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The Journal of Gender, Race and Justice

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The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice is an excellent source of legal scholarship committed to addressing and exploring the classification, stratification, and marginalization that occurs under the law because of race, sex, gender, economic class, ability, sexual identity, and other differences. The Journal is committed to doing so through a high level of scholarship. A study by Washington & Lee University ranks The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice as number five nationally among law journals addressing minority, race, and ethnic issues, based on recent citations. We invite you to join in our tradition of addressing critical legal and social by submitting your article for publication.

The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice does not have a maximum word count or page limit, although the length of the manuscript may be a factor we consider in the selection process. The Journal does not typically publish book reviews or review submissions by students other than Law Review student writers.

The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice invites submission of unsolicited manuscripts through Scholastica and Expresso. If you submit your article through Scholastica, we also encourage you to use Scholastica to update us regarding pending offers and expedite requests, and if your submission is through Expresso, please contact us through Expresso. For any other questions, you may contact us at jgrj@uiowa.edu.

Please observe the following requirements for your submission:

  1. Manuscripts should conform to:
    The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (20th ed. 2015),
    The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style (3d ed. 2013), and
    the Conventions of The Journal of Gender, Race & Justice.
    Manuscripts should be submitted in Microsoft Word format.

  2. In addition to a manuscript please also submit a curriculum vitae or resume