Guidelines for the Submission of Manuscripts

The Saint Louis University Public Law Review is a student-edited publication that publishes two issues per year, one based on a symposium held at the law school in the spring, and the other based on a special topic that changes each year.

The Public Law Review accepts submissions of manuscripts, commentaries, and book reviews. We are currently accepting articles on the “Future of Immigration Law and the New Administration” for our spring 2010 issue. We are also accepting proposals for presentations at our April 2010 symposium on the National Voting Rights Act of 1965

To submit an article or proposal on either topic, please complete the following steps:

1. The best way to submit your article is by email as an attachment. You can also mail a hard copy along with a digital version on CD to the Lead Articles Editor at the address below.
2. All manuscripts must be typed, double-spaced, and on 8.5" x 11" paper.
3. Files should be prepared in Word or WordPerfect.
4. Please use footnotes rather than endnotes. Footnotes should conform to the Eighteenth Edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation.

The editors will not acknowledge the submission of manuscripts unless at the request of the author. Decisions to accept or reject papers are based on the editors' judgment. The evaluation process generally takes four to six weeks.

If you require expedited review of your submission because you have received an offer for publication in another journal, please contact us by phone or e-mail and be sure to include the date by which you need a response.

For file purposes, the Public Law Review retains all papers submitted for consideration. Copies are not returned to the author unless the author makes that request in writing and supplies the Law Review with a return address envelope and adequate postage

Thank you for your interest in the Public Law Review. 

Please send article submissions to:

Lead Articles Editor
Saint Louis University Public Law Review 
3700 Lindell Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63108
314-977-3937 (phone)
314-977-1463 (fax)
sluplr@slu.edu