The Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law, the legal publication of the American Bar Association’s Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law,[seeks] submissions from students, professors, and practitioners. The Journal publishes full-length articles, book reviews, and shorter commentaries on a wide range of affordable housing and community and economic development issues. The last deadline was June 15, 2009, for an issue focused on "“Housing and Community Development in the Economic Crisis.”The journal is published quarterly. Keep you eye out for the September topic.
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Access to prior journals is available to members of the American Bar Association Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law. This forum also sponsors a student law competition, with last year's deadline in March.
INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
The mission of The Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law, the official quarterly publication of the Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law of the American Bar Association, is to provide information on programs related to affordable housing and community development law, facilitate communication among housing lawyers, and provide a clearinghouse for the exchange of ideas and solutions in the field.
Article Length. Feature articles traditionally are between 5,000 and 7,500 words, or 20 - to - 25 double-spaced pages in length. The Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law also accepts some shorter articles.
Style. The writing should be brisk and straightforward. Authors should use a style that is readable and more informal than a law review article. To that end, authors should
- Use gender-neutral language
- Avoid long quotations
- Avoid excess verbiage
- Avoid using a long word when a short one will do
- Avoid using a foreign phrase, scientific word, or jargon if you can think of a more common English equivalent
- Avoid overworked figures of speech
- Avoid excessive capitalization
- Avoid excessive use of commas
Footnotes. Use endnotes rather than footnotes. Include footnotes at the end of your article. The Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law follows the citation style of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Eighteenth Edition.
Author Biography. Please include a one-sentence description of your current professional affiliation.
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