We are pleased to present the first 2019 issue of Direito GV Law Review (v. 15, n. 1, Jan./Apr. 2019). As we have done in the past two years (BARBIERI, 2017; BARBIERI, 2018a), we would like to use the first editorial of the year to include a review of 2018, as well as to announce some innovations that our journal will adopt in its editorial process throughout 2019. We will start with an assessment of Direito GV Law Review in 2018. As Graph 1 shows, there was a slight decrease in the number of submissions in 2018 when compared to 2017. However, it remains close to the average of the last four years, which is 330 submissions per year. Graph 2 shows the number of submissions per month in 2018.