The Southern Region Black Law Students Association (SRBLSA) Law Journal formally announces its call for Notes, Articles, and Comments to be published in its Fourth Volume.

 

We are currently seeking submissions to be published in Volume IV.  The theme is “Promoting a Fit America: Trimming the Health Disparities Faced by Black Americans.”  We encourage candidates for publication to submit articles, notes, or comments that discuss Health Issues and Disparities in the Black Community generally.  If you cannot think of a topic, possible article ideas are listed below.  In order to be considered for publication, all works should be submitted by December 1, 2008. Although we will accept meritable submissions after that date on a case-by-case basis, complying with this deadline will allow the Editorial staff to help authors flesh out their ideas and assist their writing process with suggestions and recommendations.

 

Why should I submit to the SRBLSA Law Journal?

This has been an exciting year for the SRBLSA Law Journal.  It has been a year of great expansion and change.  The Journal, which is the representative Black voice for law students and practitioners living in the South, is now able to receive submissions from all races, ethnicities and locations from across the country!  We are able to expand the Journal because it has attracted a great academic and professional audience in the Black community.  Additionally, the 2008-2009 Journal will be published on Westlaw, published authors are eligible to receive awards, and submissions may satisfy writing requirements for member Law Schools. 

 

 

 

 

 

Submit all final drafts via the electronic submission page on the SRBLSA Law Journal

website, available at http://www.srblsalawjournal.org/electronic_submissions.html. For

more information on the SRBLSA Law Journal or its Volume IV publication, please visit

www.srblsalawjournal.org.

 

 

 

Volume IV of the SRBLSA Law Journal will accept author submissions from attorneys, professors, judges, and law students nationwide. 

A prospective author need not be a BLSA member, though BLSA members are strongly encouraged to submit to the Journal.

 

 

 

 

To be considered for publication, an author must submit an Abstract Proposal for approval by the Editorial Board BEFORE the final drafts are submitted on December 1, 2008. Electronic format is preferred.  Although we will accept meritable drafts after that date on a case-by-case basis, complying with this deadline allows the Editorial staff to better assist authors with suggestions and recommendations.The Journal is limited in the number of articles and notes it can publish. Once we reach that limit, no exceptions can be made.

 

NOTE: One-third of the cases mentioned in the submission must have been decided between August 1, 2002, and August 1, 2007. 

 

EMAIL TO:

Jennifer M. Cox

Editor-in-Chief, SRBLSA Law Journal

eic@srblsalawjournal.org

-OR-

Use our electronic submission page.

 

Once a submission is approved for publication, each author will be sent a formal packet with all pertinent documents and further instructions for the writing process. Each author must commit to meeting very rigid guidelines to ensure a successful and timely publication. If selected, students and professionals are committing to complete your submission by a strict deadline.  Failure of students to do so may be considered a violation of their respective institution's Honor Code.

 

 

Each work will undergo several rounds of editing. After the first round, if the Editorial Board does not believe the work does not meet expected standards, the Journal  reserves the right to return the work to the author and rescind the offer to publish.

 

FOR STUDENTS:

Note & Comment Submission Qualifications:

    1. What is a Note and Comment?  Notes and Comments are written by law students and typically shorter than Article submissions. A Note is an analysis of the holding or issue in a specific court case, while a Comment focuses on either legislation or on a more general legal theory or principle.
    2. Basic Formatting:
      1. Word Limit/Page Limit: No less than 10,000 words OR 20-25 pages, excluding endnotes
      2. Text in 12-point Courier New style font, double-spaced with 1" margins on all sides
      3. Endnotes (not footnotes) in 9-point font formatted with the 18th edition of the Bluebook
    3. Satisfy your School’s Writing Requirement?  Each law school has its own formatting criteria (page numbers, etc.) to satisfy their writing requirement. As such, the Journal will accept notes with the formatting criteria required by your school. Should the journal submission be used for this purpose, please contact and notify the Editor-in-Chief so that a notification letter can be sent to the dean of the law school.

     

    FOR PROFESSIONALS:

    Article Submission Qualifications:

      1. What is an Article? Articles are written by law professors, judges and legal practitioners. They serve an important purpose in that they express the ideas of legal experts with regard to the direction the law should take in certain areas. Such writings have proven influential in the development of the law and have frequently been cited as persuasive authority by the United States Supreme Court and other courts throughout the United States.
      2. Basic Formatting:
        1. Word Limit/Page Limit: No less than 10,000 words OR at least 25 pages, excluding endnotes
        2. Text in 12-point Courier New style font, double-spaced with 1" margins on all sides
        3.  Endnotes (not footnotes) in 9-point font formatted with the 18th edition of the Bluebook