The Diversity and Social Justice Forum is a student-run scholarly publication at Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law, dedicated to providing a forum that can give expression and representation to a wide spectrum of progressive and diverse voices at Chapman. We believe that the key to fostering a strong and diverse student body is to ensure that we do not confine ourselves to an echo chamber, and that we are not dismissive of alternate viewpoints and methods. The Diversity and Social Justice Forum hopes to promote a climate of engagement and dialogue with a wide spectrum of views and values. To this end, the Diversity and Social Justice Forum hosts an annual symposium on issues of social justice, and publishes the DSJ Forum, an online publication featuring practice-oriented issues of social justice, including any aspect of the underlying legal or humanitarian concerns, legal or policy solutions, or the work of movements organizing to address the problem.
Call for Articles
The Diversity and Social Justice Forum is pleased to invite article submissions for our 2023-2024 Volume VII Publication.
The theme of this year’s publication is: “Intersectionality: The Critical Foundation of Diversity and Social Justice.” In 1989, Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term to label how race, class, gender, and other identities interact with one another and overlap. Her literature on the concept and the many literature following hers show that intersectionality is the root of how people identify, how they live, and who they are. Even more, it has been the foundational identity in many social movements for justice. As such, it is crucial to recognize how the power of intersectionality has created what we know as “Diversity and Social Justice.” We welcome any submissions of unsolicited legal manuscripts and articles that draw on intersectional identities, movements, or creations of law, including but not limited to any legal or humanitarian concerns, legal solutions and policies and movements to rectify injustice.
The Diversity and Social Justice Forum is focusing on this theme, but we are also welcoming all submissions on diversity and social justice issues. Our goal is to serve as a resource for the community in shedding light on these issues. We welcome various viewpoints from law students, professors, attorneys, and legal professionals and would be honored to be able to publish the work of our legal community.
Submission Guidelines
- The Diversity and Social Justice Forum will be accepting articles for Volume VII until July 1st , 2023 at 11:59pm
- Articles should be in the range of 5,000 - 8,000 words in length (not including footnotes)
- Citations should conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (20th edition, 2015)
- Submissions should be emailed to dsjforum@gmail.com with a subject heading of: "[First and Last Name] - DSJ Article Submission 2023"
Post-Submission
The Editorial Board of the Diversity and Social Justice Forum shall determine which submissions are selected. Once a submission is selected, the Co-chairs will work with the author to prepare the submission for publication. Authors shall retain copyrights after publication.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the Diversity and Social Justice Forum at dsjforum@gmail.com. We look forward to receiving your submission.
