The Dickinson Law Review is currently OPEN for book review submissions.

The Dickinson Law Review is now accepting submissions for Volume 129. We encourage authors to submit book reviews that are between 15,000 and 30,000 words, including footnotes. Book review submissions must be a minimum of 5,000 words long. Electronic submissions via Scholastica are preferred, though submissions may also be emailed to DickinsonLRev@psu.edu or uploaded via our submission form. 

All submissions should abide by the following submission guidelines:

  1. Documents should be in Microsoft Word format;
  2. Articles should be double-spaced and use footnotes, not endnotes;
  3. All citations should conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (21st edition); and
  4. Submissions should contain a brief abstract and the author’s CV as well as the author’s ORCID iD number, if applicable.
Expedited Request

To request an expedited review, please do so via Scholastica or email to DickinsonLRev@psu.edu. Expedited requests should include the title of the manuscript, the date by which a decision must be made, and the name of the competing journal.

Withdrawing a Submission

If you decide to withdraw a submission, please send an email to DickinsonLRev@psu.edu.