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The National Law Journal Editorial Calendar

Thank you for your interest in contributing to The National Law Journal. We welcome articles written by attorneys on their areas of expertise.

Below is an editorial calendar and to the right are links to the NLJ's specifications for submitted bylined articles.

The calendar shows the special sections for this year. Each section focuses on a particular substantive area of the law or law firm management issues. We tend to assign articles roughly two months in advance of a section's publication date.

If you are interested in submitting an article for a particular special section, please e-mail the appropriate lead editor by clicking that person's name. It is very important to clear a topic with the lead editor before submitting an article. It is also important that you read our special section specifications and become familiar with them.

If you are interested in writing for a special section but are uncertain about the precise article topic, e-mail the lead editor for that section. We would be happy to discuss some article ideas with you. Please also note that we usually cannot accommodate articles on topics that don't fit into the categories listed on the calendar.

If you are interested in submitting an opinion piece, a book review or a letter to the editor, follow the appropriate link in the box to the right.

May 2009
	Special Features	Editorial Contact	Submission Deadline
4	Law Firm Recruiting	Leigh Jones	March 30
11	Intellectual Property Law DC 25	Ruth Singleton	April 6
18	Law Firm Administration	Michael Moline	April 13
25	The Americas Cross Border Issues	Michael Moline	April 20

June 2009
	Special Features	Editorial Contact	Submission Deadline
1	Champions, Visionaries, Pioneers: LT Awards	Elizabeth Engdahl
8	Health Care Law	Ruth Singleton,	May 4
15	Lawyers Representing Law Firms	Michael Moline	May 11
22	Winning	Michael Moline	May 11
29	Mid-Size Hot List	Leigh Jones	May 18

July 2009
	Special Features	Editorial Contact	Submission Deadline
6	Litigation Management	Michael Moline	June 1
13	White Collar Crime Rising Stars: 40 under 40	Michael Moline	June 8
20	Law Firm Business Intelligence	Ruth Singleton	June 15
27	American Bar Association Convention	Leigh Jones	No article submissions

August 2009
	Special Features	Editorial Contact	Submission Deadline
3	International Arbitration Supreme Court Review	Michael Moline	June 29
10	none
17	Intellectual Property Law	Ruth Singleton	July 13
24	Electronic Discovery	Michael Moline	July 20
31	Asia Practice	Leigh Jones	July 27

September 2009
	Special Features	Editorial Contact	Submission Deadline
7	Law Schools	Michael Moline	August 3
14	Who Represents Corporate America	Ruth Singleton	No article submissions
21	Litigation Boutiques	Leigh Jones	August 17
28	Labor & Employment	Michael Moline	August 24

October 2009
	Special Features	Editorial Contact	Closing Dates:
5	Plaintiffs' Hot List	Michael Moline	No article submissions
12	Intellectual Property Law	Ruth Singleton	September 7
19	Diversity	Leigh Jones	September 14
26	Energy Legal Times 150	Michael Moline	September 21

November 2009
	Special Features	Editorial Contact	Closing Dates:
2	Antitrust	Ruth Singleton	September 28
9	NLJ 250: Annual Survey of the Nation's Largest Law Firms	Leigh Jones	No article submissions
16	ADR	Ruth Singleton	October 12
23	Bankruptcy	Michael Moline	October 19
30	Intellectual Property Law Women in the Law	Ruth Singleton Elizabeth Engdahl	October 26

December 2009
	Special Features	Editorial Contact	Closing Dates:
7	Billing Survey: Survey of billing rates for attorneys	Michael Moline	No article submissions
14	Electronic Discovery Lobbying Campaigns of the Year	Ruth Singleton Elizabeth Engdahl	November 9
21	Year in Review		No article submissions