Submissions
Thank you for your interest in the Arizona State Law Journal. Please review the following information prior to submitting. If you have any questions, email the Executive Articles Editor.
The Journal welcomes law review articles or essays on a variety of law and law-related topics from legal practitioners, law professors, and members of other professional communities. Manuscripts authored solely by J.D. candidates are not accepted unless written by a member of the Journal. Please anonymize your manuscript before submitting to the Journal.
The Journal strongly prefers submissions through Scholastica
Text and footnotes should conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (21st ed. 2020) in the Fall 2025 submission cycle and The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (22nd ed. 2025) in the Spring 2026 submission cycle.
We are open for submissions and will remain open until our issues are filled. Thank you.
To ensure a fair and impartial review process, the Arizona State Law Journal does not perform expedited reviews.
An exception may be made if the author demonstrates a strong desire to publish with the Journal and a clear commitment to the Arizona legal community.
Database Agreement. The Arizona State Law Journal uses Microsoft Word and WordPerfect on IBM-compatible personal computers. Selected articles from the Journal may be accessed through WESTLAW (database: AZSLJ) and LEXIS. Authors must agree to inclusion in the WESTLAW and LEXIS databases.
Publication Terms and Copyright Agreement. Click here to view the agreement that we ask our authors to sign.
The Journal accepts law review articles, including articles written by non-law professors that are of professional quality. The Journal also accepts student notes or comments that are of professional quality and authored by Journal members. The Journal will not accept articles longer than 30,000 words (inclusive of footnotes), with a strong preference for articles shorter than 25,000 words (inclusive of footnotes). Essays are strongly encouraged to be less than 15,000 words (inclusive of footnotes). The Journal does not accept book or article reviews or responses.
The first page of all submissions should include a short (approximately 250 words) abstract that is distinct from the first paragraph of the article and summarizes the article’s main findings or argument. The Fall 2025 submission cycle will accept articles with citations that substantially conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (21st ed. 2020). However, starting in the Spring 2026 submission cycle, all citations will be required to substantially conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (22nd ed. 2025).
If your manuscript is accepted, please be prepared to provide copies of any sources that were difficult to locate or access either via email or file drive.
With the recent publication of the 22nd edition of the Bluebook, the Journal plans to accept submissions with citations that substantially conform to the 21st edition during the fall submission cycle. In Spring 2026, when the Journal re-opens for new submissions, all citations will be required to substantially conform to the Bluebook, 22nd edition.