Abolition Law & Policy Review
ALPR is a brand-new multidisciplinary journal dedicated to bridging the gap between academic scholarship, legal practice, grassroots organizing, and creative expression — the foundations of the abolitionist movement.
Created by Georgetown Law students and the Founders of the original chapter of AAP, this publication will remain rooted in the belief that abolition is not merely a legal or policy framework but a set of practices, commitments, and imaginative possibilities. To this end, ALPR will publish legal analysis alongside interdisciplinary scholarship, narrative essays, policy commentary, poetry, visual art, creative writing, movement reflections, and other works that defy traditional academic categories.
Our goal is to create a space for scholars, organizers, artists, lawyers, students, and community members to come together as co-creators of knowledge and practice. We will actively challenge the hierarchical and rigid nature of traditional academic journals while still producing work of the highest intellectual caliber.
Symposium Volume
2026-2027
Thank you everyone for your submissions! We are no longer accepting proposals for Volume 1 Issues 1 and 2.
Below are deadlines for the last Symposium Issue — Volume 1 Issue 3.
Call for Submissions:
For the founding volume, we seek contributions in line with the 2026 symposium's theme, Meeting the Moment: Abolitionist Interventions in the Face of Retrenchment. Submissions should illuminate abolitionist theory and practice, interrogate the failures of reformist approaches, uplift community-based alternatives, and imagine futures beyond carceral control. Submissions may include:
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Scholarly legal and policy analyses
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Interdisciplinary academic essays
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Movement-grounded reflections and strategy pieces
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Student notes and research
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Poetry, visual art, creative writing, and conceptual work
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Hybrid formats, experimental forms, and co-authored pieces
As a contributor to ALPR’s founding volume, you will help shape the direction of this new abolitionist legal publication.
For further information about Abolition Law & Policy Review or the Spring 2026 Symposium, reach out to Freedom Gobel at fgobel@abolitionadvocacy.org.
Ready to submit your proposal? ALPR is now accepting submissions via email. Include (1) a short cover letter explaining your commitment to an abolitionist future and why you’d like to be published in ALPR, (2) a CV, and (3) an article abstract or artistic submission statement describing how the piece engages with the symposium's themes. Email Brittany Lovely and Mari Latibashvili your documents in a single PDF at mlatibashvili@abolitionadvocacy.org.
If you require accommodations, please reach out. We are happy to make the submissions process as accessible as possible for all.
Important Dates
for Volume 1 Issue 3
Now – December 1, 2026
Rolling reviews for submissions. Submit a short cover letter, CV, and an article abstract or artistic submission statement no later than December 1, 2026.
December 20, 2026
Date by which authors will be notified of acceptance.
May 15, 2027
Drafts Due
June 2027 – September 2027
Active Editing Period
October 2027
Tentative Date of Publication