SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Student Notes
The Berkeley Journal of International Law invites submissions of original student notes on novel issues relating to public or private international law, broadly defined.
We have closed note submissions to BJIL, Volume 45, Issue 2, which will be published in Fall 2026. We will continue accepting note submissions to BJIL, Volume 46, Issue 1, which will be published in Spring 2027, until September 1, 2026. Please email bjilstudentnotes@berkeley.edu to submit.
Student Note Requirements
Student Note Submissions should be sent to bjilstudentnotes@berkeley.edu and must include:
1. the email subject line “Student Note Submission: [Title of Paper]”
2. a cover letter containing:
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the title of your piece,
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an abstract,
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total Word count (with footnotes), and
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an explanation of the contribution that your article or thesis makes to the field of international law.
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Do not include your name or any other identifying information, such as your school or an acknowledgment of helpful professors, in your cover letter.
3. the article or thesis itself, which must be formatted as a double-spaced Word document and should be, at a maximum, 20,000 words (including footnotes). To preserve anonymity, the Student Notes themselves should contain no identifying information.
Student Note Guidelines
Submissions will be reviewed by BJIL Submissions Editors on a rolling basis, and final decisions will be made in consultation with the Editors-in-Chief. Authors will receive notification of a publication decision approximately three weeks after the submission deadline.
Eligibility
We accept submissions from J.D. and LL.M. students who are currently enrolled at Berkeley Law. Recent graduates may also submit notes for consideration, but authors must have completed law school no earlier than May 2025.
Application Process
We will do our best to preserve the anonymity of student submissions. Please ensure cover sheets contain no identifying information. Please send all submissions and any questions to bjilstudentnotes@berkeley.edu.
