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Navigating Legal Scholarship: Submission Process

A Student's Guide to Articles, Comments, Notes, and Paper Courses

Where to publish?

There are various ranking systems that exist, using a variety of factors to determine their rankings, including frequency of citation. These are some of the most popular available to UIC Law faculty:

HeinOnline added a citator feature called ScholarCheck to its database, allowing you to view most cited journals, articles, or authors.

Guides to the Submission Process

Allen Rostron and Nancy Levit have compiled a table of journal policies for publication (last updated on January 9, 2025): Information for Submitting Articles to Law Reviews & Journals.

Scholastica

Scholastica is a paid service for law review submissions. When you use Scholastica to submit to law reviews, every step of the process is organized in one, easy-to-manage place. The Scholastica Law Review Author Guide provides detailed instructions on setting up an account, submitting a manuscript, and submitting a manuscript to multiple law reviews.

Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

SSRN is an online repository for law faculty scholarship. Therefore, it isn't a publisher in the truest sense, but it can be a place for you to make your articles available to a wider audience. SSRN (or other repositories) can be used to make your "working paper" or drafts available for early feedback and reaction from colleagues.