{"id":18,"date":"2011-10-21T15:20:34","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T19:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harvardelr.org\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:42:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T16:42:57","slug":"submissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Submissions: Print Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>General Information on Submissions<\/strong><br>The <i>Harvard Environmental Law Review<\/i> seeks to publish innovative, original scholarship that makes a significant contribution to the field of environmental law. We accept submissions for a variety of print opportunities. The opportunities to be published in our journal are detailed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>General submissions for\u00a0<em>HELR<\/em> Volume 50, Issue 2 are now <strong>CLOSED<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/harvard-environmental-law-review.scholasticahq.com\/for-authors\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"253\" height=\"73\" src=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2023\/07\/submit_via_scholastica.png\" alt=\"submit via scholarstica button\" class=\"wp-image-3207\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Submissions for Student Writing (only for Harvard Law School students) remain <strong>OPEN<\/strong>. HLS students should contact hlselr@gmail.com with any questions and email submissions to hlselrsubmit@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><u><i>Full-Length Academic Articles<\/i><\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>HELR<\/em> accepts manuscripts and makes offers for publication during two 6-week periods each year. We close submissions once we have filled an issue, and reopen when we are ready to start reviewing articles for the next issue. For our Fall issue, we typically start reviewing submissions for publication in the preceding February and fill the issue by April. For our Spring issue, we typically start reviewing submissions in the preceding August and fill the issue by October.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HELR gives preference to articles under 25,000 words in length, including text and footnotes. HELR does not publish articles exceeding 35,000 words except in extraordinary circumstances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><u><i>Student Notes<\/i><\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Notes are full-length academic articles (10,000\u201315,000 words) discussing an aspect of environmental law. Past student Notes have been based on final papers from seminars, memos from clinical work, and from independent research projects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We accept Note submissions every August.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><u><i>Case Comments<\/i><\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Case comments discuss a recent important case in environmental law\u2014typically a new Supreme Court decision or high-profile circuit court decision. Comments should be 5000\u20137000 words.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We accept case comment proposals in January and July.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proposals should, in two paragraphs, (1) describe the case and its significance and (2) explain the student\u2019s thesis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to submit an article:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like <em>HELR<\/em> to consider your article for publication, please submit the article, your CV, and a cover letter to HELR via <a href=\"https:\/\/harvard-environmental-law-review.scholasticahq.com\/for-authors\">Scholastica<\/a>.&nbsp;If your institution does not support Scholastica submissions,&nbsp;you may submit your&nbsp;materials to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:hlselr@mail.law.harvard.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our email account<\/a> (hlselrsubmit@gmail.com).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>HELR<\/em> does not review submissions from current J.D. or L.L.M. students at other law schools; however, we will review submissions from current S.J.D. candidates.<\/strong>&nbsp;Citations should conform to the 20th edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/harvard-environmental-law-review.scholasticahq.com\/for-authors\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"253\" height=\"73\" src=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2023\/07\/submit_via_scholastica.png\" alt=\"submit via scholarstica button\" class=\"wp-image-3207\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>New in 2025<\/strong>: HELR <\/em>is committed to increasing the transparency of its submissions review process. Therefore, <em>HELR<\/em> has published: (1) a Q&amp;A form with frequent questions, and (2) a rubric that the submissions team uses when evaluating articles. Note that the submissions rubric may change semester-to-semester. The documents can be accessed below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/79\/2025\/01\/QA-Rubric.pdf\">HELR Q&amp;A Form &amp; Submissions Rubric<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Information on SubmissionsThe Harvard Environmental Law Review seeks to publish innovative, original scholarship that makes a significant contribution to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PeZkUb-i","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}