Manuscript Editing for Columbia Law Review Journal Articles
Founded in 1901, the Columbia Law Review describes itself as one of the world's leading publications of legal scholarship. Students at Columbia Law School edit and publish it as an independent nonprofit corporation, in eight issues a year. Its online CLR Forum publishes short, timely scholarship.
Articles analyze a problem and propose a solution, and Essays allow more structural and stylistic flexibility. Both typically run 20,000 to 35,000 words including footnotes, with under 30,000 preferred. CLR Forum pieces run 3,000 to 12,000 words, footnotes included. Text and citations conform to The Bluebook, 21st edition, and footnotes are strongly preferred over endnotes. Separate committees read each category, and the Review strongly prefers peer review where timing allows. Microsoft Word is greatly preferred, and Book Reviews add a CV and a brief cover letter. Our law review editing moves endnotes into footnotes and checks each citation against the 21st edition. Submissions go through separate Columbia Law Review portals on Scholastica.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Columbia Law Review. We work with you until it is ready or refund your payment in full. That commitment has held since 2002.
Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed. Your draft is secure until you decide to proceed.
Manuscript Editing and Proofreading for the Columbia Law Review
We offer three levels of manuscript editing depending on what your manuscript needs. Each is described below so you can choose the service that fits where your draft is right now.
Grammar and usage, awkward phrasing, repetition, and passive voice corrected, then clarity, concision, sentence structure, transitions, and tone, with your style manual applied throughout and a final proofread. For authors whose argument and structure are settled.
Clarity, emphasis, and paragraph structure: topic sentences, transitions, and sentences reordered within a paragraph, with every fact and claim kept as you wrote it. Includes copy editing and a final proofread.
Spelling, punctuation, typos, capitalization, grammar, and usage corrected with minimal wording changes, for manuscripts that have been edited and need a last check before submission to Columbia Law Review.
The Review's submission instructions cover length, format, and the Scholastica portals. If you have reviewer comments from an earlier submission, send them with your manuscript and we will address each one. If you have questions about which service is right for your manuscript, contact us directly. We respond to every inquiry the same day during business hours.
Our legal editing services include law review editing, line editing, Bluebook citation checking for form, and journal formatting. Academic proofreading covers the final read. If English is your second language, see English language editing for researchers. We also prepare articles for the New York University Law Review and the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
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Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed.
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Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript, your Columbia Law Review submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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