UWA Law Review
The University of Western Australia Law Review is Australia's oldest continuous university law journal, first published in 1948.
The Review provides a forum for articles, reviews and commentary on topics of current national and international legal significance. One general issue and one special thematic issue are published in each calendar year, following a full double-blind peer review process. We prioritise work with a clear connection to Western Australia, and welcome submissions from early career researchers.
The Review is fully indexed and published on HeinOnline and in the Australasian Legal Scholarship Library, and searchable in the LawCite international citatory.
The Review is managed by a General Editor within the UWA Law School faculty, with the support of a Student Editorial Board and faculty-led Advisory Board.
Authors' responsibilities
No fees or charges are required for manuscript processing and/or publishing.
All authors must have significantly contributed to the research.
Submitted manuscripts must not be published or under consideration for publication in any other forum.
All authors must accept and comply with the terms of the UWA Law Review Authors' Agreement.
Peer review process
All articles considered for publication in the UWA Law Review are subjected to peer review.
Peer review is defined as obtaining advice on individual manuscripts from reviewers expert in the field.
Judgments of reviewers should be objective.
Reviewers should have no conflict of interest.
Reviewers will point out relevant published work which is not yet cited.
Reviewed articles will be treated confidentially.
Publication ethics
We will take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred.
In no case will the UWA Law Review or its editors encourage such misconduct, or knowingly allow such misconduct to take place.
In the event that the UWA Law Review or editors are made aware of any allegation of research misconduct the publisher or editor shall deal with allegations appropriately.
The UWA Law Review will publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.
Publishing schedule
In 2015 the UWA Law Review became a digital only publication. It is generally published twice annually, with a thematic issue alternating with a general issue. Time-sensitive articles may be published in advance.
The Review is currently accepting submissions for the 2026 general issue. A call for submissions for the 2026 thematic issue will be made in late 2025.
UWA Law Review student editors
Each year, a selected group of senior postgraduate law students participate in a for-credit unit as student editors of the UWA Law Review, supporting the work of the staff editor. This is a 6-point unit spread across two semesters.
The task of student editors involves participating in strategic planning and general management of the Review, assisting with the evaluation of items submitted for publication (including by preparing short critical reports), editing those items and checking proofs, as well as developing an independent piece of academic writing for potential publication in the Review or elsewhere. Students may also participate in organising academic conferences hosted within the Law School, with a view to producing special thematic issues of the Review.
Contact the UWA Law Review
Enquiries
General Editor
Dr Jessica Kerr
Email: [email protected]
Postal Address
UWA Law Review
The University of Western Australia
Faculty of Law (M253)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
University of Western Australia Law Review
ISSN: 0042-0328Publisher: University of Western Australia *Law School
Country: Australia
Start Year: 1948
Refereed: Yes
Copyright and Access
The UWA Law Review is committed to open access publishing and is freely accessible online.
Copyright remains with the authors. Requests for licensing should be addressed to them.