The University of Pennsylvania Law Review is no longer accepting submissions for consideration in Volume 160. Submissions for Volume 161, to be published in the 2012-2013 academic year, will be accepted beginning in February 2012. PENNumbra is still accepting submissions. For more information, please see "Online Submissions" below.

We strongly prefer articles under 35,000 words (including footnotes). We will continue to publish manuscripts over 35,000 words if the length is merited. We encourage the submission of essays (manuscripts of approximately 10,000 words). In support of this policy, the Law Review has signed a joint statement with other leading law reviews to control the length of articles.

While we prefer electronic submissions, we will continue to accept submissions by mail. If you submit your article by mail rather than electronically, please include a word count in the cover letter.

All submissions must conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (19th ed. 2010).

We prefer to receive electronic files through ExpressO. Alternatively, electronic files may be directly uploaded to the Law Review on our electronic submission form. Please note that there are specific instructions for electronic submissions.

Manuscripts, including author's e-mail address and other pertinent contact information, should be mailed to:

Articles Editors
University of Pennsylvania Law Review
3400 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6204

Manuscripts submitted by mail will not be returned.

Upon receiving an offer of publication or committee review from another law review or journal, you may request expedited review. If you have submitted your article via ExpressO, you may request expedited review through ExpressO. If you have submitted your article directly to the Law Review, you may request expedited review by sending an e-mail to expedite@pennlawreview.com; the email must:

1. specify your article ID number
2. identify the offeror publication
3. specify the deadline (date and time) you have been given for a reply
4. if you did not initially submit electronically, attach your submission in Microsoft Word format to the email.

Online responses to Articles should be submitted to the PENNumbra Editor at editor@pennumbra.com. Responses should not exceed 3,000 words within the main text, nor should they exceed 1,250 words within the footnotes.

Interested debaters should submit a list of debate participants and a topic to the PENNumbra Editor at editor@pennumbra.com. Debates are comprised of an opening statement, a rebuttal, and closing statements by each side. The length of each submission is expected to be one to two times the length of an average opinion/editorial newspaper article (i.e., 1,000-2,000 words), and without footnotes.