Case Western Reserve Law Review

Established in 1949 as the Western Reserve Law Review, the Law Review is the first scholarly publication at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Throughout the Law Review’s history, it has published works by notable legal scholars, practitioners, and judges, including the works of six current and former Supreme Court Justices, such as Warren E. Burger, Sandra Day O’Connor, Neil Gorsuch, and Antonin Scalia.

Case Western Reserve Law Review encourages submissions of articles, essays, and recent developments on legal topics. Please include your CV and a cover letter that indicates the name of your manuscript, its nature, and provides all of your relevant contact information. The text and footnotes of each manuscript should conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (20th ed., 2016). Case Western Reserve Law Review will make every effort to timely notify authors of acceptance. All submissions become property of Case Western Reserve Law Review and cannot be returned.

Selection Process

The selection process for each article begins the day a manuscript is received by the Law Review Executive Board. The Executive Articles Editor will read the manuscript and will discuss the article topic with the Editor-in-Chief and other members of the Executive Board. If the the Editors approve the article, they will extend an offer for publication to the author. From the date the offer is extended, the author has one week to accept or decline the offer.

The Law Review does not accept any student notes for publication consideration , except from students of the Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

If you have any questions about the submission of a manuscript, please feel free to email us at lawreview@case.edu.