Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

General Information:

The Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law ("DJCIL”) publishes original scholarship on international, transnational and comparative law matters. DJCIL welcomes submissions from professors and practitioners. At this time, DJCIL does not accept submissions from non-Duke law students.

Timing:

Please submit manuscripts as early as possible. Our new editorial board takes office in mid-February and will begin considering making offers for publication on a rolling basis.

Requirements:

1. All articles should be submitted in English.
2. Articles of fewer than 35,000 words (or roughly 70 law review pages), including footnotes, are strongly preferred; longer articles will only be published in exceptional circumstances. Shorter essays are welcomed.
3. Footnotes must conform with The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (20th ed.). Authors should be prepared to provide cited sources upon request.
4. Provision of an abstract and conformity with the 16th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style is preferred, but not required.

Expedited Reviews:

DJCIL will make every effort to expedite review in light of deadlines imposed by other journal(s) that have accepted a piece. Please submit expedite requests via Scholastica.** However, we will be unable to expedite any requests before February 15, 2024.**

Please provide the following information in your correspondence:

1. Author name;
2. Contact information [phone and email];
3. Article title;
4. Titles of the journal(s) that have accepted the article; and
5. The deadlines those journal(s) have imposed.

Selection Process:

DJCIL’s Staff Editors carefully review each submission and recommend further review by Articles Editors on the article selection committee. Upon their recommendation, the Editor-in-Chief makes the final decision regarding publication and contacts the author with a contract and further information on the publication process.

We look forward to reviewing your submissions.