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Boston College Law Review

Submissions for our journal are currently closed

The Boston College Law Review is closed for submissions. We will reopen in August 2026. Feel free to contact us at bclr@bc.edu with any questions.

Thank you,
Boston College Law Review Editorial Board

For Authors

Please submit the following items along with your article:

  1. Cover letter that references the article’s title, briefly describes the article, and contains the author’s name, affiliation, and full contact information (including phone number and e-mail address); and
  2. Resume, bio, or brief curriculum vitae.

We prefer Microsoft Word format, but will also accept documents in WordPerfect or Adobe Acrobat formats. For other formats, please inquire before submitting.

We do not publish articles by law students currently enrolled at other schools. We reserve space for student-authored works in our volumes for our own students’ work.

If your article has received a formal offer of publication from another journal, we will make every effort to comply with a request for expedited review. We prefer that you use Scholastica’s expedited review function for such requests.

We require all of the following information to process your request for expedited review:

  1. Your name and contact information;
  2. The title of your article;
  3. The source of the competing offer(s); and
  4. Your deadline.

More Questions About Submitting to the BCLR?

John Gordon runs the academic journals program at the law school. General review information or questions regarding article submissions, permission to reprint, subscription information, and purchasing back issues may be directed to John at the following: phone (617) 552-8557; fax (617) 552-4098; or e-mail gordonjo@bc.edu.