Submissions - University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online
The University of Pennsylvania Law Review is no longer considering submissions for the Spring 2016 submission cycle. We will begin to consider submissions again for Volume 165 on August 1, 2016.



The University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online is no longer accepting submissions to Volume 164 (2015–2016) for Fall publication. Volume 165 (2016–2017) will begin accepting submissions over the summer. Response and Debate submissions are still encouraged. Submissions should include an abstract and the author's CV. It is the policy of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online to prioritize submissions containing zip files of all cited sources.

Responses   Open

Online responses to Articles should be submitted to the University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online at editor@pennlawreview.com. Responses should not exceed 3,000 words within the main text, nor should they exceed 1,250 words within the footnotes.


Debates   Open

Interested debaters should submit a list of debate participants and a topic to the University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online at editor@pennlawreview.com. Debates are comprised of an opening statement, a rebuttal, and closing statements by each side. The length of each submission is expected to be one to two times the length of an average opinion/editorial newspaper article (i.e., 1,000-2,000 words), and without footnotes.


Essays   Open

Essays should be submitted to the University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online at editor@pennlawreview.com. Essays should not exceed 4,000 words within the main text, nor should they exceed 2,000 words within the footnotes.


Submissions for the Public Interest Essay Competition should be submitted to the online submission portal. For more information about the Public Interest Essay Competition, please click here.