UCLA Criminal Justice Law Review

The Criminal Justice Law Review is a leading law journal publishing cutting-edge scholarship on current topics in criminal law, policy, and practice.

This year, for Volume 9 our theme is Carceral Feminism, critique of increased reliance on policing, prosecution, and imprisonment to resolve gendered or sexual violence. Therefore, we highly encourage the submission of articles focused on Carceral Feminism and related topics.

Moreover, we accept and encourage submissions from student authors.

Submission Guidelines

The UCLA Criminal Justice Law Review prefers articles under 25,000 words in length (including text and footnotes).

The UCLA Criminal Justice Law Review reviews articles submitted electronically via Scholastica and email submissions. Email submissions should be directed to: cjlr@lawnet.ucla.edu.

The Review Process

The Articles Department attempts to review every article within two to four weeks of its receipt.

Expedited Review

If you have received an offer from another journal and wish to request expedited review, please use Scholastica’s expedite feature. We will do our best to review your piece by your expedite request deadline. If the deadline changes, please update the expedite date through Scholastica as soon as possible.

Withdrawing Your Submission

If you accept an offer of admission from another journal, please use Scholastica to withdraw your submission as soon as possible.

Offer of Publication

The Chief Articles Editor will contact you by phone and/or email with an offer of publication. Once you accept the UCLA Law Review’s offer, we expect you to withdraw all other submissions.