Law Review Articles

Status: Established. This document type has the hardest external constraints. The style guide accommodates both Seth’s working format and strict submission requirements.

Context

Articles written for submission to law reviews and journals. These pass through student editors who enforce their journal’s formatting requirements, which are often rigid. The style guide governs two stages: Seth’s working draft (where he has control) and the submission-ready version (where the journal’s rules prevail).

Established Rules

Submission Format (Non-Negotiable)

Many law reviews require:

• Font: 12pt Times New Roman
• Spacing: Double-spaced
• Margins: 1” all sides
• Footnotes: Single-spaced, 10pt
• Citations: Bluebook format

These requirements override any Oranburg Style preference. The style guide must include a “submission mode” that produces TNR-compliant output with one command or template switch.

Working Draft Format

Seth’s working environment uses the unified Oranburg Style (Crimson Text body, Oswald headings). The working draft is what Seth reads, revises, and thinks in. It should reflect his preferred typography.

Working Draft Typography

• Body: Crimson Text Regular, 12pt, 1.15 line spacing (D-013, D-015, D-016)
• Headings: Oswald Bold/SemiBold/Regular per the print heading hierarchy
• Footnotes: Crimson Text Regular, 10pt, single-spaced, Bluebook format

Structural Rules

• No stacked headings (D-018): Every heading must be followed by body text before the next heading. An H2 followed immediately by an H3 is a structural error. If a section contains only subsections, write an introductory paragraph framing what follows. See foundations/typography.md.

Pipeline

Markdown (iA Writer) → pandoc → .docx → revise in Word → submit

Two pandoc reference documents are needed:

1. Working draft reference: Oranburg Style fonts and spacing
2. Submission reference: 12pt TNR, double-spaced, standard margins

Footnote Style

Footnotes follow Bluebook citation format. Typographically:

• Working draft: Same body font at 10pt, single-spaced
• Submission: 10pt TNR, single-spaced (per journal convention)

Known Drift Risk

QELS drifted to TNR/Cardo because it was started from a blank template. The working draft reference document must be the default starting point for all new articles.