JOLT Student Note Submission and Competition

JOLT is accepting student author applications for the Fall 2023 Issue of Volume 37 from now until 11:59 PM Eastern Time on Friday, June 9, 2023.

Submissions should engage with novel issues at the intersection of law and technology. Topics may include, but are not limited to, cybercrime, biotechnology, space law, entertainment and news media, comparative legal approaches to intellectual property, the law of the Internet, and technology in the public interest. We encourage creative approaches

In addition to our standard student note submission process, the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology is excited to announce our student writing competition for publication in our Fall 2023 Issue!

STUDENT NOTE REQUIREMENTS

• Notes must be an original piece of writing by the student author
• Notes must be 5,000–10,000 words, not including footnotes
• Notes must examine a current issue in law and technology
• Authors must be current law students at any U.S. or international law school or alumni within one year of graduation, or a current student supervised by a faculty member at any U.S. or international law school
• Authors must be current law students pursuing a JD, LLM, or JSD at an ABA-accredited law school or alumni within one year of graduation
• Authors must not have won a previous JOLT competition

Sample student notes are available on jolt.law.harvard.edu.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

The application submission sheets can be found here.

To submit, please send the following two documents to joltstudentnotes@gmail.com. Your email subject line should read “JOLT STUDENT AUTHOR APPLICATION.”

1) Your completed Student Note Application (the subsequent pages of this document), titled {Lastname}_{Firstname}_Fall_v37_NoteApplication.

Ex: Doe_Jane_Fall_v37_NoteApplication.docx

2) The most complete draft of your proposed note, in Microsoft Word format, titled Fall_v37_NoteDraft_{Title}. Because our review process is blind, your name, school, and any other identifying information should not appear anywhere on your draft.

Ex: Fall_v37_NoteDraft_Super_Awesome_Student_Note.docx

Competition Awards

All competition submissions will be considered for publication in our Fall 2023, Volume 37 Issue.

• 1st Prize: $2000 and publication in our Fall 2023 issue
• 2nd Prize: $500 and publication in our Fall 2023 issue

EVALUATION

Student note submissions are evaluated based on the piece's quality of writing, organization and structure, fit with JOLT's subject matter, and novelty of contribution. JOLT reserves the right to revoke the acceptance upon a finding of plagiarism at any stage of the submission or editing process.

If accepted, you must be able to comply with the editing and revision process, which will extend through the Fall 2023 academic semester. For the competition, please follow the same submission instructions for our standard student note submission process above.

Thank you! We appreciate your interest with publishing with JOLT. Please contact joltstudentnotes@gmail.com with any questions.