Louisiana State Bar Association

Manuscript Policy and Guidelines for Recent Development Articles


1. Sections of the Louisiana State Bar Association are encouraged to submit Recent Development articles for publication in the Louisiana Bar Journal. Only articles received by the deadline will be published.

2. Cases/opinions cited should not be more than six months old at the month the article is published. (For example, an article written for the August Journal should not include cases/opinions prior to February.)

3. Length of articles should not exceed 900 words, inclusive of subheadings. Articles should be emailed (preferred) or submitted on a CD, typed using Microsoft Word, WordPerfect or any well-known processing software. The article should be typed clean, without being stylized. Do not use all caps or underline in the text.

4. All citations should follow the style in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 19th Edition, with the exception of the following:

 Exceptions

Revised Statutes: 

La. R.S. 13:2701

La. Code of Civil Procedure: 

La. C.C.P. art. 3127

 La. Civil Code: 

La. Civ.C. art. 21

 La. Appellate post-1993: 

93-2345 (La. App. 1 Cir. 7/15/94), 689 So.2d 123

 La. Supreme Court post-1993: 

93-2345 (La. 7/15/94), 689 So.2d 123

 La. Code of Evidence: 

La. C.E. art. 101

 La. Code of Criminal Procedure: 

La. C.Cr.P. art. 1415

Please be certain to include subsequent history, including writ or cert denials.


5. Please note at the top of the copy which section is contributing. Each case should have a descriptive subheading. List the author(s) and address at the end of the copy so that we can correctly give credit.

6. No compensation is made for articles published in the Louisiana Bar Journal.

7. No articles will be considered that have been submitted simultaneously to another publication or that have been published in another publication.

8. Articles accepted for publication become the property of the Louisiana Bar Journal.

9. Articles are subject to review/editing by Editorial Board members.

10. Articles should be emailed (preferred) or submitted on CD to:
        Darlene M. Labranche
        Publications Coordinator
        Louisiana Bar Journal
        601 St. Charles Ave.
        New Orleans, LA 70130
        (504)619-0112
        (800)421-LSBA, ext. 112