Sections of the Journal

Essays
Articles
Recent Developments
Law & Literature
Notes
Book Reviews
Submitting Your Article

ESSAYS

The Essays and/or Symposium section(s) of the Journal contain short (5-20 journal pages) essays on current topics, usually written by persons with first-hand experience of a topic. In recent volumes, the Journal has published a twenty-year retrospective on feminist thought (Volume 20) and a short essay on the baring of breasts (Volume 23).

ARTICLES

The Articles section of the Journal contains academic pieces that analyze feminist legal issues. We generally encourage submission of work that examines the intersection of gender with race, sexuality, and culture. Articles may discuss specific cases, legislation, policy, or legal theory. Articles range from 30 to 70 journal pages.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Recent Developments specifically address new trends, cases, ideas, and/or events that affect women and/or feminism generally. Recent Developments tend to be shorter than traditional articles, usually less 30 journal pages, but are similarly academic in writing style. A recent volume included an analysis of the controversial Florida custody case, Young v. Hector (Volume 23).

LAW & LITERATURE

The Law & Literature section is unique to the Harvard Journal of Law & Gender. There is no structural requirement for submissions. In the past, the Journal has published poetry, short stories, personal essays, and academic pieces examining the intersection of law and literature. Recent publications have included a former judge's argument that judges should consider outsider literature to improve their understanding of domestic violence (Volume 20) and a review of marital property laws as explored by Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte (Volume 21).

NOTES

Notes are articles or papers written by law or other graduate students. Previous volumes have included Notes discussing anti-stalking laws (Volume 21) and psychiatric malpractice (Volume 11).

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews are short (3-10 journal pages) pieces, usually written by current HLS students. We will also consider longer review essays by academics. Reviewed books are typically current non-fiction publications discussing issues pertaining to law and gender. Fiction may be reviewed, if appropriate.

SUBMITTING YOUR ARTICLE

For information on submitting an article to the Harvard Journal of Law & Gender, see Submissions Information.

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