Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law
Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law
The Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law (OSJCL) is published by the Michael E. Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University. Published semi-annually, it is a forum for important scholarship written by academics and professionals in the criminal justice field.
About OSJCL

The Journal‘s purpose is to provide useful, interesting, and provocative commentary on critical issues of interest to the national and international criminal justice community. Past topics have included policing corporate conduct, capital juries, and the criminal justice system post-September 11th.
The Journal publishes high-caliber student essays, reviews of books, empirical studies, criminal justice reports, and even reviews of movies and other media.
Editor-in-Chief
- Kimberly Satterfield
Executive Editor
- Nick Paul
Chief-of-Staff
- Isabel Biasella
Articles Editors
- Collin Kavanaugh
- Emma Niktash
Chief Managing Editor
- Jared Schlachet
Publishing Editor
- Eli Burkhardt
Production Editors
- Jenna Butler
- Meredith Kozar
Symposium Editor
- Erin Goodburn
Managing Editors
- Julia Arellano
- Thomas Berry
- Brandon Ong
- Maggie Ridgeway
- Cate Robertson
Online Journal Editor
- Helena Stacy
Senior Associate Editors
- Isis Evans
- John McNutt
- Christopher Reynolds
Associate Editors
- Zoe Cook
- Elysia Fabian
- Emily Hemlinger
- Kyra Kremser
- Brooke Lenigan
- Meghan Nelson
- Deven Rea
- Ella Reither
- Iliana Wilson
- Liya Yared
Faculty Managing Editors
- Douglas A. Berman
- Alan C. Michaels
- Ric Simmons
The Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law is available by subscription. The Journal is published twice an academic year – Fall and Spring – and an annual subscription begins with the first issue of a volume. Previously published issues are available; please email the journal at crimlaw@osu.edu for more information regarding back issues and becoming a member of our subscription.
The Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law is available by subscription. The Journal is published twice an academic year – Fall and Spring – and an annual subscription begins with the first issue of a volume. Previously published issues are available; please email the journal at crimlaw@osu.edu for more information regarding back issues.
Fees
- Libraries & Other Institutional Subscriptions: $75.00
- Individual (Domestic) Subscriptions: $40.00
- Individual (International) Subscribers: $50.00
- Single Issue - Foreign: $20.00
- Single Issue - Domestics: $20.00
- Reprints: $20.00
Contact: crimlaw@osu.edu
Submissions should be sent through Scholastica. We publish pieces of any length, including full-length law review articles, short essays of 5,000-10,000 words, reviews of recently published criminal. justice related books, reviews of recently published criminal justice related books and empirical studies, as well as reflections on the criminal justice implications of other features of modern culture (e.g. movies, television, theatre, fiction).
Faculty Advisors
Douglas Berman
Ric Simmons