The Journal of the Association of Legal Writing Directors (J. ALWD) invites submission of articles for its Fall 2009 Best Practices in Persuasion issue. The Journal encourages authors to submit articles addressing the best practices theme as well as articles on other topics that fit within the mission of the Journal.
The final deadline for submission of articles for the Fall 2009 issue is September 15, 2008.
The Fall 2009 issue marks the beginning of annual print production of the Journal, thanks to the support of West, A Thomson Reuters Business, which prints the Journal, and ALWD, which supports distribution of the Journal by mail to some 3,200 practicing lawyers and judges; law school libraries, deans, and professors; and others interested in the field of legal writing. The Journal is available electronically on the ALWD website (http://www.alwd.org/jalwd.html) and from Westlaw, SSRN, HeinOnLine, and H.W. Wilson Company. J. ALWD has been published biennially since 2002; annual electronic publication began with the Fall 2007 issue (which will be distributed in hard copy as part of the Fall 2008 issue).
The Journal’s mission is to advance the study of professional legal writing and to become an active resource and a forum for conversation between the legal practitioner and the legal writing scholar. The Journal is dedicated to encouraging and publishing scholarship (1) focusing on the substance of legal writing; (2) grounded in legal doctrine, empirical research, or interdisciplinary theory; and (3) accessible and helpful to all do-ers of legal writing: attorneys, judges, law students, and legal academicians.
The Journal encourages submissions from law professors, practicing lawyers, and judges as well as from academics, researchers, and specialists in other disciplines. The deadline for submission of articles for the Fall 2009 issue is September 15, 2008. Article selection will be completed by November 15, 2008.
Topic ideas
For the Fall 2009 Best Practices in Persuasion issue, the Journal editors envision articles that explain and apply theories and research from the law and other disciplines to lawyers practices of persuasion. So, for example, articles might be constructed around classical and contemporary rhetorical theory; metaphor, narrative, and archetype theories; psychological theory and research; cognitive science studies; learning theory and research; communications theory and research; social research; cultural anthropology; critical theory; or empirical research focusing on legal audiences. Questions about potential articles are welcome and should be directed to jalwd@alwd.org.The Journal also will select articles and practice notes for the Fall 2009 issue that do not specifically address the theme but fit within the mission of the Journal. The Fall 2009 issue will include the proceedings of the 2009 AALS Annual Section Program on Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research.
Submission guidelines are here.
