{"id":10,"date":"2009-08-21T08:08:07","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T15:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harvardnsj.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2025-10-01T23:14:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:14:37","slug":"submissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last revised: September 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Harvard Law School National Security Journal<\/em> (NSJ) publishes original scholarly and practical works on contemporary national security issues. NSJ articles cover a wide spectrum of issues, and we welcome works that link national security topics with other salient fields. We accept submissions from scholars, practitioners, and law students.<\/p>\n

Please see our submissions policies below and contact us<\/a> if you have any questions about these policies. Thank you for your interest in NSJ.<\/p>\n

The Print Journal<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In the\u00a0Print Journal<\/a>, NSJ publishes longer articles designed to advance national security scholarship. These articles are published online in semiannual issues. The articles also appear on HeinOnline, Westlaw, and, LexisNexis. The Print Journal does not publish articles sole-authored by current law students.<\/p>\n

We request that authors comply with the following standards:<\/p>\n

Electronic Submissions<\/em>:\u00a0<\/em>We strongly encourage authors to submit their manuscripts electronically in Microsoft Word format. Submissions should be submitted via Scholastica. Alternatively, submissions may be emailed as an attachment to hlsnsj.submissions@gmail.com<\/a> with the word \u201cSubmissions\u201d and the author\u2019s last name in the subject line, e.g., \u201cSubmissions \u2013 Doe.\u201d Please include the author’s CV along with the article draft in the email.<\/p>\n

Submissions Deadlines<\/em>: Articles may be submitted at any time and are reviewed on a rolling basis. Whether an article is published in Issue 1 or Issue 2 will be determined on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n

Length Guidelines<\/em>:\u00a0Articles should be longer than 11,000 words, although we strongly prefer submissions that are 15,000 words or longer. Shorter or longer works are considered on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n

Citation Format<\/em>:\u00a0<\/em>Please use footnotes rather than endnotes and conform footnotes to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation<\/em> (22nd ed. 2025)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Review Process<\/em>:\u00a0<\/em>We read all articles that meet these guidelines. Each work receives a thorough review before a Submissions Editor responds with a decision. Decisions on articles are released on a rolling basis. Decisions should be made within six weeks of submission, but please allow for additional time during school breaks and end-of-semester exam periods. For more information on the Harvard Law School\u2019s academic calendar, please visit this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Editing Process<\/em>:\u00a0<\/em>Each accepted work will be assigned to a team of NSJ editors. This team will work with the author to revise and prepare the work for publication.<\/p>\n

The Online Journal<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Notice:<\/strong> The Harvard Law School National Security Journal<\/em>\u00a0 has discontinued its Online Edition and will no longer be accepting submissions for this platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last revised: September 2025 The\u00a0Harvard Law School National Security Journal (NSJ) publishes original scholarly and practical works on contemporary national security issues. NSJ articles cover a wide spectrum of issues, and we welcome works that link national security topics with other salient fields. We accept submissions from scholars, practitioners, and law students. Please see our submissions policies below and contact us if you have any questions about these policies. Thank you for your interest in NSJ. The Print Journal In the\u00a0Print Journal, NSJ publishes longer articles designed to advance national security scholarship. These articles are published online in semiannual issues. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"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":""}},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PeZtUX-a","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}