From harvard-law-review-skills
Guides HLR authors through the post-acceptance editing cycle: substantive, technical, Bluebook, and proof rounds. Keeps the cycle moving and protects the argument across rounds.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/harvard-law-review-skills:hlr-revision-and-editingThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
After acceptance, an HLR piece goes through an **intensive, multi-round editing cycle** run by student
After acceptance, an HLR piece goes through an intensive, multi-round editing cycle run by student editors — heavier and more iterative than at most journals. There is no single "R&R letter" as in peer review; instead there are successive passes (substantive, technical/line, Bluebook, proofs), each with deadlines. This skill keeps the cycle moving, protects the argument across rounds, and lands the piece in print without late surprises.
| Round | Focus | Author's job |
|---|---|---|
| Substantive round(s) | Strengthen the argument; close gaps editors flagged | Revise on the merits; defend with reasons where warranted |
| Technical / line round | Prose, clarity, house style | Approve or push back on specific edits, not en masse |
| Bluebook / cite round | Every footnote conformed and verified | Supply pincites/sources fast; fix unsupportable claims |
| Page proofs | Final typeset, last corrections | Catch errors; make only essential changes |
hlr-sources-and-bluebook).The cycle runs on the journal's production calendar. Responsiveness is the variable you control: fast, complete returns keep the piece on schedule and signal good faith; slow returns stall it and strain the team. Build in time for the source-pull rounds, which are the most labor-intensive for the author.
【Round】substantive / technical / Bluebook / proofs
【Open queries】count + the hard ones
【Short forms re-verified】after this round's moves? [Y/N]
【Change log】updated (accepted / pushed back / why)? [Y/N]
【Deadline】next return date
【Next】next round → publication (loop hlr-student-editor-review for relationship issues)
../../resources/official-source-map.md — HLR editorial process and publication schedule../../resources/external_tools.md — change-tracking and citation-management tools for the cyclenpx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin harvard-law-review-skillsGuides authors through the Harvard Law Review student-editor edit process: substantive and technical editing, cite-check/source-pull, and proof review. Manages deadlines and editor relationships.
Guides authors through The Yale Law Journal post-acceptance editing cycle and YLJ Forum piece preparation, including substantive edits, source-pull, line edits, and author query responses.
Routes manuscript work for The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) submissions, directing to the appropriate jle-* sub-skill based on current stage or bottleneck.