Submitting Articles for Publication

Michigan State Law Review, making its home at one of the nation's largest universities, is focused on providing reliable and informative articles of benefit to both legal scholars and practitioners. The Michigan State Law Review gladly considers unsolicited manuscripts for publication. Notable persons published in the Michigan State Law Review include a U.S. President, U.S. Senators and Congressmen, an FCC Commissioner, state senators and legislators, state supreme court justices, United States Court of Appeals Judges, law school deans, prominent professors and scholars of law, an American Bar Association President, and local government officials, including the mayor of a major city.

We believe that scholarly debate benefits the legal community at large and we encourage the submission of articles and essays discussing controversial ideas, as well as new approaches to the practice of law. Recent topics selected for publication include the tax advantages of sport franchises, affirmative action in college admissions, and the execution of juvenile offenders.

Our editors understand how hard authors work to develop articles of interest and to promote new ideas through the written word. Our efficient, detail-oriented production process, coupled with one-on-one marketing efforts on our authors' behalf, results in an author-friendly production process that enhances the overall quality of our Law Review.

If you would like more information about our Law Review, please feel free to contact us at (517) 432-6930, or send an E-mail to: Articles Staff at michstlr@msu.edu.

If you are interested in having your article reviewed for publication, please send your manuscript to:

Senior Articles Editor
The Michigan State Law Review
210 Law College Building
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1300 
(517) 432-6930; Fax (517) 432-6801

If you prefer to send your article via E-mail, please send it as an attachment in Microsoft Word (*.doc or *.docx) format to: Articles Staff at michstlr@msu.edu. In addition, the Law Review accepts article submissions via the ExpressO Bepress submission service. 

For consideration, manuscripts must be typewritten and double spaced. Manuscript citations should follow the form prescribed in THE BLUEBOOK: A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF CITATION (19th ed. 2010) and THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE (16th ed. 2010). Please allow approximately two to three weeks for consideration of your manuscript.