Northern Illinois University Law Review

The Northern Illinois University Law Review is a student-edited journal that publishes articles intended to assist the legal community and to stimulate critical discussion of current legal, policy and social issues.

The Law Review publishes three print issues each year. The online supplement highlights the work of NIU College of Law students and is released once a semester.

Membership

Each year the law review selects up to twenty-five students to join the publication staff. Students must participate in a write-on competition during the summer prior to the beginning of their second year to be offered a position. Members of the law review participate in an intensive two-semester writing and production program to develop their writing and editing skills. Students retain their positions on the law review staff by submitting at least one paper of publishable quality during the first year of their membership.

Symposium

The Northern Illinois University Law Review traditionally hosts a one-day Symposium each spring comprised of keynote speakers, visual presentations, and a panel of legal experts who share their views on a preselected legal topic. In conjunction with the Symposium, the Law Review publishes a Symposium Issue which is released in the summer issue of each volume.

Recordings of past symposia

Manuscript Submissions

The Northern Illinois University Law Review welcomes the submission of manuscripts concerning topics of legal interest. Please email your submission to niulawreview@niu.edu or use the following submission service:

Guidelines

Please conform to the following guidelines:

  • Form: Manuscripts should be typed and double-spaced. Word or Word Perfect documents are preferred.
  • Citations: Textual and citation form should comply with The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (21st Ed. 2020).
  • Style: The article and footnotes should be up-to-date at the time of submission. The NIU Law Review requires articles that are heavily footnoted, timely, and original.
  • Vita: Please include on the cover page of your submission the author’s full name, his or her academic and professional affiliations, and the complete address, email address and phone number of the person to whom correspondence should be sent.
  • Abstract: Each manuscript should be summarized in a brief abstract of no more than 200 words.
  • Process: Articles will be considered for publication by the Lead Articles Editors in a timely manner. If any part of the paper has been published elsewhere, the author must include this information at the time of submission.
  • Questions: Email questions to niulawreview@niu.edu.

Copyright Policy

Except as otherwise provided, the author of each article has granted permission for copies of the article to be made available for classroom use provided that:

  • Copies of the article are distributed at or below cost
  • The author and the Northern Illinois University Law Review are identified clearly on the copies and
  • Proper notice of copyrights are affixed to each copy.

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Editor-in-Chief: McKinzie Callahan
Managing Editor: Cheyanne Pincsak
Symposium Editor: Isaiah Harlan
Research Editor: Alec Moehn
Online Editor: Grace Flannery

Lead Articles Editors

  • Allie Marcell
  • Kyla Tinsley

Notes and Comments Editors

  • William Belles
  • Cheyenne M. Lesner
  • Jake Schutter
  • Justin Scivally

Associate Editors

  • Hector R. Barron
  • Ayesha Feroz
  • Laura Goding
  • Joshua Jenkins
  • Lydia Park

Staff Editors

  • Megan Anderson
  • Elizabeth Anderson-Vargas
  • Morgan Becker
  • Madelyn Bird
  • Gideon Doran
  • Jacob Edwards
  • Joseph Egan
  • Hashem El-Sharif
  • Shelby Emery
  • Jose Garcia
  • Shelby Harrison
  • John Kavanagh
  • Mikayla Kelz
  • Lindsey Kokkinias
  • Tyler Lawson
  • Nathan Meland
  • Amelia O’Neal
  • Lauren Price
  • Shannon Rose
  • Sydney Schnell
  • Shiv Shankar
  • Aidan Simmons
  • Jada Stephens
  • Avery TenEyck
  • Sam Vasilopulos

Faculty Advisor

Professor Daniel McConkie
mcconkie@niu.edu
815-753-1560

Contact Us

NIU Law Review
College of Law
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115-2854
niulawreview@niu.edu