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Volume 30
1997 – 2027
PAST — PRESENT — FUTURE
The Water Law Review is pleased to announce its thirtieth volume and accompanying theme, "Past — Present — Future." This commemorative edition of the Review will publish articles, essays, prose, and other written work which examines where water law and policy has been, stands today, and may be headed in the years to come.
Call for Submissions
The Water Law Review seeks submissions for Volume 30. We welcome contributions from attorneys, scholars, judges, policymakers, scientists, engineers, students, and others whose work engages with water issues. Submissions may address any topic related to water (law, policy, technology, justice, governance, etc.). The Review is particularly interested in pieces which explore one or more of the following thematic elements:
Headwaters: Revisiting Enduring Questions
Authors may revisit topics, debates, and ideas that have appeared in prior issues of the Water Law Review and address their continuing relevance. Pieces may alternatively examine significant cases, statutes, policies, treaties, or other notable milestones in water governance as they exert influence on modern policy.
Confluence: Contemporary Water Challenges
As in each issue of the Review, we welcome pieces which address pressing water issues facing communities, governments, and industries today. Though submission topics are not geographically limited, the Review is especially interested in work which addresses issues facing the American West.
Horizons: Charting the Future
What will the next thirty years of water governance look like? Authors are invited to explore futuristic, speculative, and innovative approaches to emerging challenges, and to think creatively in their submissions.
Submission Guidelines
EDITORIAL POLICY
The Review welcomes traditional law review articles along with essays, poems, prose, comments, speeches, and other written work that addresses this year’s theme. Interdisciplinary perspectives are encouraged, as are submissions by authors who historically have not had the opportunity to publish in a law review. Anonymous peer review of articles is available upon request. We look forward to bringing together perspectives that illuminate the past, confront challenges of the present, and help shape the future of water law and policy.
FORMAT
Works considered for publication should be formatted to fit on 8.5 x 11 in. paper. Traditional articles should be typed and double-spaced, with text broken into appropriate headings and subheadings and conforming to the Chicago Manual of Style (18th ed.). Citations to references and authorities should be contained in footnotes. Footnotes may also include elaboration on points raised in the text or references to research sources pertaining to points peripheral to those discussed in the text. Footnotes must conform to the rules included in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (22nd ed.). Footnotes should be current as of the date of submission.
The Water Law Review accepts submissions at any time. For consideration in Volume 30, submissions must be received by November 1, 2026.