Stanford Journal of International Law (SJIL)
Note to authors. SJIL’s submissions process generally takes place between June and August for the entire academic year. Submissions for Volume 62 (2026-2027) are currently open.
We encourage authors to submit manuscripts via Scholastica. At the same time, we understand that not all authors may have access to Scholastica. Hence, as of August 1, 2025, we also accept articles via the SJIL Submissions Portal, accessible at: https://forms.gle/ppGiQYUH57qsjxYQA.
Current Issue (Volume 61, Issue 2)
The Stanford Journal of International Law (SJIL) is a scholarly periodical devoted to analyses of current international legal issues. Founded in 1966, SJIL is among the earliest established student-run journals of international law in the United States, and is the oldest of Stanford Law School’s secondary journals still in publication.
SJIL publishes two issues per year, traditionally in March and June, featuring articles, essays, and commentary from scholars, practitioners, and students on a wide range of topics, including public international law, human rights, international trade, and comparative law.
We are delighted to announce that the Stanford Journal of International Law is now being published online-only and does not require a subscription.
2026-2027 Executive Board
Editors-in-Chief
Emily Grant
Katie Weiner
Lead Editors
Christine Li
Olivia Sieler
Managing Editors
Braden Masih
George San Miguel
Submissions Chairs
Jaden Evans
Diane Ijoma
Marsha Morabu
Brando Sell
Publications Chair
Marsha Morabu
Diversity
At its core, SJIL is devoted to the discovery and transmission of legal knowledge. SJIL cannot be limited in its methods and ways of thinking, or confined to one individual’s or a single community’s experiences. To further this mission, we must bring a broad range of ideas and approaches.
SJIL strives to ensure that a diversity of cultures, races and ethnicities, genders, political and religious beliefs, physical and learning differences, sexual orientations and identities is represented. Such diversity will inspire new angles of inquiry, new modes of analysis, and new solutions, contributing to our core mission.
To advance legal scholarship, it is essential to be exposed to views and cultures other than one’s own and to have one’s opinions and assumptions challenged. Such engagement expands our horizons, enables understanding across difference, prevents complacency and promotes intellectual breadth.
Our diversity ensures our strength as an intellectual community. In today’s world, diversity represents the key to excellence and achievement.