Stanford Law Review

Student Submissions: Notes and Comments

Volume 61 Notes Department Staff

Rachel Lee (Senior Notes Editor)
Amanda Bonn
Mindy Jeng
Julia Kripke
Rohith Srinivas
Carolyn Steinwedel

Submit a Note or Comment | Recently Published | Guide to Student Submissions

The Notes Committee encourages all Stanford Law School students to submit their written work for publication in the Law Review. If you are not a Stanford Law student, you must submit your work as an article. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis, but they are only reviewed at four points throughout the year, after a Note/Comment call is sent to the law school e-mail list (law-announce). These Note/Comment calls typically take place in March, June, September, and January and decisions regarding publication are typically made within a month of the deadline in the Note/Comment call.

There are two types of submissions:

NOTES: A Note is a student-authored piece of academic writing which discusses and analyzes an original legal issue or problem in some depth.
COMMENTS: A Comment is a student-authored piece of academic writing that is centered around an analysis or critique of a recent case, piece of legislation, law journal article, or law-related book. Comments are also significantly shorter than Notes.

All submissions are evaluated blindly by the Notes Committee. To maintain the integrity of the blind evaluation process for student submissions, please address comments and questions to the Notes Committe Ombudsperson at notescommittee[at]stanfordlawreview.org. Your questions will then be passed along to Rachel Lee, Senior Notes Editor for Volume 61, with any identifying information removed. Further, authors should take care not to discuss their work with any of the members of the Notes Committee (listed above).

We strongly encourage all students interested in making a submission to read the Guide to Student Submissions, which provides critical information about the Notes/Comments process, including guidelines for making a submission, details about the selection process, and information about what makes a good student submission.

Law Review membership is not required to make a submission, nor does it influence the selection process in any way. Submissions are accepted from current Stanford Law School students, as well as those who graduated the prior year. Graduates must make their submissions by the June Note/Comment Call the year following their graduation (for instance, a May 2008 graduate would have until the June 2009 Note/Comment Call to submit).