A Feminist Judgment is a rewrite of a state or federal legal opinion from an appellate or court of last resort through a feminist, multicultural lens that utilizes critical and comparative rhetorical approaches. You can learn more about critical & comparative rhetoric in this article and/or this book.  Our preference is to publish rewritten opinions from state courts written by law students.  However, we will accept rewritten U.S. Supreme Court opinions, especially if they originated from your state and are contextualized in its varied histories, traditions, and social relationships.  

Submission Guidelines: 

You may submit your Judgment by e-mailing it as an attachment to submissions@feministjudgments.org. Include your name, institutional affiliation, state, and a non-university e-mail where you can be reached. Please submit your work as a typed and double-spaced document in Word or Pages format with the default formatting for those document types in-tact.  

We ask that you utilize the appropriate citation format(s) relevant to the sources you cite (e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Legal Citation or The ALWD Guide to Legal Citation for legal citations; the Chicago Manual of Style for humanities and social science citations, etc.). SFJP does not have a page count or word limit.  

We encourage you to review the Judgments on our website to get a feel for what we publish, and to view these guidelines to help you get started with your Judgment.  If you would like access to The States Feminist Judgments Project Drafting Handbook, e-mail us at about@feministjudgments.org. 

Publication Timeline: 

SFJP has two publication deadlines per year. Our deadline for the Fall 2026 submissions cycle is January 11, 2027; the target publication date for Fall 2026 submissions is April 2027.  Our deadline for the Spring 2027 submissions cycle is May 17, 2027; the target publication date for Spring 2027 submissions in August 2027.  You may submit your work for consideration prior to each deadline, however, notification of acceptance will not be sent to you until after the deadline for each submissions period has passed, respectively.

A Feminist Judgment Commentary is an analytical essay that precedes the Feminist Judgment and situates it in various contexts (social, political, economic, religious, etc.), as well as in the context of intellectual ideas. The Commentary is a critical analysis of the Judgment that highlights its strengths and points of divergence from the original opinion. It also serves as an integral introduction of the reader to the Judgment, and offers key connections about its relationship to justice and equity for those likely to be impacted by it.  Our preference is to publish Commentaries for Judgments that already exist on our website or that are submitted in tandem with Judgments, written by law students or law and graduate student partnerships.  

Submission Guidelines: 

You may submit your Commentary by e-mailing it as an attachment to submissions@feministjudgments.org. Include your name, institutional affiliation, state, and a non-university e-mail where you can be reached. Please submit your work as a typed and double-spaced document in Word or Pages format with the default formatting for those document types in-tact.  

We ask that you utilize the appropriate citation format(s) relevant to the sources you cite (e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Legal Citation or The ALWD Guide to Legal Citation for legal citations; the Chicago Manual of Style for humanities and social science citations, etc.). SFJP does not have a page count or word limit.  

We encourage you to review the Commentaries on our website to get a feel for what we publish, and to view these guidelines to help you get started with your Commentary.  If you would like access to The States Feminist Judgments Project Drafting Handbook, which includes additional guidance on how to write Commentaries, please e-mail us at about@feministjudgments.org. 

Publication Timeline: 

SFJP has two publication deadlines per year. Our deadline for the Fall 2026 submissions cycle is January 11, 2027; the target publication date for Fall 2026 submissions is April 2027.  Our deadline for the Spring 2027 submissions cycle is May 17, 2027; the target publication date for Spring 2027 submissions in August 2027.  You may submit your work for consideration prior to each deadline, however, notification of acceptance will not be sent to you until after the deadline for each submissions period has passed, respectively.

A white paper is a document offered to legislators, rule makers, grassroots organizations, agencies and/or activists to provide research in support of or in opposition to policies and/or proposed legislation/rules/regulations at the local, state or federal level. We will accept white papers that are state/locality specific or national in scope. Our preference is to publish white papers that center minoritized communities in their analysis and recommendations, written by law students or law and graduate student partnerships.  

Submission Guidelines: 

You may submit your white paper by e-mailing it as an attachment to submissions@feministjudgments.org. Include your name, institutional affiliation, state, and a non-university e-mail where you can be reached. Please submit your work as a typed and double-spaced document in Word or Pages format with the default formatting for those document types in-tact.  

We ask that you utilize the appropriate citation format(s) relevant to the sources you cite (e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Legal Citation or The ALWD Guide to Legal Citation for legal citations; the Chicago Manual of Style for humanities and social science citations, etc.). Please include a works cited page in your white paper. SFJP does not have a page count or word limit.  

We encourage you to review the white papers on our website to get a feel for what we publish, and to view these guidelines to help you get started with your white paper.  If you would like additional guidance, please e-mail us at about@feministjudgments.org. 

Publication Timeline: 

SFJP has two publication deadlines per year. Our deadline for the Fall 2026 submissions cycle is January 11, 2027; the target publication date for Fall 2026 submissions is April 2027.  Our deadline for the Spring 2027 submissions cycle is May 17, 2027; the target publication date for Spring 2027 submissions in August 2027.  You may submit your work for consideration prior to each deadline, however, notification of acceptance will not be sent to you until after the deadline for each submissions period has passed, respectively.

A toolkit is a resource that: (1) helps an individual or group in their self-advocacy efforts; or (2) directs an organization/entity on how to help or how not to harm minorized persons and groups. We will accept toolkits that are state/locality specific or national in scope. Our preference is to publish toolkits that center minoritized communities in their analysis, recommendations, and resources, written by law students or law and graduate student partnerships.  

Submission Guidelines: 

You may submit your toolkit by e-mailing it as an attachment to submissions@feministjudgments.org. Include your name, institutional affiliation, state, and a non-university e-mail where you can be reached. Please submit your work as: (1) a typed and double-spaced document in Word or Pages format with the default formatting for those document types in-tact; or (2) a link to a multimedia platform where we can view and edit your work. You may utilize a variety of modalities and strategies to make your toolkit engaging and accessible, both culturally and ability-wise. 

We ask that you utilize the appropriate citation format(s) relevant to the sources you cite (e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Legal Citation or The ALWD Guide to Legal Citation for legal citations; the Chicago Manual of Style for humanities and social science citations, etc.). Please include works cited and resource links pages in your toolkit. SFJP does not have a page count or word limit.  

We encourage you to review the toolkits on our website to get a feel for what we publish, and to view these guidelines to help you get started with your toolkit.  If you would like additional guidance, please e-mail us at about@feministjudgments.org. 

Publication Timeline: 

SFJP has two publication deadlines per year. Our deadline for the Fall 2026 submissions cycle is January 11, 2027; the target publication date for Fall 2026 submissions is April 2027.  Our deadline for the Spring 2027 submissions cycle is May 17, 2027; the target publication date for Spring 2027 submissions in August 2027.  You may submit your work for consideration prior to each deadline, however, notification of acceptance will not be sent to you until after the deadline for each submissions period has passed, respectively.