Article Submissions
Article Content Requirements
The Yale Journal of International Law (YJIL) is committed to publishing cutting-edge, provocative, and thoughtful scholarship at the forefront of international, comparative, and transnational law. The Journal publishes works that include international, comparative, or transnational elements as an intrinsic part of the central legal argument.
YJIL does not publish pieces that confront solely the domestic law of one nation-state, as well as articles on the topic of foreign actors in a domestic legal context, such as United States immigration law. The goal of the Journal, furthermore, is to publish new ideas and viewpoints rather than to summarize areas of international law. YJIL aims to provide a forum for a broad diversity of opinion.Article Format and Length
All manuscripts should be submitted in English with both text and footnotes typed and text double-spaced. Footnotes must conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed.), and authors should be prepared to supply any cited sources upon request.
For the print edition, we particularly welcome the submission of articles and essays under 30,000 words (including footnotes). Articles above 35,000 words are strongly discouraged. These guidelines will be a factor in consideration for publication. While the Journal is a general interest publication, we presume that most readers will have at least a basic understanding of key ideas in the field of international law and encourage authors to cite to these basic tenets with footnotes rather than extensive exposition.
Author Eligibility
We accept article submissions from Ph.D. and S.J.D./J.S.D. students as well as practicing attorneys and legal scholars. Current J.D. and LL.M. students at the Yale Law School are not eligible to publish articles in YJIL’s print edition, though we encourage those students to submit Notes and some features as advertised by YJIL Online. Current J.D. and LL.M. students at other schools are not eligible to publish in YJIL’s print edition.
Submitting Articles to YJIL
Submissions System*
We require electronic submission of all articles in order to guarantee consideration. We strongly encourage submission through the ExpressO
online submission system. Article and essay submissions can also be sent via email as Word (.doc) attachments to YJIL Submissions. We request that all authors also attach a résumé or CV with their submission. Due to the high volume of submissions the Journal receives, we regret that we are unable to offer feedback on submitted drafts not accepted for publication.
Timeline
The Yale Journal of International Law will begin accepting article submissions for Volume 37, Issue 1 beginning on or about February 21, 2011. The Journal will begin accepting article submissions for Volume 37, Issue 2 on or about August 1, 2011. During both submissions cycles, the Journal will accept submissions until the issue is filled. To determine if the submissions inbox is still open, please contact YJIL submissions by email at YJIL Submissions.
Expedited Review
- Author name and contact information (phone and email);
- Article title;
- Journals that have accepted the article;
- Deadlines those journals have given the author;
- The latest possible date that the author can be given a decision.
Withdrawals
Editorial Review Process
YJIL is distinguished among international law journals for its thoughtful, professional editorial review process. In addition to rigorous cite-checking and Bluebooking, all articles selected for publication receive two rounds of substantive feedback in the form of “edit letters” (usually around five to six pages each in length) containing the Editorial Board’s suggestions for further honing the author’s argument and improving the structure and development of the piece. Nevertheless, YJIL authors retain full control over the final content of their work, and all comments and suggestions offered by YJIL’s Editors are optional. For more information about the YJIL editorial review process, we encourage you to contact the Editors-in-Chief, Alex Iftimie and William Perdue.
* The Yale Journal of International Law wishes to thank the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fund for their financial support of its submissions software.