Submission Guidelines

Please email your submission to the Director of Publications at [email protected]. We regret that we cannot publish every submission or respond to every inquiry.

 

Why Write for the Federalist Society? 

  • Federalist Society Review readership rivals that of the Recent Top Papers on SSRN's Legal Scholarship Network.
  • Federalist Society Review articles are available on our website and through the Westlaw and Lexis Nexis databases, where legal researchers are able to access them.
  • For all publications, our submission, editing, and publication process is streamlined, professional, and relatively quick.

 

Guidelines

Federalist Society Review 

  • Audience: lawyers and law students.
  • Length: 5,000-15,000 words.
  • Sources: Bluebook citations in footnotes.
  • Format: Microsoft Word document.
  • Structure: Organize your article around a thesis, and ensure that each section has a role in supporting that thesis.
  • Tone and style: Try to stay neutral in your treatment of the topic you are addressing. If you do take a position, please maintain an academic tone and address counterarguments, and include links to opposing views with your submission.

FedSoc Blog 

  • Audience: lawyers, law students, educated public.
  • Length: 500-1,500 words.
  • Sources: Hyperlinks in text, no citations.
  • Format: Microsoft Word document.
  • Tone and style: Try to stay neutral in your treatment of the topic you are addressing. If you do take a position, please maintain an academic tone and address counterarguments, and include links to opposing views with your submission.