[EL] Call for Submissions: New Publication: The Legislative Lawyer

[Hugh L Brady]

Cross-posted on the Legislation listserv.

The Legislative and Campaign Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
announces the inaugural issue of *The Legislative Lawyer* and its
forthcoming publication in Spring 2020. *The Legislative Lawyer* is a forum
for the discussion of the legal issues surrounding the political and
legislative processes by the bar and the academy. and, as far as we can
tell, it will be the only publication of its kind in the country.

The Section Council, which also recently spearheaded the successful effort
to create a specialty certification in legislative and campaign law
approved by the Texas Supreme Court, identified a need for a new
publication in this area that is accessible to both the bar and the academy
to encourage informed dialogue and spur law reform efforts. Current plans
are to publish two 16-page issues in 2020 (Spring and Fall), with
additional issues added to become a quarterly publication thereafter.

*The Legislative Lawyer* welcomes submissions -- article, essay, or book
review -- on current topics in legislation and election law from
practitioners, academics, judges, or anyone else with an interest in
legislation and election law, including exceptional law students. Please
review the Statement of Editorial Policy and Submission Guidelines below.
As the new editor-in-chief of this new publication, all submissions should
be sent electronically to me at hugh.brady at utexas.edu. Questions may be
directed to me by e-mail (hugh.brady at utexas.edu) or telephone (512-232-2751
(office) or (512-289-0535 (mobile)).

Members of the State Bar of Texas are who are members of the Section are
automatically subscribed to *The Legislative Lawyers.* Others may subscribe
for $20 per year; we are working on payment options in addition to check,
such as purchase order and electronic payments.

I look forward to sharing the inaugural issue of *The Legislative Lawyer* with
you soon.

Best,

Hugh Brady
Clinical Professor of Law | The University of Texas School of Law

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*The Legislative Lawyer*
*Statement of Editorial Policy*

The *Legislative Lawyer* is the report of the Section on Legislative and
Campaign Law of the State Bar of Texas. It is a journal for lawyers who
practice in the arena where the people determine their elected
representatives and, through them, determine how best to live in safety and
happiness. (That’s not us, that’s Jefferson). *The Legislative Lawyer* is a
forum for the discussion of the legal issues surrounding the political and
legislative processes by the bar and the academy.

Legislative lawyers enable citizens to effectively exercise their rights of
political participation. While they may not personally agree with the
causes they defend, they defend them because demagoguery is the death of
democracy. Thus, *The Legislative Lawyer* does not shun controversy in its
pages. Direct engagement with the issues from all viewpoints is the only
way to provoke serious thought about the role lawyers do, might, and ought
to play in the functioning of our democratic institutions.

Serious thought does not require sour expression or dull prose. *The
Legislative Lawyer* seeks to be useful. Lively and readable articles with a
considered viewpoint are preferred to wooly writing and unchallenged
assumptions. The Legislative Lawyer seeks to stand out from the usual run
of bar publications—one that is welcomed each time with expectation.

The views expressed in *The Legislative Lawyer* are not necessarily those
of the Section on Legislative and Campaign Law, the State Bar of Texas, or
the Editor. Rather, the views are those of thoughtful practicing and
academic lawyers and judges who are concerned with the mechanics of
democracy and are willing to share those concerns with their colleagues and
the public.

*Submission Guidelines*

*The Legislative Lawyer *seeks thoughtful, well-researched articles on any
topic connected with the practice of law in the legislative or political
processes. The Legislative Lawyer prefers articles with a conversational
tone, and articles with overly formal writing are discouraged.

Articles should be between 1,200-2,000 words, excluding endnotes, and
prepared as a Microsoft Word document. Book reviews and shorter articles
focused on case updates or practice topics should be between 600 to 1,200
words.

Please use endnotes, which should be limited and concise. As the first
endnote, please include a one- to two-sentence description of your current
professional affiliation, including your title (if any) and firm, law
school, or organization. All citations to authority should follow *Texas
Rules of Form: The Greenbook* (14th edition) and *The Bluebook: A Uniform
System of Citation* (20th edition). Please ensure all pages are numbered.
Please italicize words you are emphasizing, rather than underlining them.
For other style matters, refer to the *Texas Law Review Manual on Usage and
Style* (14th edition).

Please submit your manuscript as an e-mail attachment and send to
hugh.brady at utexas.edu. In the body of the e-mail, please include your
postal mailing address, e-mail address, and daytime telephone number. Also,
please include a recent professional headshot to accompany the article.

You retain copyright in your work and grant *The Legislative Lawyer* right
of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC License that allows others to
share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial
publication in the report. You will receive a PDF copy of your final
article suitable for posting on your organization website or digital
repository.
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