Submission media. Authors submitting articles to JOL may send us paper copies or electronic copies, by regular mail or electronic mail.

Paper copies. For paper copies, please ensure that as printed, the article is easily readable. The best format is space-and-a-half line spacing, with margins of 1.33 inches all around, designed for letter-sized (8.5 by 11 inches) paper printouts. Courier (typewriter-style) typefaces in 12-point size are fine; if you prefer, a simple Times Roman-style 11 or 12-point typeface is also easily readable. Footnotes at the bottom of the page are preferred. If you submit a paper copy and it is accepted for publication, you will be asked to supply a digitized copy. Mail your submission to:

Digitized text:, the latter in the form either of disks sent through normal mail to the address just above, or by uuencoded e-mail or plain ASCII e-mail sent to the Editor. We can handle most word processing formats, including WordPerfect (all versions), Microsoft Word (all versions), and HTML documents.

Articles that are created initially in hypertext should either be accompanied by an appropriate reader program or be converted to some other format mentioned in this section. If the hypertext is strictly hierarchical (a node can have no more than one "parent" node), perhaps the article can be converted into an outline in Word or WordPerfect.

Digitized graphics. Graphic images, diagrams, etc., should be in some generally-accessible format. We prefer a scalable (vector) format, like .WMF or .CGM, but can handle bitmap formats like .PCX, .GIF, .TIF, etc. if necessary. We can work with Macintosh formats as well as PC formats.

Abstracts. Please include an abstract of your article of roughly 250 words. All selected articles will appear with the abstract included.

Peer review. Before the year 2000, all JOL submissions were peer reviewed. The need for timely publication has forced the abandonment of that process, alas. Editorial review is now conducted in-house, and peer review is used only when thought necessary as an adjunct to that process. JOL is still edited by law faculty, not students, however.