Manuscript Editing for Journal of Legal Education Articles
The Journal of Legal Education is the journal of record for the American legal academy. The Association of American Law Schools has published it since 1948, bringing member schools and faculty timely articles on curriculum, teaching methods, the pipeline to the profession, and legal scholarship. Since July 2024, New York Law School and UC Irvine School of Law have co-hosted it.
The journal sets no word limit, and manuscripts over 50 pages are reviewed with particular care to see whether the length is warranted. Citations follow the most recent edition of The Bluebook. Editorial staff screen every manuscript, and some go to an outside scholar for double-blind review. Each manuscript must be exclusive to the journal while under review. Authors declare one of five categories of AI use, and consultation or refinement calls for a disclosure footnote. Word documents are preferred, with images as separate files at 300 dpi or higher. Our editors tighten manuscripts that run past 50 pages. Submissions go through Scholastica.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Journal of Legal Education. 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 Journal of Legal Education
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 Journal of Legal Education.
The journal's author guidelines cover citation, AI use, and file formats. 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 Law & Society Review and the Washington 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 Journal of Legal Education submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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