Manuscript Submission

Volume 1 manuscript submissions are now closed. Volume 2 submissions will open in spring 2025

Submissions must include a 100-250 word abstract.
Excluding the abstract, submissions must be between 3,000 and 8,000 words. Students interested in publishing works with less than or above the required word count are strongly encouraged to revise their manuscripts to meet this requirement.
Submissions may be from any discipline but must focus on the law, government, or politics.
Submissions must either be a paper written for an undergraduate class (including directed studies and research sections) or for a research project completed as an undergraduate.
Submissions may be in any citation style, but will have to be converted to the TAMUJLS House Style if accepted for publication.
Regardless of the context in which the paper was produced, approval must be solicited from the overseeing faculty member. If a class paper, it would be the professor who taught the class. If a research project, it would be the professor who advised you in your work.

Submissions will be subjected to a blind review by two (2) editors and one (1) faculty reviewer. Based on their feedback, the Board will vote whether or not to accept their manuscript for publication.
Accepted manuscripts will be assigned to a pair of editors who will work with authors to prepare their manuscripts for publication.

Spring: Submission window opens
November: Submission window closes
Mid-to-Late November: Editorial Board reviews submissions and votes on which ones to accept.
Early December: Submission Decisions Announced
Mid January: Accepted authors attend an orientation prior to the start of the editing process
Late January-Early February: Peer-to-Peer Editing Meetings
Early February: Final Forms, Files, and Approvals Submission Deadline
Mid February-Late February: Staff Editing Process
Early March-Late March: Author Review and Approval of Staff Edits
April-May: Journal Release