Types of Online Material Accepted

Articles/Essays: The difference between articles and essays is more about the content than the word count.  Articles are more systematic, in scope, and aim to present a novel idea that exists within current research.  Essays are more explanatory and thus can be more experimental.  While articles aim to have definitive conclusions, essays can offer more tentative conclusions.

Notes: Notes are the most common form of student-written scholarship.  Similar to articles, a successful note is one which deals with a novel idea and presents those ideas in a systematic way.  Notes drawing more on students’ clinical experience, rather than purely legal research, are also acceptable.

Book Reviews: VJSPL Online‘s preference is that a book review be submitted by a professor and/or practitioner, analyzing a recently-published or forthcoming book.