Law and Society Journal at UCSB
Submission Information Sheet

The 2009-2010 academic year marks the Law and Society Journal at UCSB's ninth year of publication. After eight successful years, the Journal is back and calling for papers. The Journal will be published at the end of Spring Quarter 2010, and continues to seek submissions from undergraduates in all majors and disciplines at UCSB.

Possible genres include, but are not limited to: reviews, predictive/solution pieces, photo essays, ethnographies, political/legal cartoons, editorials, and responses to past Journal articles. Possible topics are endless as long as your work is tailored to issues pertaining to law and society. We strongly encourage submissions that highlight new topics in the field that would bring law and society into the realm of many disciplines. Be sure to read the following for all details regarding deadlines and submission criteria.

Eligibility

Students from all undergraduate majors at UCSB are invited to submit entries to the Journal. Work written as an undergraduate may be submitted up to one year after the author’s date of graduation. Publication in the Law and Society Journal at UCSB does not inhibit an author’s submission to concurrent or future publication elsewhere, nor are previously published works ineligible for publication in the Journal (providing the said prior publication is not bound by copyright restrictions).

Submission Criteria

The Law and Society Journal at UCSB requests that contributors comply with the following standards:

• No anonymous submissions are allowed. All works must have an author.
• Multiple submissions by the same author are permitted in moderation.
• All citations should be made in Chicago style. Guidelines for this are available at the UCSB Library and the UCSB Bookstore, or online.
• Authors must use 12pt Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins, double-spaced for all submissions.
• While we consider submissions of any length, we ask that you limit the length of your submission to approximately 30 pages.

Please submit the following together:

Submit two copies of your paper (one electronically and one in hard copy). Number all pages and place only your UCSB Perm number in the upper right hand header of EACH page of the work.  Additionally, please submit a cover page with your name, UCSB Perm number, a valid e-mail, and phone number. Your work becomes property of the Journal and will not be returned.

 
Papers must be e-mailed as an attachment to: lawandsocietyjournal@gmail.com

(Please include required contact information within the body of the e-mail.)

 
Law and Society Journal at UCSB’s Office:

 
Law and Society Program at UCSB

4426 Social Sciences and Media Studies Building (SSMS)

Santa Barbara, CA, 93106

 *SSMS is one of the new buildings by the bus loop

Selection Criteria

The editorial staff carefully considers all submissions received. Your pieces identify you only by perm number. Your name is separated from your Release Form by the Editor-in-Chief upon submission. Your work will thus be presented as anonymous to our editors, without regard to the author’s name, major, political affiliation, race, color, national origin, religion, sex, handicap, age, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, prior publication history, or pending publication offers. Undergraduate standing at the time of authorship must be the unifying characteristic of all authors.

Our selection process has many steps: At least six editors review each submission, and many pieces go through a substantially deeper review. In the final stages of our review, many pieces will have been read and debated multiple times, by more than a dozen editors. The number of pieces we publish usually varies from 5 to ten.

Authors of all submissions chosen for publication in the Journal will be notified by e-mail mid-April of 2010. Therefore, it is imperative that the e-mail address provided on the Release Form submitted with your work be accurate and accessible.

Paper Prize Award and Timeline

After careful review of all submissions, the top three submissions to the Journal will be awarded with special recognition in the Journal as well as with cash awards. The first place award is $500, second place is $300, and third place is $200. The editorial staff reserves the right to alter the number of awards in each category as it sees fit based on editorial staff consensus.

• January 11, 2010: First day of submission acceptance. Turn in submissions in the Journal office, 4426 SSMS and e-mail to lawandsocietyjournal@gmail.com.

• February 19, 2010 at 5pm (Friday): All submissions must be turned into the Journal office and e-mailed to lawandsocietyjournal@gmail.com by this time. Submissions received after the deadline will not be considered for publication.