In addition to the two publications below (the ABLJ and JLSE), the ALSB publishes email newsletters at least twelve times a year. Information for the newsletters may be submitted to Operations Director, Jehan El-Jourbagy, at jehan.eljourbagy@alsb.org. Members may access issues of the newsletter by logging into the Members’ Only site.
American Business Law Journal
The American Business Law Journal is a quarterly law review published by the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. The Journal is very selective and is double-blind, peer reviewed. Over 900 libraries subscribe to the ABLJ, as well as the ALSB members. Additionally, the journal is available on Westlaw and Lexis.
American Business Law Journal Online:
Members’ may access the journal by logging into the member portal
- Article Submissions
Unsolicited articles are welcome for publication consideration by the ABLJ. If you are contemplating submitting a piece for ABLJ publication consideration, please review the “Contributor’s Information” below. Electronic copies of articles can be submitted to abljsubmission@alsb.org. Please note that the Journal does not accept student works.
Questions concerning submissions may be forwarded to the managing editor at abljsubmission@alsb.org. General questions about the journal may be directed to the Editor-in-Chief, Ruth Jebe at ruth.jebe@alsb.org.
- Call for Reviewers
The ABLJ is seeking new reviewers on a variety of legal subject areas. If you are interested in reviewing for the journal, please send your name, complete address, phone number, e-mail address and subject area expertise to the managing editor at abljsubmission@alsb.org.
- Subscriptions and Advertising
ABLJ subscription and advertising information may be obtained by contacting:
ABLJ Ordering and Subscription Inquiries
A subscription to the ABLJ (as well as the Journal of Legal Studies Education) is automatic with membership in the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. Membership in the Academy is $125 per year. Correspondence regarding membership should be directed to Jehan El-Jourbagy, ALSB Operations Director, via e-mail: jehan.eljourbagy@alsb.org.
ABLJ Contributor’s Information
Journal of Legal Studies Education
The Journal of Legal Studies Education is published twice a year. The journal is a selective double-blind, peer reviewed publication focusing on pedagogical issues within business legal studies. Please review the “Information for Contributors” below.
Members may access the journal by logging into the member portal.
A subscription to the journal is included with all ALSB memberships. Individual and institutional journal subscriptions may be obtained from:
JLSE Ordering and Subscription Inquiries
Advertising in the JLSE is also accepted. Information regarding subscriptions, reprints, or advertising, including rates, may be obtained from Wiley Publishing.
Author Guidelines / Information for Contributors
Manuscripts: The Journal does not accept previously published manuscripts or those that will be published elsewhere. Manuscripts may be sent simultaneously to other journals on the condition that the Journal is advised, and that the author(s) undertake to inform the edition immediately if the work is to be published elsewhere.
The Journal publishes original refereed articles, teaching notes, and reviews of books and other media. Manuscripts that relate to teaching, research and/or related disciplines such as business ethics, business and society, public policy and individual areas of business law-related specialties which are taught in the non-law schools are appropriate topics. The Journal will also consider short, but well-researched works covering “recent developments” in substantive areas taught by legal studies faculty.
The editorial board selects high quality manuscripts that are of interest to a substantial portion of the Journal’s readers. The editors look for innovative ideas, some element of novelty, good writing, evidence of literature survey where available, and compliance with A Uniform System of Citation, 22nd edition, for footnote form. Submissions are done electronically, in Microsoft Word format. Authors may submit on the Scholastica platform (https://jlse.scholasticahq.
Copy: All copy should be spaced either space-and-a-half or double-spaced. To permit blind refereeing, the manuscript must not identify the author or the author’s institutional affiliation. A removable cover page should contain the title, the name, position, institutional affiliation, address, email address and telephone number of each author. The first page of the manuscript should contain the title.
Manuscripts will not be accepted for publication unless all footnotes and citations are in compliance with A Uniform System of Citation, 22d edition. The author is responsible for compliance with this system of citation and footnote accuracy.
The journal uses Arabic numerals for headings (e.g. “1.” in bold & small-caps for first-level heading, “2.1.” in bold and sentence-case for second-level heading, “2.1.1.” in sentence-case for level-three headings, and no-numbers but indented / italicized / sentence-case for level-four headings) for section headings instead of Roman numerals. Please use this numbering format for your submission.
Tables and figures should be included in the manuscript with clear, self-explanatory headings and, if appropriate, the source at the bottom.
Action: Consideration of manuscripts is normally complete within eight weeks after receipt by the Journal. Authors are obliged to proofread the galley proofs. It is also the responsibility of authors to obtain permission to preprint copyrighted material and to pay any necessary fees. Permission forms are available from the editor. In case of coauthored works, the editor will correspond with the lead author. All authors must sign a copyright release.
Citations: The Journal is properly cited as J. LEGAL STUD. EDUC.
Note: The Journal of Legal Studies Education is indexed in the Current Law Index, The Legal Resources Index, and Legal Trac.
Any inquiries or general correspondence should go to:
Tonia Hap Murphy, Editor-in-Chief ( Tonia.Murphy@alsb.org)