Publication Opportunities

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR NOT ONLY FCIL-SIS MEMBERS

Updated by Mary Rumsey and Charlotte Daugherty (November 2022)

Writing for publication is a good way to contribute to the profession and it is not difficult. See Margaret Butler’s Ch. 28 Scholarship in Introduction to Law Librarianship (PressBooks 2021) for discussion and guidance on how to write for the profession. You may want to start with a book review. Publications that accept book reviews are noted below. Where possible, the “About” link for each entry below connects to submission guidelines. If not, it links to the publication itself.

In addition to the publications below, consider writing for your local law library chapter, or local or state bar publications. To ensure you have current information for any publication, check the website, or the masthead of the latest issue.

AALL SPECTRUM

Trend or feature stories.

Contact: Heather Haemker
About: https://www.aallnet.org/resources-publications/publications/aall-spectrum/

ALL-SIS NEWSLETTER

Short articles of interest to academic law librarians.

Contact: Katie Hanschke
About: https://www.aallnet.org/allsis/news-events/allsis-newsletter/

AUSTRALIAN LAW LIBRARIAN JOURNAL (AUSTRALIA)

Articles of interest to those working within the fields of legal librarianship and publishing. Book reviews.

Contact: Damaris Olea
About: https://www.austlawlib.org/alla-journal
For authors: https://www.austlawlib.org/notes-for-contributors

CALI (CENTER FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEGAL INSTRUCTION)

Lessons on legal research. Authors must be affiliated with a CALI member law school.

Contact: Deb Quentel
About: https://www.cali.org/

CANADIAN LAW LIBRARY REVIEW (CANADA)

Articles of interest to Canadian law librarians. Book reviews.

Editor: Nikki Tanner
Features: Andrea Black; Erica Friesen
Book reviews: Elizabeth Bruton; Dominique Garingan
About: https://www.callacbd.ca/Publications
For authors: https://www.callacbd.ca/resources/Documents/CLLR/CLLR%20STYLE%20GUIDE%202016.pdf

DIPLAWMATIC DIALOGUES

Blog associated with the Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Special Interest Group of the American Association of Law Libraries. Short items on any aspect of foreign, comparative, and international law or legal research. Book reviews.

Editors: https://fcilsis.wordpress.com/20-2/
About: https://fcilsis.wordpress.com/about/

FCIL-SIS NEWSLETTER

Short articles reporting on conferences, library visits, exhibit descriptions, resource reviews, member news, etc.

Editor: Melissa Abernathy
About: https://www.aallnet.org/fcilsis/resources-publications/newsletter/

GLL NEWS (GOVERNMENT LIBRARIES SIS)

Short articles of interest to librarians in state, court, and county law libraries. Book reviews.

Editor: Sabrina Davis
About: https://www.aallnet.org/gllsis/news-events/newsletter/

GLOBALEX

An open access electronic legal publication committed to the publication and dissemination of high-level international, foreign, and comparative law research articles.

Editor: Lucie Olejnikova
About: http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/about.html

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL INFORMATION

Articles, International Association of Law Libraries conference papers, bibliographies, book reviews, documents concerning law and law-related information.

LAW LIBRARY JOURNAL

Scholarly articles on any aspect of law librarianship; some practical articles may be included. Book reviews.

Editor: Tom Gaylord
Book reviews: Susan Azyndar; Susan David DeMaine
About: https://www.aallnet.org/resources-publications/publications/law-library-journal/

LEGAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (UK)

Articles on any topic of interest to British and Irish law librarians; book reviews.

Editor: David Wills
Book and product reviews: Julie Doran
About: https://biall.org.uk/publications-2/legal-information-management/

LEGAL REFERENCE SERVICES QUARTERLY

Scholarly articles (including bibliographies) on legal materials and their use in legal research.

Editor: Alex Zhang
Information for authors: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=wlrs20

LLRX.COM

Research guides on US, foreign, international, and comparative law; short pieces on other topics of interest, including tech reviews.

Contact: Sabrina Pacifici
About: https://www.llrx.com/about-llrx/

PERSPECTIVES: TEACHING LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING

Electronic journal that is published two times per year. Its focus is on teaching legal research and writing to first-year law students; however, it has also published a few articles with a foreign, comparative, and international law slant.