Submission Overview
CURRENT SUBMISSIONS
The University of Hawaiʻi Law Review is currently accepting submissions for its upcoming Volume 47, which will be published across two issues in the 2024 - 2025 academic year. Advancing legal scholarship in Hawaiʻi, the Pacific, and beyond, the University of Hawaiʻi Law Review contributes to the national discourse on emerging legal issues. The priority deadline is March 15, 2024, but we strongly encourage authors to submit their manuscripts as soon as possible. A limited number of offers are available and will be extended on a rolling basis.
Preference will be given to manuscripts related to:
Native Hawaiian and Indigenous Peoples
Civil & Human Rights
Environment, Energy, & Resources
Land Use
Technology, Innovation, & Society
United States and Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Jurisprudence
SUBMISSIONS OVERVIEW
The University of Hawaiʻi Law Review publishes Articles, Comments, and Casenotes. Articles should advance a particular area of legal scholarship beyond its current state, make a persuasive argument, and provide meaningful evidence for each of its conclusions. Comments should present a concise, yet original, argument and have minimal literature review. Comments typically, but not necessarily, respond to recent development in the law including cases, legislation, law review articles, and administrative rulings. Casenotes should argue a clear thesis and present an analysis of the significance and or implications of a specific case. All submissions must conform to the 21st edition of the Bluebook.
The University of Hawaiʻi Law Review generally reviews submissions on a rolling basis. Once Articles and Comments have been accepted to complete the current issue, the Law Review may cease accepting submissions for that issue or offer publication in the following issue.
WHY PUBLISH IN THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIʻI LAW REVIEW
The University of Hawaiʻi Law Review prides itself on publishing articles that relate to legal issues of significance in Hawaiʻi, the United States, and the Pacific-Asian region. The University of Hawaiʻi Law Review understands many scholars’ concerns with journal editors changing the character of their pieces and shares the belief that the author’s original voice should be preserved as much as possible. In maintaining the integrity and elevating the quality of the publication, the University of Hawai‘i Law Review strives to uplift the voices of students and emerging scholars who contribute to cutting-edge scholarship.
For more information about the submission process, please click HERE.