Texas A&M Law Review

Submission and Write-On Policies

Submission Policies

The Texas A&M Law Review welcomes article and essay submissions from judges, academics, and practicing lawyers. We do not accept submissions from current law students. The Texas A&M Law Review accepts submissions via Scholastica. We require electronic submissions that are uploaded to be editable word documents (e.g., .doc or .docx rather than .pdf) with the word count included.

The Texas A&M Law Review has no formal length requirements, and we will review all submissions regardless of length. However, we take the position that most articles can effectively convey their arguments within the range of 40–70 journal pages. We further believe that guidelines on word limits will enhance the quality of our legal scholarship and improve the editing process. To that end, we prefer articles between 15,000 and 30,000 words, including footnotes; however, depending on the circumstance, we will publish articles in excess of 30,000 words. The Law Review also encourages authors to submit essays, which are pieces between 8,000 and 15,000 words, including footnotes. Essays typically have a more focused purpose—advancing a narrow thesis or contributing to discussion on a current, salient issue.

Authors are also encouraged to submit shorter pieces to our online publication, Arguendo, via its own Scholastica page.

Write-On Competition

At the end of each spring semester, the Board of Editors will conduct a writing competition to identify eligible part- and full-time, first-year JD students for invitation to the Texas A&M Law Review. Only those students who obtain a minimum grade point average of 2.50 after the spring semester of their 1L year may receive an invitation. The competition consists of an editing component and a written component. First-year students whose grade point average places them within the top 30% of their class, as calculated by the Registrar at the close of the spring semester, computed solely from the grades in the courses included in the lockstep sequence, shall be awarded additional points on their final Write-On Competition score. A student who demonstrates exceptional writing and editing skills in the Write-On Competition, as determined by the Executive Board which ranks the Write-On Competition Submissions, shall be invited to join the Law Review.