The Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy strongly prefers submissions online via Scholastica. Direct email submissions will also be accepted at notredamejlepp@gmail.com. In addition to the manuscript, we require the submission to be accompanied by a curriculum vitae. Text and footnotes should conform to The Bluebook (21st ed.) and The Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.).
The Journal prefers full-length articles, accepting submissions in the range of 15,000 to 30,000 words, footnotes included, for our Print edition. The online version of our Journal considers shorter essays that do not meet the length requirements for the print edition. This includes our standard Online Supplement, which publishes pieces between the range of 5,000 and 15,000 words, while works under 5,000 words may be considered for our Blog.
The mission of our Journal is to explore the legal, ethical, and policy considerations of each topic within the framework of the Judeo-Christian intellectual and moral tradition. Pursuantly, we seek to publish authors who embrace this tradition.
Nonetheless, we consider ourselves fairly open in terms of style and genre and will consider any articles that advance the dialogue on either of these important issues. Besides serious moral contemplation, we also advocate writing that is passionate, engaging, cogent, original, and thoughtful.
The selection process generally takes place during the spring and summer. Please submit articles as soon as possible to ensure our most careful evaluation. We accept and encourage scholarly articles and reflective essays from law professors, judges, legal practitioners, political scientists, politicians, clerics, and other academic and civic leaders. Although only students at the Notre Dame Law School are considered for publication in our print edition, all student works are considered for our Blog, and, in exceptional cases, for our standard Online Supplement.
If you have any questions regarding a submission, we invite you to contact us.
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