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The Northwestern Law Journal des Refusés is a student-operated journal of law for the public that publishes one issue of general legal and interdisciplinary scholarship per year. The Journal shall publish online articles on a rolling basis, including independent articles and responsive “Letters to the Author.” Each spring, the Journal shall re-publish up to five (5) of these articles in a print journal. These five articles will ideally be divided as such:

• Two (2) to be primarily authored by Legal “Insiders” (legal faculty and/or practitioners, generally),
• One (1) to be primarily authored by a Law Student,
• Two (2) to be primarily authored by Legal “Outsider(s),” at least one (1) of whom is directly System-Involved (legal workers, criminalized peoples, and legal clientele, generally).
  Article Submission

The Journal shall accept submissions for online publication on a rolling basis.

There are no formalistic requirements to submit to the Journal (i.e. a minimum number of citations, word count, or experience in legal practice). The only requirement is to respond to the submission question, which is: Why has this piece been rejected, or why would it be likely to be rejected, by traditional legal journals?

Authors can choose to publish anonymously or under a pseudonym; however, the author’s identity must be disclosed to Journal editors.

While we seek to publish strong and passionate voices with lively and engaging tones, we more importantly seek to publish harmonious and considerate voices. We do not seek to publish vitriol, or hate for hate’s sake.

Therefore:

• We will evaluate concerns of an “angry” voice through the lens of Audre Lorde’s classic text, “Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism.”
• We will evaluate concerns of a “profane” and/or “indecent” voice through the lens of Audre Lorde’s classic text, “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power” and Professor Patricia Williams’ “Death of the Profane (a commentary on the genre of legal writing).”