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How to Submit an Article

The Michigan Law Review is currently accepting article and essay submissions for Volume 108. Please review our article-length policy before submitting your manuscript.


Submit Online

The Law Review strongly prefers to receive submissions of articles and essays electronically via ExpressO. Please click here to submit an article, essay, or correspondence manuscript for consideration.

Submit by Mail

Alternatively, submissions may be made in hard copy. Please do not submit your article by mail if you have also submitted the article through ExpressO.

Send all articles, essays, and correspondence to:

Michigan Law Review
Hutchins Hall
625 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215

Please include a cover letter with:

  • Your name
  • The article title
  • Word count of article (including footnotes)
  • Your mailing address and phone number
  • Your email address

An email confirmation will be sent to the email
address you provide. If you do not receive this email confirmation within 48 hours, please email us at mlr.articles@umich.edu.


Citations in manuscripts should appear in footnotes, not endnotes, and follow The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005). The style of citations and text should conform to The Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed. 2003).


For questions regarding article submissions, please email mlr.articles@umich.edu or call (734) 647-4074.