Manuscript Policy and Guidelines for Recent Development Articles
- 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.
- 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 June 2004 Journal should not include cases/opinions prior to December 2003.)
- Length of articles should not exceed 900 words inclusive of subheadings. We will need the article on 3 1/2" (high density) disk using Microsoft Word, WordPerfect 5.1 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. In addition, we will need the hard copy of the article typewritten, double-spaced and on 8 1/2" x 11" paper.
- All citations should follow the style in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 17th Edition, with the exception of the following:
Exceptions
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Revised Statutes: |
La. R.S. 13:2701 |
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La. Code of Civil Procedure: |
La. C.C.P. art. 3127 |
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La. Civil Code: |
La. Civ.C. art. 21 |
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La. Appellate post-1993: |
93-2345 (La. App. 1 Cir. 7/15/94), 689 So.2d 123 |
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La. Supreme Court post-1993: |
93-2345 (La. 7/15/94), 689 So.2d 123 |
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La. Code of Evidence: |
La. C.E. art. 101 |
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La. Code of Criminal Procedure: |
La. C.Cr.P. art. 1415 |
Please be certain to include subsequent history, including writ or cert denials.
- 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.
- No compensation is made for articles published in the Louisiana Bar Journal.
- No articles will be considered that have been submitted simultaneously to another publication or that have been published in another publication.
- Articles accepted for publication become the property of the Louisiana Bar Journal.
- Articles and disks should be submitted to the Louisiana State Bar office
- Articles are subject to review/editing by Editorial Board member Gail S. Stephenson.
Darlene Labranche
Communications Coordinator
Louisiana Bar Journal
601 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, La. 70130
(504) 619-0112
(800) 421-LSBA, ext. 112