JILFA will be virtually hosting our 2021 Symposium on International Human Rights and Corporate Accountability: Current and Future Challenges on February 26-27, 2021. Friday’s panels will include discussions of human trafficking and international food supply chains, aiding, abetting, and terrorist financing, and corporate capture. Saturday’s panels will include discussion of the privatization of space, sanctions and human rights enforcement, and AI, surveillance, and digital privacy. The Symposium is in collaboration with Corporate Accountability Lab, UCLA’s Promise Institute for Human Rights, and UCLA’s International and Comparative Law Program. We invite all interested parties to attend!

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Registration is now open for the 2021 Symposium. To register, please fill out the form at tinyurl.com/JILFA2021.

Thank you for your abstract submissions in response to our call for papers. The application deadline to participate in Symposium workshops has now passed.

If you have any questions regarding the Symposium, please email us at jilfasymposium@lawnet.ucla.edu.

UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs

2020-2021 Executive Board

Editors-in-Chief
Elizabeth Anastasi
Alicia Rose

Chief Articles Editors
Brady M. Mabe
Amy McMeeking

Chief Comments Editors
David Gallop
Nina Papachristou

Chief Digital Editor
Cassandra Frias

Symposium Directors
Catherine Kang
Ramya Swami

Business Manager
Joseph Young

Chief Managing Editors
Rachel Ryu
Sara Yufa

Chief Production Editor
Francesca Allegra

Alumni Coordinator
Jacob Kempf

2020-2021 Editorial Board

Deputy Chief Managing Editors
Landry Ballance
Lindsay Greenblatt
Margaret Sheerin
Britta Vlastelicia

Articles Editors
Alison Angoff
Alberto de Diego Carreras
Nick Levsen
Belinda Li

Managing Editors
Evan Aluyen
Esteban Becerra
Jenna Bernard
Queenie Chen
Ha Gyum Chung
Andrew Hill
Jacob Kwitek
Tyler Leigh
Heather Monte
Ryan Murphy
Emani Oakley
Kayi Okine
Marc Policastro
Ani Setian
Briana Seyarto
Sydney Siwinski
Andrea Stanovic
Julia Staudinger
Ilan Zur

Production Editors
Eszter Boldis
Ariana Bustos
Matthew Connor
Drew O'Sullivan
Richard Spronz

Digital Editors
Aaliya Kapadia
William McKenna
Aris Prince

Symposium Coordinators
Alyssa Gauthier-Barrett
Chloe Maksoudian

Established in 1996, JILFA was among the first student-produced publications that bridged the historical divide between international law and foreign relations. Its subject matter, therefore, is intentionally broad, linking such disciplines as international law, politics, policy, and economics.

JILFA publishes twice annually. Each volume of JILFA is published in print and also available digitally on HeinOnline, LexisNexis, and Westlaw. The journal also hosts a symposium each year on an emerging topic of importance in the realm of international and comparative law.

UCLA School of Law students serve on the Executive and Editorial Boards and function with the support of faculty and administration. For more information about JILFA, to subscribe, or to submit an article for consideration, please email jilfa@lawnet.ucla.edu.

JILFA welcomes submissions by scholars, practitioners, and students in the fields of international law and foreign affairs.

Submission Guidelines

To submit an article or comment, please submit it through ExpressO, Scholastica, or email the manuscript to jilfa@lawnet.ucla.edu​. Please include a copy of the curriculum vitae for each author.

JILFA prefers submissions that conform to the following requirements:

• Articles should be between 30-50 pages, including text and footnotes
• Comments should be between 25-35 pages, including text and footnotes
• Submissions should be double-spaced with 1 inch margins
• Footnotes should follow the current edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
• Submissions should include a table of contents and an abstract of no more than 400 words
• Submissions must not have been previously published

Due to the volume of submissions we receive, we will be in touch only if your Article or Comment is selected for publication.

Selection Process

Our Articles Department reviews submissions from scholars and practitioners. Our Comments Department considers submissions by current students. The journal typically slates for publication during the months of June, July, and August.

Any comment submissions from current UCLA School of Law students will be anonymized in the selection process. Please refrain from making any statements to current JILFA members that could jeopardize anonymity in the selection process.

JILFA will email authors if their piece is selected for publication.