Columbia Human Rights Law Review

Submissions to the Columbia Human Rights Law Review

We are currently accepting submissions for publication in Volume 52 (2020-2021) of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review (HRLR).

HRLR welcomes the submission of unsolicited manuscripts of proposed articles for possible publication. Accepted contributions generally deal directly with, or are otherwise relevant to, current ideas in international human rights and domestic civil rights law, including pieces from interdisciplinary perspectives. We seek pieces with balanced legal analysis, or pieces that justify a position and advocate it cogently. We welcome works by scholars, practitioners, and others with knowledge of the human rights field. We do not consider student-written work.

Submission Format

• Submit only one, double spaced copy of your manuscript. We greatly prefer if submissions appear in Microsoft Word format.
• Submitted articles should range from 10,000 to 30,000 words and be double-spaced in a 12-point font with 1" margins.
• Text and citations should conform to A Uniform System of Citation (20th ed. 2015) (“The Bluebook”). Footnotes are strongly preferred over endnotes.
• We encourage the use of gender-neutral language.

Submissions should include author resume and contact information (address, phone number, and email address). For more information, see our submissions page.

Expedited Review
We will do our best to honor all expedite requests and to provide a prompt publication decision.

HRLR Online
We are currently accepting submissions for HRLR Online for Spring 2020. Please see HRLR Online’s submissions page here. Submitted pieces for HRLR Online should range from 2,000 to 5,000 words.

Questions
Please address questions regarding submissions to HRLRsubmissions@law.columbia.edu.