hlr-placement-strategy
Use when planning where and when to submit a law-review article and how to leverage offers — the distinctive Scholastica multi-submit, expedite mechanics, and the February-March / August seasons, with the Harvard Law Review (HLR) as a top target. Plans placement and timing; it does not run the final upload preflight (hlr-submission).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill hlr-placement-strategy --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Placement Strategy (hlr-placement-strategy) US law-review placement is unlike peer review. Authors submit a **near-final** article to **many journals at once** through **Scholastica** (some also use ExpressO), then use an **offer from one journal to expedite** review at higher-ranked journals. Timing is everything: there are two seasons, and slots fill fast. This skill plans the submission set, the expedite ladder, and the calendar — with HLR as a reach target that does not skip its review stages for expedites. ## When to trigger - Deciding which journals to submit to, and in what wave - You hold an offer and must decide whether and how to expedite - Timing the submission to a season - Setting the order: submit broadly, or start narrow and widen? ## The two seasons (time the submission) | Season | Opens | Dynamics | |--------|-------|----------| | **Spring (main)** | journals open late Jan; most on **Feb 1** | The big window — ~one-third of submissions in the six weeks after Feb 1; most slots open | | **Fall (smaller)** | journals open late July; most on **Aug 1** | Smaller window — ~one-fifth of submissions after Aug 1; fewer remaining slots | > Earlier in a season = more open s
- When to trigger
- The two seasons (time the submission)
- The multi-submit + expedite mechanic
- HLR-specific placement facts (verify on the official page)
- Building the submission set
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the hlr-placement-strategy skill do?
Use when planning where and when to submit a law-review article and how to leverage offers — the distinctive Scholastica multi-submit, expedite mechanics, and the February-March / August seasons, with the Harvard Law Review (HLR) as a top target. Plans placement and timing; it does not run the final upload preflight (hlr-submission).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill hlr-placement-strategy --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.