We welcome article, note, essay, and book review submissions from scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and students. We seek to publish innovative scholarship providing analytical or normative treatment of topics in tax law, policy, or economics. We appreciate submissions coming from or targeted toward policymakers, practitioners, and professors.

Requirements:

Authors must submit to our Journal exclusively through Scholastica.

We request that the submissions adhere to the following guidelines:

• Submissions may not be previously published nor before another journal for consideration (unless an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
• Submissions should be in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
• Body text should be single-spaced; use a 12-point font; employ italics rather than underlining (except for URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables should be within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
• Footnotes should be single-spaced, 10-pt. Times New Roman font, and conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (Columbia Law Review Ass’n et al. eds.,20th ed. 2015).
• The title should be centered. The author or authors’ name(s) should appear centered, below the title, and with any information about the authors’ background and acknowledgements as the opening footnotes. These footnotes may be indicated with an asterisk, double asterisk, etc. 
• Article and note submissions should not exceed 35,000 words, including footnotes. Essay submissions should not exceed 20,000 words, including footnotes. Book reviews should not exceed 5,000 words. Abstracts for articles, notes, and essays should not exceed 250 words.

Timing:

We accept submissions on a rolling basis, though it is best to submit before the end of August to be reviewed for the Fall issue, before the end of December to be reviewed for the Winter issue, and before the end of April to be reviewed for the Spring issue.

Expedited Review:

Authors may request an expedited review of a submission through Scholastica when faced with a deadline for another publication offer.

We will endeavor to accommodate expedited review requests, though may ask the author to request an extension from the publication that extended their existing offer. We wish to ensure that each author receives a full and adequate review.

Selection Process:

Submissions are reviewed by a committee consisting of J.D. and L.L.M. student Editors and, when possible, Staff. The Senior Editorial Board makes final decisions on selections, with the advice of members of the Board of Advisors as appropriate. Once a submission has been selected for publication, the Editor-in-Chief will contact the author(s) regarding our contract and publication process. Authors should please expect to work closely with the Editors regarding substantive and technical revisions in preparation for final publication.

At the Columbia Journal of Tax Law, we view our authors as our partners in a mutual exchange of ideas. We look forward to reviewing your submissions and will seek to provide our response as quickly as possible.