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Articles & Essays
Volume 46 of the Yale Law & Policy Review will be open for submissions on February 1, 2027.
Topics: YLPR publishes legal scholarship on a wide variety of topics that address a combination of legal and policy-oriented issues. YLPR strongly prefers publishing scholarship that includes both descriptive and normative analyses and a policy recommendation or critique. YLPR also strongly favors pieces that include some discussion of, or otherwise relate to, United States law and policy. Such scholarship might focus solely on the United States or offer a comparative international approach.
Length: YLPR strongly prefers Articles under 25,000 words (including footnotes) and will publish manuscripts over 25,000 words only under exceptional circumstances. In general, Essays are shorter pieces of legal scholarship (around 15,000 words including footnotes). YLPR accords the same weight to Articles as it does to Essays but distinguishes the two on the basis of scope and length.
Eligibility: Current law students are not eligible for publication of an Article or Essay, though anyone is welcome to submit an Inter Alia piece for consideration. (If you are a current Yale Law School student seeking to submit a piece, please refer to the section on Notes and Comments below.) There are no other categorical restrictions on who may submit an Article or Essay.
Review Process: YLPR reviews submissions during the spring semester, beginning in February. The review process proceeds in two stages: (1) the YLPR submissions team conducts an initial review and selects pieces to elevate for consideration to the full YLPR Executive Board; and (2) the YLPR Executive Board then votes on submissions to accept for publication. The Editors-in-Chief will extend offers of publication to authors.
Optional Demographic Information: Through the Scholastica system, YLPR allows authors to submit an optional demographic information form when submitting their manuscript (e.g., race, gender, sexual orientation, academic position). This information will be visible to YLPR’s Editors alongside the manuscript. Submitting demographic information through this form is entirely optional.
Expedite Requests: If an author has received a formal offer of publication from another journal and would like YLPR to expedite review of that piece, the author should indicate that in their Scholastica submission. YLPR will attempt to honor all requests for expedited review.
Notes & Comments
The Yale Law & Policy Review is no longer accepting Notes and Comments for publication in Volume 45, and submissions for Volume 46 will open in Spring 2027.
Topics: YLPR publishes student scholarship on a wide variety of topics. A Note or Comment (the latter of which may be a Book Review) should include analyses of both law and policy. YLPR also strongly favors pieces that include some discussion of, or otherwise relate to, United States law and policy. Such scholarship might focus solely on the United States or offer a comparative international approach.
Length: Notes cannot exceed 20,000 words (including footnotes), and Comments cannot exceed 3,000 words (excluding footnotes).
Eligibility: YLPR's student publications submissions process is open to all current Yale Law School students, including third-year law students graduating in Spring 2026.
Anonymity Requirements and Review Process: We believe that each piece of student scholarship should be considered purely on its merits. We therefore use an anonymous screening process in which the identity of the author is unknown unless the piece is accepted. Under no circumstances should you reveal your identity anywhere in your Note or Comment anywhere in your Statement of Originality, or anywhere else in your submission materials. In addition, please do not discuss your work with the members of the Selection Committee.