Submissions

Submission Information

The submissions period for Volume 96 of The Minnesota Law Review is now closed. The submissions period for the current volume of the Law Review‘s online companion journal, Headnotes, is also closed. The Law Review will accept new submissions – for both the print edition and for Headnotes – starting in February, 2012.

The Minnesota Law Review will consider for publication in its print edition any original work focusing on any topic or field in the law. The Law Review will consider publishing in Headnotes any piece responding to any recent Article, Essay, or Note appearing in our print volume. The Law Review also considers, for publication in Headnotes, book reviews and, especially, practitioner-oriented pieces.

Citations in all manuscripts should conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (19th ed. 2010). The Minnesota Law Review does not accept submissions from law students.

Publication Agreements

The Minnesota Law Review offers publication agreements that conform to Open Access Law Journal principles, which give authors great freedom to distribute their works. Please review a copy of our model publication agreement for further information.

The Minnesota Law Review is published six times a year in November, December, February, April, May, and June by the Minnesota Law Review Foundation. Headnotes currently publishes  twice a year (fall and spring).


News & Events

  • 2011 Symposium Webstreaming

    Live webstreaming for the 2011 Minnesota Law Review Symposium, Citizens United: Democracy Realized—or Defeated?, will be available at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/minnesota-law-review-symposium-citizens-united-democracy-realized–or-defeated. Be sure to check it out!

  • Article Submission Policy Announcement

    On April 19, 2011, the Minnesota Law Review and several peer journals released a joint letter committing to give every author at least seven days to decide whether to accept any offer of publication. Eliminating “exploding offers” will improve the quality of our deliberations and the scholarship that we publish, [...]

  • Congratulations!

    Class of 2011 Excellence in Public Service Award recipient:  Steve Schmidt (vol. 95 Note & Comment Editor); and Class of 2011 Most Outstanding Contribution Award recipient:  Chelsea Brennan (vol. 95 Lead Managing Editor). Congratulations Steve and Chelsea!

  • 2011 Minnesota Law Review Symposium

    Citizens United: Democracy Realized—or Defeated?

Newsletter

cforms contact form by delicious:days