Guidelines for Submissions to the Journal

Please note, the Journal is no longer open to submissions to the 14th Edition.

The deadline for submissions to the 14th Edition was 31 December 2024. 

Thank you very much to all who submitted! The 14th Edition will be published in June 2025. Submissions to the 15th Edition will open in October 2025.

All submissions should be sent to ouulj@law.ox.ac.uk as a Word Document, with the Subject Title "Submission to the 14th Edition". 

Writing an article for the Journal is an excellent way to to improve the depth of your legal understanding in an area of your choosing. Submitting to the Journal provides the opportunity to research, develop, and publish your own work, with the benefit of detailed feedback from our Editorial team. Needless to say, having a 'Publications' section in one’s CV is rare and highly valued by employers.

If you wish to submit to the Journal, please read the following submission guidelines:

• Submissions must be from current undergraduate students. We also accept submissions from recently graduated students, provided that the submission was written while studying as an undergraduate. 
• We accept submissions from students enrolled at any university. 
• The submission should concern any subject within the scope of the Oxford Moderations syllabus or the Final Honours School syllabus. A comprehensive list of these subjects can be found here.
• Submissions should relate to English law. We also accept pieces covering law in other common/civil/mixed jurisdictions, provided that such pieces have a substantial comparative aspect with English law and are primarily centred on English law. This requirement does not apply to pieces relating to jurisprudence, EU or international law. 
• Subject to the limitation set out above, we accept articles about any eligible aspect of law, as well as notes about recent cases, pieces of legislation, or legal developments affecting the United Kingdom. In terms of the depth and rigour of the academic treatment of the material, submissions should exceed the level expected of tutorial essays.
• Submissions should be no shorter than 3,000 words, and generally no longer than 6,000 words, excluding footnotes. If you have a longer piece of writing you wish to submit, please contact us to discuss possible arrangements.
• Submissions should conform to the OSCOLA referencing system. An overview can be found here. 
• If an author wishes to submit more than one piece, the author must submit them one-at-a-time. Once the writer has submitted the first article, they should wait to hear back from the Editorial Board about the eligibility of their first submission before submitting a second piece. 
• We consider all submitted manuscripts after the submission deadline (31 December 2024). All manuscripts will be blind-reviewed by the Senior Editorial Team in early January. Decisions will be communicated shortly thereafter. 
• We prohibit the substantive use of Generative AI in writing submissions to the Journal. The Editorial Board reserves the right to reject submissions found to be in violation of this policy at any point in the editing process. 

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions. We can be reached at ouulj@law.ox.ac.uk. 

We sincerely look forward to receiving your submissions.