Manuscript Editing for Harvard Law Review Journal Articles
Founded in 1887, the Harvard Law Review is a student-run organization whose primary purpose is to publish a journal of legal scholarship. Second- and third-year students at Harvard Law School edit it as an independent organization. It appears eight times a year, with a Supreme Court issue each November and a Developments in the Law issue each April.
Articles run about 25,000 words, and length over 30,000 weighs against selection. Essays run 12,000 to 17,500 words, and Forum Responses and Commentaries are typically solicited. Every count includes text, footnotes, and appendices. Footnotes conform to the 21st edition of the Bluebook. The author's name, affiliation, and acknowledgments go on a separate cover page, and self-citing phrases take neutral wording. Verbatim language from earlier work, including the author's, appears in quotation marks. At least three editors review each piece anonymously, and many pieces also receive faculty peer review. Our law review editing checks each footnote for Bluebook form under the 21st edition. Submissions go through the Review's online submission form, and Microsoft Word is encouraged.
Our Promise
We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Harvard 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 Harvard 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 Harvard Law Review.
The Review's submission guidelines cover length, anonymization, and citation form. 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 Yale Law Journal and the Columbia Law Review.
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Ready to prepare your manuscript for Harvard Law Review? Use our secure portal to generate an immediate, word-count-based quote and secure your delivery deadline.
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 Harvard 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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