Notes Department
Welcome to the Notes Department.
An essential element of the Georgetown Law Journal's mission is to encourage and provide a forum for the publication of students' academic scholarship. In keeping with this goal, the Notes Department typically selects two or three student notes for publication in each issue.
Through an anonymous selection process, the Notes Department considers many aspects of each paper, including the timeliness of the issue discussed, the novelty of the author's argument and analysis, the appeal of the topic to a generalist legal audience, the quality of the writing, and the paper's compliance with current Bluebook standards.
Please scroll to the bottom of the page to see submission procedures. The Notes Department reserves the right to not consider notes that are submit in a manner other than in accordance with the below procedures.
2L Journal Members
Second-year members are required to submit a note for consideration to fulfill the writing component of their Journal experience. Members may submit their note in their second year or at the beginning of their third year. Members who submit their notes at an earlier date and are not selected for (or do not compete for) publication are free to re-submit their notes for publication at a later date.
3L Journal Members
Returning third-year Journal members whose notes were not selected for publication in the previous spring are invited to revise their papers during the summer and submit them in September, February or April of their third year for reconsideration. New papers also are accepted in the fall from returning third-year members.
Members Previously Selected for Publication
Members who have already had a note selected for publication may submit a second note if they desire at any later submission date (including the recently graduated submission date).
Recently Graduated Journal Members
Recently graduated Journal members may submit for consideration papers that they wrote while students at the Law Center. The deadline for these submissions falls in September following the students' graduation.
Non-Journal Member GULC Students
The Journal also invites the submission of papers by GULC students who are not Journal members. These papers must conform to the note submission procedures listed on this page.
The Journal accepts notes from Non-Journal members who are, at the time of the submission deadline, current GULC students. Notes from Non-Journal member recent GULC graduates are not accepted.
Upcoming Deadlines for 2008–2009
To be considered for Volume 97, submissions must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the following dates:
- 97.2 – June 9, 2008
- 97.3 – August 4, 2008
- 97.4 – September 2, 2008
- 97.5 – October 6, 2008
- 97.6 – January 1, 2009
Submission Procedure for GULC Students
Summer submissions should be emailed to Marisa Armanino, Senior Notes Editor, at gljnoteseditor@gmail.com. For academic year submissions, GULC students should hand-deliver 10 hard copies of their note to The Georgetown Law Journal office by 5 p.m. on the day of the submission deadline.
The author's name should appear on only 1 copy of the note (that is, 9 copies should be entirely anonymous).
Alternatively, authors may mail 10 copies of the note and a cover letter to the address below, by 5 p.m. on the day of the submission deadline:
Attn: Notes Editor The Georgetown Law Journal Georgetown University Law Center 600 New Jersey Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001
If you have any questions about the Notes Department or the selection process, please contact Marisa Armanino, Senior Notes Editor, at gljnoteseditor@gmail.com.
