WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO AROUND HERE TO GET PUBLISHED?

Brooke Bowman, Samantha Moppett, Terry Pollman Ruth Anne Robbins, and Karen Sneddon

WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO AROUND HERE TO GET PUBLISHED?Publishing with legal writing journals

Legal Writing:Journal of the Legal Writing Institute

Types of writing we publish• Articles

≤15,000 • Essays• Book reviews

Book Reviews• Nantiya

Ruan

Associate Editors• Sarah

Adams-Schoen

• Andrew Carter

• Brad Desnoyer

• Amy Lagenfeld

• Kristen Murray

• Anne Ralph

Lead Editors• Sara

Benson• Jason

Cohen • Ian

Gallacher• Kristin

Gerdy• Jeff

Jackson• Mel

Weresh

EIC & ME• Joan

Magat• Ruth

Anne Robbins

• Sue Bay

The process

Articles arrive by Sep 1

• Article reviewed for mission

Article sent for double-blind peer review

• Editors review article

2d discussion by editors• Editors

vote• Editors

rank• Offers

extended early Oct.

Author accepts offer

• Lead and associate editor assigned.

• Author provides copies of materials not easily found.

Main editing process takes place

• Lead and associate editor work on edits with author

• November through mid March.

EIC edits and ME formatting

• Both EICs will provide feedback.

• April/May

Page proofing

• Authors involved if graphics or tabular data

We are bound by our mission.

#1 adviceThe very first thing we determine is whether your article is designed to assist practitioners with the doing of legal writing /lawyering

Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute

• The Journal's History• The Journal's Mission• The Journal's Editors

Receipt of

article

EIC review

Posted for

Board review

Decision shared

with Author

Article accepte

d, substantive edits

Author review

Technical edits

Author review

Publication

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The Review and Editing Process

TOPIC

THESIS

RESEARCH

FOUNDATION

THEORETICAL FOUNDATION

ORGANIZATION

THE BASICS

• Usefulness

• Importance

• Value & Tonality

• Rigor of analysis

• Organization

• Readability

Peer editing before submitting• Have peers look

for what we look for

• What you want us to demand

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