SMU Law Review Forum

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Expedited Review
We will do our best to accommodate expedite requests during the academic year. Requests should be sent via Scholastica’s expedite feature. In addition, please provide the title of any other publication currently making a publication offer along with the respective decision deadline.

Authors
The SMU Law Review Forum welcomes article submissions from judges, professors, practitioners, and law clerks, but does not accept submissions from current law students. We publish on a rolling basis.

Format
Times 11 or larger font is required for all submissions. Additionally, submissions must contain footnote, not endnote, citations that conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation or, when appropriate, The Greenbook: Texas Rules of Style.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Disclosure Policy
Effective for all submissions received after April 2026, the SMU Law Review Forum will require authors to disclose any use of artificial intelligence tools in the preparation of their work.

Authors who use AI at any stage of their submission should include a brief statement describing that use. This statement may address:

The role AI played in conducting research, if any;
The role AI played in writing or editing the manuscript, if any; and
The specific AI tools or platforms that were employed.

However, regardless of what tools an author employs, ultimate responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of the work rests entirely with the author. This includes the obligation to verify all cited sources. Unverifiable, fabricated, or AI-hallucinated citations undermine the scholarly value of a submission and will be treated as a serious deficiency under the Publication’s attribution standards. Any submission containing sources that cannot be confirmed may be rejected from publication.

In addition, all submissions should include:

  1. Resume or curriculum vitae for the author
  2. Brief abstract (under 250 words) on a separate page
  3. Copy of the manuscript

The SMU Law Review Forum does not accept submissions longer than 15,000 words (except in extraordinary circumstances). If you are interested in publishing a longer piece, please consider submitting to the SMU Law Review or the Journal of Air Law and Commerce.

If there are any questions regarding submissions, please reach out to mollyryan@smu.edu. For more on the SMU Law Review Forum, please visit our website.