Submissions

The Harvard Law & Policy Review (HLPR) welcomes articles and essays from professors, judges, practitioners, policymakers, and students. Unsolicited manuscripts should be typed and double-spaced in Microsoft Word format, and citations should conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005).

Non-student submissions should be sent to the Review by emailing submissions@hlpronline.com.

Student submissions should be sent to studentsubmissions@hlpronline.com.

HLPR is seeking the following content:

Journal Articles

HLPR publishes two issues every year. We are seeking short, easily readable pieces that are of interest to legal scholars, legal practitioners, judges, and political activists and officeholders. The pieces should be about 5,000-10,000 words, lightly footnoted, and policy-oriented. We are looking for innovative pieces of particular interest to the progressive community. The submissions process is ongoing, but we typically select pieces for our Fall issue in early August and select pieces for our Spring issue by early January.

Journal Student Articles

HLPR publishes three student essays in each issue. We are seeking outstanding student writing from a diverse array of law schools. The pieces in our student writing section are more policy oriented than traditional legal writing, are less footnote heavy, and tend to be around 4,000-6,000 words after our editing process, though we can work with longer at the outset. Our submissions process is ongoing, but we typically select pieces for our Fall issue in early August and select pieces for our Spring issue by early January.
Online Articles
HLPR is seeking articles for its online edition.  Online articles are shorter than print journal articles and are targeted to a wide audience.  Ideally, online articles will have fewer than 4000 words, not including footnotes.Recent Cases and Legislation: HLPR seeks short articles on recent cases and legislation of note. Past articles have featured cases including the lethal injection case, the Guantanamo detainee cases, and the voter ID case.

General Essays:
HLPR Online seeks short articles on progressive legal, constitutional, and policy issues.

Book reviews:
HLPR seeks reviews of recent books that address legal, constitutional, and policy issues.

Student Articles:
HLPR Online is currently looking for student articles on the following topics: (1) climate change and the environment; (2) education policy and reform; (3) sexual orientation and legal rights; and (4) national security and privacy rights; and (5) criminal law. These articles should be 5-15 pages in length, double-spaced, including footnotes. We are happy to accept papers originally written for academic credit as long as they are within our page limits.