law review rankings (Top 100 and the Top Disciplines) as well as quick and easy instructions to successfully 5 Top 100 Law Review Rankings complete our simple 3-step submission process. We are also excited to share a sneak peek of the new SelectedWorks, slated for release this fall. 7 Top Law Reviews in Key Disciplines Please visit the ExpressO website for author resources including tutorial videos and FAQs. Get your submission started with ExpressO today! 11 Make Your ExpressO Submission http://law.bepress.com/expresso Introducing the New SelectedWorks

Rebuilt from the ground up, the new and mobile-friendly SelectedWorks offers innovative features and functionality. On the surface, we gave it a sleek and clean design with straightforward site navigation, as well as enhanced layout to highlight content. For the author, we made it easier to upload and manage their works by providing intuitive editorial tools and updates in real time.

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SelectedWorks is the place to With author scholarship at post and share your work. At the forefront, SelectedWorks its core, SelectedWorks is a highlights each article, dynamic tool used by scholars presentation, book, working to promote their research; paper, etc., with a unique it is specifically designed to card view and thumbnail allow readers to easily discover preview. Organize your works and read your work. Detailed under customized categories readership information and a unique to your research. New live download map are provided multimedia display options via the Author Dashboard, your are also available, including own personalized reporting tool. streaming media.

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SelectedWorks not only The new SelectedWorks is scheduled for release in Fall 2015, but you can showcases your work, but get started building your own SelectedWorks site now (and for free) by also gives you the opportunity visiting http://works.bepress.com. to tell readers who you are. Acquaint visitors to your site You can also create your SelectedWorks site via your ExpressO with an Author Introduction submission. See page 13 for more information. and a dedicated About page outlining your biography.

3 4 The following list of reviews represents Top 100 the most popular law reviews chosen by authors using ExpressO, according to 2014 Law Review delivery data. These rankings are intended Rankings to complement, not replace, other ranking mechanisms such as the number of citations and law school ranking.

1. Ohio State Law Journal 26. Hofstra Law Review* 51. University of Louisville Law Review 76. Drake Law Review 2. Hastings Law Journal 27. Akron Law Review* 52. Indiana Law Journal (IU Bloomington)* 77. Montana Law Review* 3. Washington and Lee Law Review* 28. Denver University Law Review 53. Catholic University Law Review* 78. Washburn Law Journal 4. University of Pennsylvania Law Review* 29. Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review* 54. Brigham Young University Law Review* 79. Chapman Law Review 5. Cornell Law Review* 30. Nebraska Law Review* 55. Villanova Law Review* 80. Valparaiso University Law Review* 6. University of Illinois Law Review 31. University of Pittsburgh Law Review 56. South Carolina Law Review 81. Tulsa Law Review* 7. Washington University Law Review* 32. Maryland Law Review* 57. Saint Louis University Law Journal 82. South Dakota Law Review 8. The Georgetown Law Journal 33. Georgia State University Law Review* 58. St. John’s Law Review* 83. University of New Hampshire Law Review

9. University of Colorado Law Review 34. University of Miami Law Review* 59. Vermont Law Review 84. Southern Methodist University Law Review* 10. Alabama Law Review 35. Santa Clara Law Review* 60. Case Western Reserve Law Review 85. Texas Tech Law Review 11. George Mason Law Review 36. Seton Hall Law Review* 61. University of Cincinnati Law Review* 86. University of Baltimore Law Review* 12. Brooklyn Law Review* 37. Loyola University Chicago Law Journal* 62. Tennessee Law Review 87. Pace Law Review*

13. American University Law Review* 38. Kentucky Law Journal 63. Indiana Law Review (IU Indianapolis) 88. William Mitchell Law Review* 14. Washington Law Review 39. University of Kansas Law Review 64. University of Hawai’i Law Review 89. Willamette Law Review 15. Florida State University Law Review* 40. Temple Law Review 65. Lewis & Clark Law Review 90. North Dakota Law Review 16. Florida Law Review* 41. Baylor Law Review 66. Mississippi Law Journal 91. Wayne Law Review 17. DePaul Law Review* 42. Arkansas Law Review 67. Idaho Law Review 92. New England Law Review* 18. Michigan State Law Review* 43. Albany Law Review 68. Creighton Law Review 93. U of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review* 19. University of Richmond Law Review 44. Louisiana Law Review* 69. Houston Law Review 94. West Virginia Law Review 20. Missouri Law Review* 45. Oklahoma Law Review 70. UMKC Law Review 95. Suffolk University Law Review 21. Oregon Law Review 46. Seattle University Law Review* 71. Stetson Law Review 96. University of Dayton Law Review 22. Buffalo Law Review 47. New Mexico Law Review 72. Loyola Law Review (LU New Orleans) 97. McGeorge Law Review (U of the Pacific)* 23. Boston University Law Review 48. Nevada Law Journal* 73. Wyoming Law Review* 98. Howard Law Journal 24. Penn State Law Review* 49. Syracuse Law Review 74. University of San Francisco Law Review 99. University of Memphis Law Review 25. Rutgers University Law Review 50. Utah Law Review 75. Marquette Law Review* 100. California Western Law Review*

5 *These journals are publishing online using the Digital Commons platform. 6 Top Law Reviews in Key Disciplines

Civil Rights Constitutional Law

1. Boston University Public Interest Law Journal 1. Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy* 2. Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 2. Texas Review of Law & Politics 3. University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change* 3. William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal* 4. Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy* 4. Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal 5. CUNY Law Review 5. Northwestern Interdisciplinary Law Review 6. Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice* 6. University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law* 7. Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review 7. Dartmouth Law Journal 8. Law Journal for Social Justice (Arizona State University School of Law) 8. Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly 9. Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal 9. Constitutional Law Review (Constitutional Court of Georgia) 10. Columbia Journal of Race and Law 10. BYU Journal of Public Law*

Commercial Law Environmental Law

1. University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law* 1. Harvard Environmental Law Review 2. Harvard Business Law Review 2. Stanford Environmental Law Journal 3. Columbia Business Law Review 3. Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 4. American University Business Law Review* 4. New York University Environmental Law Journal 5. William & Mary Business Law Review* 5. Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum* 6. Virginia Law & Business Review 6. Ecology Law Quarterly (University of California Berkeley)* 7. Business Law Review (Florida State University) 7. Virginia Environmental Law Journal 8. University of Miami Business Law Review* 8. Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review* 9. American Business Law Journal 9. Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law* 10. Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law* 10. UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy

7 *These journals are publishing online using the Digital Commons platform. 8 Top Law Reviews in Key Disciplines

International Law Science & Technology

1. Harvard International Law Journal 1. Berkeley Technology Law Journal* 2. Cornell International Law Journal 2. Yale Journal of Law and Technology* 3. Yale Journal of International Law 3. Stanford Technology Law Review 4. University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law* 4. Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review* 5. Berkeley Journal of International Law* 5. Virginia Journal of Law and Technology 6. New York University Journal of International Law and Politics 6. UCLA Journal of Law and Technology 7. Michigan Journal of International Law* 7. Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property* 8. Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 8. Wake Forest Journal of Business & Intellectual Property Law 9. Chicago Journal of International Law* 9. Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology 10. Boston University International Law Journal 10. Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal*

Law & Society Sexuality & the Law

1. Stanford Law & Policy Review 1. Harvard Journal of Law & Gender 2. Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy* 2. Columbia Journal of Gender and Law 3. Yale Law & Policy Review 3. Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy* 4. Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law 4. UCLA Women’s Law Journal 5. Washington University Journal of Law and Policy* 5. The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice (University of Iowa School of Law) 6. Fordham Urban Law Journal 6. Hastings Women’s Law Journal* 7. Wake Forest Journal of Law and Policy 7. Michigan Journal of Gender & Law* 8. Boston College Journal of Law & Social Justice* 8. Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law 9. Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy 9. American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law* 10. Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice (U of Minnesota) 10. Yale Journal of Law and Feminism

9 *These journals are publishing online using the Digital Commons platform. 10 Make Your 1 Select Law Reviews Student Authors 2 Article Information

ExpressO Go to: As the ExpressO Institutional Enter your submission Student Account (prepaid option metadata, upload your article, http://law.bepress.com/expresso Submission only) is limited to a Single Subject and click Continue. Area, select one law category per ...and click Submit Now. submission. Note that you can We accept Microsoft Word, Search law reviews by title, start a new submission to select WordPerfect, and PDF. subject category, Top 100 another category. (based on Washington and Lee’s Law Journal Rankings), or simply browse through our alphabetized list.

Start with ExpressO Tips Tips Tip

If submitting on behalf of Though most law reviews Select only the subject areas another, click the (+) sign With over 10 years of accept submissions all year long, relevant to the topic of your under the Author(s) section experience serving the law submissions tend to peak twice paper—generally no more to add the author’s email community, ExpressO remains a year in February-March, then than three or four. address and name. Then, click unmatched in selection and again in August-September. on the (-) sign to remove your affordability. information before proceeding.

Start your submission now by Author(s), Article Title, and visiting our website: Be sure to choose law reviews Subject Areas are mandatory whose focus best matches the fields, though we strongly subjects covered in your article. recommend including your http://law.bepress.com/expresso A typical submission is sent to cover letter and CV as well. 50-60 law reviews.

11 12 Manage Your 3 Review & Payment 4 Tip Make Your Submission ExpressO Tip: Want to send your Review your submission ExpressO features submission submission to more reviews? Submission information, including metadata management tools for authors Click on the Make More and selected law review(s). to help you stay on track. Visit Deliveries button via the Complete the submission process the ExpressO site and click on article’s Submission Details by agreeing to the terms of service the Manage My Submissions page to select additional law and clicking Finish. link via your My Account page reviews. to access the Email, Expedite and Withdraw features, as well as to accept offers from law Confirmation: reviews with the simple click of Congratulations! You’ve successfully a button. submitted your article! You will receive a submission receipt via email.

Share your work by creating your own SelectedWorks site. Tip Simply click on the red Import Contact to SelectedWorks button on the Confirmation page. If you need to change your If you have any questions or need any assistance with your submission, uploaded documents, update please feel free to contact Consulting Services for support. the article, or add/remove reviews, click on either the Revise My Submission or Revise My Law Review Selection buttons before completing your submission. Tip Submissions cannot be edited Phone Email once delivered. 510.665.1200 Ext. 2 [email protected] If you are prompted to pay for your submission and you believe this to be in error, or your institutional affiliation is incorrect, do not proceed with your submission. Please contact Consulting Services.

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