AUTHOR GUIDELINES

LexisNexis publishes a range of magazines and journals covering specialist subject areas. New Law Journal (NLJ) covers litigation & dispute resolution.

NLJ is funded by subscriptions and advertising - to ensure that we can sustain this model the majority of the content on www.newlawajournal.co.uk is behind a paywall.

We welcome articles and ideas for consideration. Please send your article or précis of the article to the editor of the magazine (jan.miller@lexisnexis.co.uk). Articles from pupil barristers/students/trainee solicitors cannot be accepted unless co-written with someone suitably qualified, ie legally trained or an academic in the legal field.

Please note that we take an exclusive right to first publication, plus a non-exclusive right to subsequent publication (for example, most NLJ articles are included on the main LexisNexis online reference site). Please see Terms for Authors below.

After first publication, you will be sent a shared author link which provides free access to your NLJ article. The link offers non-subscribers free access to the article by asking them to fill in their name/email. This is to beat the bots and is not linked to any marketing/subs campaigns.

GUIDANCE NOTES 

NLJ is a weekly publication reporting on recent developments within the dispute resolution and civil litigation arena. It provides independent analysis and comment written by experts in their field, together with the practical implications of new case law and legislation.

Subscriber base: solicitors, barristers, in-house lawyers, large corporations, business owners, government lawyers, the judiciary, academics, students and LiPs.

• The maximum word length is c1,900 words (two pages in NLJ) per article; c1,600 words for 1.5 pages. The minimum word length is c900 words (one page).

• Please provide a short summary (ie two or three bullet points) of the article’s most relevant points and/or practice points.

• The piece should not be overly technical, but practical, engaging and practitioner orientated.

• Please use single quotation marks and single spacing.

• Law should be set in context; the article should contain analysis and comment.

• Articles are not to be used overtly as ‘show cases’ for firms or chambers.

• We do not run footnotes: please remove / incorporate footnotes before submitting any articles.

• Bullet points, etc, sub-headings and tables should be used wherever possible to break up the text.

• The end shot should consist of the name of the author and firm/chambers. It is taken as read that the author is a specialist in the area s/he is writing on.

• Cases should include full citations, preferably with an All ER reference. If a case is unreported please provide the hearing date.

• Authors are e-mailed proofs for their approval and corrections.

Terms for Authors

1. The Author hereby grants to the Publishers the exclusive first publication right in The Article to publish and authorise the publication of The Article and all parts, adaptations and abridgements thereof in all forms and media throughout the world.

2. The Author hereby waives all moral rights to which he/she is entitled pursuant to The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 in respect of The Article and any other moral rights provided for under any laws in any part of the world.

3. The Author agrees that the Publishers may add to, omit from or vary the contents of The Article. Final editorial control will always rest with the Publishers.

4. The Author warrants to the Publishers that: (a) the Article does not infringe any existing copyright or licence; (b) except where the Author, on submission of the manuscript, notifies the Publishers in writing otherwise, The Article is original and no part has previously been published in any form; (c) he/she has the full power to grant this licence and that this licence does not infringe the rights or licence of any other person; (d) the Article contains nothing defamatory or otherwise unlawful and no information obtained in contravention of the Official Secrets legislation from time to time in force; and (e) he/she has complied with all applicable laws, codes, regulations, standards and judicial and administrative orders (collectively, "Applicable Laws") relating to its duties and performance under this Agreement, Applicable Laws pertaining to data protection, transparency and privacy and Applicable Laws prohibiting bribery.

5. The Publisher will use personal information collected about the Author for the purposes of (a) billing and other similar activities related to the keeping of financial records relating to this Agreement and (b) keeping a database of useful contacts for the future provision of products, services, offers and upcoming events. Further, in accordance with applicable data protection laws, the Publisher will provide and export personal information about the Author to other members of its company's group, including RELX Inc. in the United States, for the purposes of (a) maintaining the records referred to above, and (b) providing such support, as is reasonably necessary for the activities referred to and governed by this Agreement.

6. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.

Let us know if you have any queries, otherwise submission of an article for publication will be assumed to mean acceptance of these guidelines.