The LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources invites the submission of legal articles and essays, commentaries on legislation or cases, and book reviews. All authors should take note of the following items on the Journal’s publication policy.
- Submitted articles must not have been previously published.
- The Board of Editors reserves the right to make such alterations in style and format as it considers necessary.
- Textual style and usage should conform to Bryan Garner’s The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style (5th ed. 2023).
- Footnotes should conform to the Louisiana Law Review Citation and Style Manual and The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (21st ed.).
- Consistent with our continuing efforts to improve journal quality, we prefer articles under 25,000 words, including footnotes. We reserve the right to publish longer manuscripts under exceptional circumstances.
What JELR Looks For:
- Typically, article topics will vary by issue but are at least tangentially related to energy, environmental, or natural resource law.
- The JELR prioritizes papers focusing on Louisiana issues or the Southeast, as that is where most of our reader base is.
- The typical paper length is 15-30 pages, single-spaced, 11-point Times New Roman font.
- The writing style is up to the author. The JELR has no required structure or format.
The Editing Process:
- After submission, your article will be sent to the JELR’s Production Editors for review and initial editing, focused on grammatical and flow issues. The Production Editors are not tasked with changing any substance or editing the author’s writing style.
- After initial review, the paper will undergo a second and third round of edits, during which a majority of the JELR Board will review it for any missed errors. The Junior Associates will then begin cite checking and making sure the citations follow Bluebook Rules.
- The paper should be ready for publication after the previous stages have been completed.
- While the JELR does not require you to submit your sources with your paper, it would be extremely helpful to bookmark or download the pages you use and place them in a folder. This extra step is helpful to the JELR as we begin to cite check because if a sentence needs a cite, we may ask you to track down a source you used.
- Setting aside any books or materials not available online would be helpful to the JELR, as the campus libraries may not have the cited materials, which can slow down the process.
The LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources encourages authors to make submissions electronically. Please email submissions to jelr@lsu.edu in Microsoft Word format or through Scholastica using the link below.
Please send hard-copy submissions to:
LSU Journal of Energy Law and Resources
Senior Articles Editor
Paul M. Hebert Law Center
1 E. Campus Dr., Room W114
Baton Rouge, LA 70803