SMU Law Review

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Expedited Review

We will do our best to accommodate expedite requests during the academic year. Requests should be sent via Scholastica’s expedite feature. In addition, please provide the title of any other publication currently making a publication offer along with the respective decision deadline. The SMU Law Review does not perform expedited reviews during the summer.

Authors

The SMU Law Review welcomes article submissions from judges, professors, practitioners, and law clerks, but does not accept submissions from current law students. We publish four times each year and typically accept unsolicited submissions for the spring, fall, and winter issues.

Format

Times 11 or larger font is required for all submissions. Additionally, submissions must contain footnote citations which conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. Articles containing endnotes rather than footnotes will not be considered for publication.

In addition, all submissions should include:

  1. Cover letter containing the author’s contact information and the title of the manuscript
  2. Resume or curriculum vitae for the author
  3. Brief abstract (under 250 words) on a separate page
  4. Copy of the manuscript.

The SMU Law Review has no minimum or maximum page requirements for submissions, though brevity is valued.