The Boston University International Law Journal publishes articles on international law written by professors and practitioners as well as BU student-authored notes.  As one of the nation’s leading international law journals, the ILJ seeks to maintain the highest editorial standards and to produce a professional quality publication worthy of international recognition.  Published biannually in the spring and summer, the ILJ also publishes short scholarly pieces on current issues in international law via ILJ Online and ILJ Voices.  Email us at busl.ilj@gmail.com with any questions.

Membership Requirements

The ILJ carefully selects approximately twenty-five students from each second-year class.  Members are selected based on their performance in the writing competition and first-year grades.  The ILJ also considers a student’s interest in international law as evidenced by the student’s preferential ranking of the journals included in the writing competition.  The ILJ does not have an automatic grade-on policy.

Once admitted to the staff, new members take an approved international law-related elective and the International Law Research course.   Each ILJ staff member must also author a note of publishable quality in their second year.

ILJ staff members are strongly encouraged to submit their notes for satisfaction of the law school’s certification requirement.  ILJ staff members exercise a great deal of intellectual creativity and freedom in developing their topics.  The current growth in international legal activity provides a broad range of potential topics including international trade, human rights, intellectual property, space crimes, health care, cultural heritage, and environmental policy.  Alternatively, ILJ staff members may write a comparative or foreign law piece on virtually any area of the law.

Boston University International Law Journal
765 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
(617) 353-3157
busl.ilj@gmail.com