About Us
The Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy (DJCLPP) is a scholarly publication that examines legal issues at the intersection of constitutional litigation and public policy. The Journal serves as both a practical resource for lawyers, judges, and legislators who confront cutting-edge constitutional and public policy issues and a forum for intellectual discourse surrounding these issues. The Journal aims to enhance the community's understanding of constitutional law and public policy and to arm practitioners with arguments and proposals for reform.
The Journal regularly publishes an online edition -- the "Sidebar" -- with timely comments on topical trends and current subjects of constitutional law and public policy. The Sidebar provides a forum for students, professors, practitioners, judges, and policy-makers to discuss trends in the law via brief essays, notes, and commentaries that we can quickly publish. The Journal also cooperates heavily with Duke Law School's Program in Public Law to provide both commentators' remarks and shortened versions of Journal articles for the Program's use and publication.
The Journal publishes a print edition each spring. The print edition contains traditional law review articles, as well as practical or policy-related essays, notes, and remarks by practitioners, judges, legislators, students, professors, and authoritative commentators.
Authors interested in publishing with DJCLPP in the Sidebar should submit works that are both timely and short (3-15 pages) to clj at lists.law.duke.edu with a subject line of "For Sidebar Publication." Authors interested in publishing with DJCLPP in print should submit more in-depth articles, notes, and essays to clj at lists.law.duke.edu with a subject line of "For Print Publication."
Interested Duke Law students should contact the Editor-in-Chief, Robb Giddings, to find out more about becoming a member of the Journal.