Manuscript Editing for UC Davis Law Review Journal Articles
The UC Davis Law Review is the flagship scholarly publication of UC Davis School of Law. It prints articles by legal academics, practitioners, and its student editors, in one volume of five issues each academic year. A yearly symposium takes up pressing legal issues. Its call for submissions invites original work on doctrine, policy analysis, regulatory reform, institutional change, and emerging legal issues.
Print articles run no longer than 30,000 words, footnotes included. UC Davis Law Review Online takes essays, responses, replies, and book reviews under 15,000 words. Citations appear exclusively in footnotes and conform to The Bluebook, 21st edition. A CV and a cover letter accompany each manuscript, giving the author's name, affiliation, address, phone number, and email. Manuscripts go in as Microsoft Word or PDF files with a table of contents. Our law review editing builds the table of contents and checks every footnote against the 21st edition. Submissions go through Scholastica, which is strongly preferred, or by email.
Our Promise
We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to UC Davis 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 UC Davis 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 UC Davis Law Review.
The Review's submissions page covers the Online edition, cover letters, 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 the Wake Forest Law Review and the Connecticut Law Review.
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Ready to prepare your manuscript for UC Davis 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.
Direct Support
Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript, your UC Davis 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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