Harvard International Law Journal by Harvard University

About the Opportunity

HILJ Online: Perspectives publishes concise commentary and analysis of issues in international law. Perspectives posts span a broad range of topics. Some contributions analyse recent significant developments in international law, such as decisions of international tribunals or treaty processes.

Others apply international law to pressing global problems. Others still offer new ways of thinking about long-established concepts in the field. As long as the contribution is related to international law, we have no fixed subject matter criteria.

Rather, we are looking for submissions that offer a novel contribution to a topic, are well-researched, and are written with clarity and precision.

Eligibility

Submissions are welcome from legal scholars, practitioners, and law students.

Submission Guidelines

• Perspectives contributions are typically between 1,000 and 2,500 words.
• They must be written in English.
• Citations are required and should be implemented through in-text hyperlinks as much as possible.
• A good example of the formatting style for Perspectives contributions is added at the end of the post.

Submission Procedure

• Please submit a completed article in Microsoft Word format along with each author’s CV to iljonline@mail.law.harvard.edu.
• Please include the author’s last name and the word “Perspectives Submission” as both the subject line of the email and the title of the Word Document in the following format: “Last Name_Perspectives Submission.” For example, a submission from John Doe should have the subject line “Doe_Perspectives Submission.”
• Submissions written jointly by more than one author are welcome. In this case, the title used for the Word Document and the email subject line should contain each of the authors’ last names. For example, a submission from John Doe and Jill Goodman should be titled “Doe_Goodman_Perspectives Submission.”

Decision Process

• Decisions are made on a rolling basis.
• Article selection process entails review by HILJ’s Online Staff, which is comprised of J.D. and LL.M. candidates at Harvard Law School.
• Submissions may also be reviewed by our faculty advisors and/or scholars in our peer network. This process typically takes at least a few weeks.
• No feedback would be provided for articles that are not selected.

Contact Information

Please contact iljonline@mail.law.harvard.edu with questions or to request an expedited review.

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