Submission Guidelines
The North Carolina Law Review is currently closed for submissions for Volume 103. The North Carolina Law Review accepts submissions through Scholastica. We strongly prefer electronic submissions through this system, but the North Carolina Law Review also accepts articles submitted via e-mail. We also continue to review hard-copy submissions sent to the following address:
Executive Articles Editor
The North Carolina Law Review
UNC School of Law
Van Hecke-Wettach Hall, CB #3380
Chapel Hill, N.C. 27599-3380
Please note that the volume of articles we receive prevents us from responding to every submission.
Publication Guidelines
The North Carolina Law Review welcomes submissions by judges, professors, and practitioners. All submissions should include a cover letter and conform to the 21st edition of the Bluebook. Please note that we only accept student writing from current law students at the University of North Carolina School of Law. We do not accept student pieces from students at other law schools.
In an effort to address the growing length of law review articles, the North Carolina Law Review has adopted a new policy limiting the length of articles we will accept or publish. The Review will give preference to articles under 25,000 words in length—the equivalent of 50 law review pages—including text and footnotes. The Review will not publish articles exceeding 40,000 words—the equivalent of 75 to 80 law review pages—except in extraordinary circumstances.
Expedited Review
In the event you receive an offer from another journal, we will consider expediting review of your article. Please either submit a request via Scholastica or email your request to the Volume 103 Executive Articles Editor, Juliana Bird (birdj@unc.edu). If you choose to send an email, please include your name, phone number, a short title of the piece, the names of other publications from which you have received offers, and the relevant deadline. Although we will try to meet your deadline, we can offer no guarantees given the volume of requests that we receive.
Regrettably, we are also unable to perform expedited reviews during our May or December examination periods or during the summer.
NCLR Forum Submissions
The North Carolina Law Review Forum is currently closed for submissions for Volume 103. The NCLR Forum accepts submissions through Scholastica. Please either submit an expedited review request via Scholastica or email your request to the Volume 103 Executive Forum Editor, Sam W. Scheipers (samwebb@live.unc.edu).
The NCLR Forum, the journal’s online publication, is a space for quick dissemination of timely articles and op-eds by academics, judges, practitioners, policymakers, and law students, as well as for lively discussion and responses to articles published in the North Carolina Law Review. The NCLR Forum is committed to publishing pieces of special import to practitioners in North Carolina; we especially invite submissions considering recent developments in North Carolina law and in the Fourth Circuit. The NCLR Forum prefers submissions between 6,000 and 12,000 words.