Pricing
Free for journals.
Fair for authors.
Simple for the school.
Hein Scholar is built around affordability. Journals never pay, law schools fund author submissions on one flat subscription, and authors can add their own credits whenever they need to.
Plan prices are being finalized. Here is how the model works.
For journals
Free
Always, for every law review and journal on the platform.
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Season folders, filters and ratings
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A Preemption Check on every manuscript
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Review Mode, decisions and author history
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Onboarding and migration included
How most authors are funded
For law schools
Flat rate
An annual subscription in tiers sized to your school, on one invoice. Tier pricing coming soon.
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Submission credits you allocate to your authors
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One invoice, and nothing to reimburse
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A known cost before the season starts
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Free for every journal at your school
For individual authors
Pay as you go
Add credits to your own account, whenever you need them.
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Top up once your school’s allocation is used
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Submit before your school subscribes
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The same Preemption Check and status tracking
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No subscription required
Why it matters
Paying per submission adds up fast.
Today, authors typically pay a fee for every journal they send an article to, then ask their school to reimburse it, often only up to a cap. At $7.35 per journal, a single article costs:
$183.75
sent to 25 journals
$367.50
sent to 50 journals
$735.00
sent to 100 journals
A faculty of 30, every season
$11,025
Reimbursed one claim at a time.
Thirty authors each sending one article to 50 journals add up to $11,025 in submission fees, paid out of pocket and reimbursed claim by claim. Hein Scholar replaces that with one subscription the school can plan for.
Illustrative figures, based on a fee of $7.35 per journal per submission, the rate authors pay on the platform most law reviews use today.
How it works
Fund it once. Share it as credits.
The school funds submissions up front. Authors draw on what they’re given, and can add more themselves.
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Choose a tier.
The school picks the subscription tier that fits its faculty, billed once a year.
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Allocate credits.
Credits are apportioned to authors up front, however the school prefers.
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Authors submit.
Submissions draw on each author’s credits. Journals are never charged.
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Top up if needed.
An author who uses their allocation can add credits to their own account and keep submitting.
Our commitments
What won’t change while we finalize the details.
Journals never pay.
Free for every law review and journal, now and later.
Affordability first.
Pricing designed to be fair for schools and authors alike. Affordability is the point, not an afterthought.
One invoice.
A flat rate the school can budget for, with no per-submission reimbursements to process.
No author left out.
If a school hasn’t subscribed, or an allocation runs out, authors can always add credits of their own.
Pricing questions
Answered plainly.
Something we haven’t covered? Ask us directly. We’re setting the details now and want to hear what your school needs.
Do journals ever pay to use Hein Scholar?
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No. Hein Scholar is free for every journal, and that will not change. Journals get the full editorial platform, including the Preemption Check, at no cost.
Who pays for submissions?
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In most cases, the author’s law school. The school holds a flat annual subscription and allocates submission credits to its authors up front, all on one invoice. Authors can also add credits to their own account.
My school hasn’t subscribed yet. Can I still submit?
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Yes. You can add credits to your own account and submit. It’s also worth mentioning Hein Scholar to your law library and your law review; a request from a faculty author carries weight.
What happens when I use up my school’s allocation?
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You can add credits to your own account and keep submitting.
How will subscription tiers be set?
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We’re finalizing them now. They will be flat annual rates sized to the school, so the cost is known before the season starts. Talk to us and we’ll walk you through the options as soon as they’re set.
Why a subscription instead of per-submission fees?
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Per-submission fees put the cost on authors, cut submission lists short and leave schools processing reimbursements one at a time. A flat subscription makes the cost predictable for the school and takes the arithmetic out of an author’s journal list.
Let’s talk about your school’s plan.
Tell us about your faculty and your journals. We’ll walk you through the tiers as they’re finalized, and schools that come in early help shape them.