Submitted archival papers must not be already published, accepted for publication, or in submission to a conference or workshop with published proceedings. However, simultaneous submissions are allowed when they are submitted in substantially expanded form to refereed journals (including student-run law reviews). For example, authors of papers who intend to submit them to law reviews in the February 2027 window may submit 15-page archival versions of those papers to CSLAW’27. Similarly, authors may simultaneously submit 15-page papers to CSLAW’27 and substantially expanded versions of those papers to journals in computer science and other disciplines.

Submitted non-archival papers must not have been published elsewhere more than two years prior to the symposium. Non-archival papers may be working papers, but should be substantially complete. Early stage work should be submitted to the poster track. A one-page summary of the non-archival papers will appear in the proceedings, and non-archival papers should be publicly available through platforms such as the author’s website, SSRN, or arXiv.

All submitted papers will be evaluated based on their merits, particularly the extent to which their contributions are truly interdisciplinary. For papers that might raise ethical concerns, authors are expected to convince reviewers that proper procedures (such as IRB approval or responsible disclosure) have been followed and that due diligence has been done to minimize potential harms.

Submitted papers may be rejected, at the PC chairs’ discretion, for being out of scope. Authors who have questions about whether their papers are in scope are encouraged to ask the PC chairs in advance.

Due to the significant variation in scholarly methods and exposition norms across the computing and legal communities, the review process will be single-blind. 

Because of the interdisciplinary nature of the symposium, authors will be provided with an opportunity to write brief responses after receiving PC reviews but before final decisions are made. These are not meant to be extended debates about the papers; instead, they are meant to help the PC appreciate the nature of a submission’s contributions in cases where the initial reviews may have applied different disciplinary standards than expected.

Full papers

Authors may choose to submit papers for consideration as archival or non-archival papers. Archival papers will be published in the conference proceedings; for non-archival papers a one-page summary will be published in the conference proceedings and the full paper will be made publicly available, but not published in the proceedings.

Full papers—archival and non-archival—should be submitted through the symposium submission management system at https://cslaw27.hotcrp.com/. Submissions will open on September 22, 2026.

All submissions should be formatted using the ACM Small single-column template (available in LaTeX and Word) and should consist of up to 15 pages (excluding references and appendices). Appendices are not included in the page limit and can be of any length, but reviewers are not required to review the appendices. Formatting instructions for the final versions of archival papers will be provided after acceptance.

The PC may in its discretion choose to offer authors who have submitted an archival paper a non-archival presentation. Authors of accepted non-archival presentations will be asked to provide a one-page version summarizing their work for publication in the symposium proceedings and make the full-paper publicly available. Formatting instructions will be provided after acceptance.

Posters and lightning talks

Submission instructions for posters and lightning talks will be provided at a later date.

Poster submissions should consist of a one-page summary of the work to be presented. The summary can include links to work published elsewhere or projects available online but should include at least a one-paragraph abstract explaining the current status of the work and its principal contributions. Suitable topics include (but are not limited to) very recent or partial results, work in progress, open problems, and work published elsewhere. Accepted posters will be displayed during designated poster sessions. In addition, authors will be invited to give brief (3-minute) lightning talks summarizing the work.

Proceedings information

Symposium proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library in digital form only, and the papers will be accessible for free via an ACM OpenTOC posted on the symposium website. At least one author of each accepted full paper will need to present the paper in person. The timing and format of presentations will be detailed closer to the date of the symposium. Note: Remote presentation of papers and posters (lightning talks) will not be supported.

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