Scholastica Law Review Submission Insights: 2025 Edition:

When do law reviews open?
As was the case in all previous Scholastica submission cycle data pulls, most law reviews began opening in late January and late July, and the days with the most law review openings were February 1st, followed by August 1st.

When do authors submit to law reviews?
The graph below details, by day, when articles were submitted to law reviews during the 2024 article selection cycle (January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024).

As was the case the previous two years, over 80% of submissions were sent to law reviews in the six weeks following February and August 1st, 2024. The highest spring submission season days were February 1st and 2nd respectively, followed by February 5th and 12th — extending a bit later than 2023 when the top spring submission days occurred between February 1st and 6th. As in past years, submissions stayed relatively high through February 20th.

The fall law review season also followed the same pattern as the last two years, with the majority of submissions occurring August 1st and 2nd through the first ~3 weeks of the month.

When do law reviews make decisions?
The graph below shows when law reviews issued decisions via Scholastica looking at all of 2024 (January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024).

As in past years, we observed noticeable spikes in decisions around the second week of February 2024. The peak two decision days in 2024, March 3rd and 4th, are within a stone's throw of 2023, when the peak two days were March 7th and 11th. However, it appears most spring submission decisions were issued a bit sooner in 2024 than the previous year, with the last noticeable decision spike occurring on April 23rd versus May 18th in 2023. As in 2023, we saw a small spike in decisions in early June, likely when law reviews with a few remaining publication slots finished filling them up.

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