Call for Papers: AILA Law Journal, Fall 2021 Edition

The AILA Law Journal delivers first-rate analysis and commentary on immigration law and policy.

Submission Guidelines: Articles should run 4,500–7,000 words, lightly cited. All articles must be original. However, authors and columnists may reproduce their articles and columns, and place them on their websites, with attribution to and after publication in the AILA Law Journal.

All articles must be submitted via email in Word, as an attachment. All charts, graphs, and, tables should be typed or professionally typeset and must be submitted via email. Articles should not use extensive endnotes. Do not put citations in the text; rather, use endnotes only.

Submissions should include a clearly written, short author biography, author address, direct phone number, and email address. Authors should provide a two- or three-sentence summary of the article. Articles should be written in neutral, third-person voice. “You,” “I,” “We,” and similar terms are discouraged.

Articles must appear as continuous prose, with full sentences. Excessive use of quotation marks should be avoided. They should not be used when referring to a few ordinary words of a speaker or writer. They are appropriate for coined phrases, but only those that are unfamiliar, and only on first reference.

Submission Deadline: June 1, 2021

Submit to: ailalawjournal@aila.org

If you have questions, please contact Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, the Editor-in-Chief, or Danielle Polen, Editor, of AILA Law Journal. They may be reached at:

Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar | Penn State Law
Director, Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic | Clinical Professor of Law
The Pennsylvania State University | University Park
Phone: 814-865-3823 | Email: ssw11@psu.edu

Danielle M. Polen, Esq., Director, Publications and Online Resources
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Direct: 202.507.7637 | Email: dpolen@aila.org

Cite as AILA Doc. No. 19072960.