The Cambridge Law Review (CLR) is now inviting submissions for Volume 10, Issue 2 of the CLR, which will be published in Summer 2025. The deadline for submissions is 23:59 (UK time) on 15 June 2025 (Sunday).
We are also delighted to announce that this year, Serle Court, a leading commercial chancery barristers’ chambers, will be sponsoring a £500 prize for the best submission to Volume 10, on any English commercial law and/or equity topic. All submissions meeting the theme will automatically be included in the adjudication of the prize, which will be undertaken by the Editorial Board, who will announce the winner in the following Issue.
The CLR is an independent legal publication run by students at the University of Cambridge. The aim of the journal is to provide a forum for the discussion of contemporary and cutting edge legal issues.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
A. Forms of Scholarship Accepted
The Cambridge Law Review accepts Short and Long Articles, as well as Case Comments. Book reviews are not accepted.
A.1 Short Articles: These are shorter pieces of original scholarship between 6,000 and 9,000 words (inclusive of footnotes). Short Articles tend to be more narrowly focused (for example, on fairly isolated points of law) than Long Articles.
A.2 Long Articles: These are full-length pieces of original scholarship between 9,000 and 12,000 words (inclusive of footnotes). Unlike Short Articles, they are typically comprehensive in their review of broader legal issues and areas.
A.3 Case Comments: These are shorter pieces of original scholarship between 2,000 and 4,000 words (inclusive of footnotes). We prefer Case Comments on recent cases but we also welcome submissions that shed new light on an important older case.
B. Content
We welcome the following: submissions on issues relating to English law, EU law, and international law; comparative pieces involving English law; and submissions that are interdisciplinary or non-jurisdiction specific (e.g. technology regulation). We will also consider outstanding submissions that deal solely with the law of other common law jurisdictions on an exceptional basis.
Our most important criterion for publication is that your submission relates to a contemporary legal issue, though we will also consider outstanding historical or jurisprudential pieces. Submissions from students, academics, and practitioners are equally welcome.
However, we do not publish submissions on the legal profession, legal education, or the conduct of legal research. We also do not publish submissions on moral and political philosophy or politics that are only distantly related to law.
A. Citations and Formatting
Citations should abide by the Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA), 4th Edition.
B. Submission and Review Process
To submit an article, please fill in our online form, which is available at the following address: www.cambridgelawreview.org/submit.
Please include an abstract of up to 250 words and up to five keywords with your submission.
Please remove any identifying information (name, university, acknowledgements, etc.) from the Microsoft Word document containing your submission to facilitate our blind review process. You can do this by going to File > Info > Check for Issues > Inspect Document > Inspect, and clicking on 'Remove All' next to 'Document Properties and Personal Information' (on Windows devices), or by going to Tools > Protect Document, and clicking on 'Remove personal information from this file on save' (on Apple devices).
Each submission will be subject to a blind review process by multiple editors on the Editorial Board of the CLR, comprising postgraduate and undergraduate students at the University of Cambridge. Furthermore, if the submission is made on EU law, international law, or is a comparative piece involving English law, it will additionally be reviewed by an International Editorial Board appointed from universities in other jurisdictions to ensure, as far as possible, a fair and comprehensive review. The reviewing editors will not be aware of the name, credentials, or academic institution of an author.
Authors will be notified about the status of their submission after the review process has concluded. Before accepting an article for publication, the Managing Board might request the authors to make structural and substantive changes to their piece if this is deemed necessary. After such changes have been made, the Editorial Board will work with the authors to edit and prepare the piece for publication.
C. Exclusivity of Submissions
The CLR does not accept submissions that have already been published (other than on personal blogs or SSRN pages) or are being considered by other journals. Authors must agree not to submit pieces submitted to the CLR for consideration to any other journal, law review, or blog until the end of the relevant review cycle (i.e., the end of July 2025 for Issue 2).
For additional information about the submission guidelines and review process, please visit www.cambridgelawreview.org/submission-guidelines.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Managing Board at managing-board@cambridgelawreview.org.
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Kind regards,
Managing Board
Cambridge Law Review
Volume 10, 2024–2025
The deadline for applications is 23:59 on Sunday 15th June 2025.
You can also find further information online (external link).
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