ARTICLE REQUIREMENTS
The Loyola Maritime Law Journal publishes original content on current legal issues in maritime, aviation, and space law. We invite the submission of content of all types (e.g. Articles, Essays, Comments, Notes, etc.) from practicing lawyers, judges, and academics for publication. While we consider submissions of all lengths, most of our published pieces run between fifteen (15) and thirty-five (35) pages.
We request that submissions be in Microsoft Word format (.doc, .docx). The journal uses footnote citations. Please format citations using The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (20th ed.) guidelines.
All statements of law or fact should be footnoted. Opinions of the author need not be cited.
SUBMISSIONS
We review and accept articles on a rolling basis. We strongly encourage contributors to submit manuscripts via e-mail to: maritimejournal@loyno.edu
We also accept hard copy submissions by mail at:
Loyola Maritime Law Journal
Loyola University New Orleans
College of Law, Suite 307A / Box 901
7214 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
SUBMISSION STATUS
The Loyola Maritime Law Journal carefully considers all submissions. Once a submission is received by the journal it will be evaluated to make sure it meets our requirements for publication. If the journal selects a submission for publication, the Technology and Print Editor will contact the author to discuss the publication process.
BLOG SUBMISSIONS
Since Fall 2017, the Loyola Current accepts blog submissions from practitioners, judges, and academics, subject to board approval. Submissions may be in the form of news, case summaries, or short essays. Case summaries should be short and no longer than 2 pages, unless the case is extremely complicated. Essays should be no longer than 5-6 pages.
Please send submissions to loynocurrent@gmail.com.