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Author
Guidelines and
Letters to the Editor
The following guidelines are intended to assist
authors in preparing articles for publication in The
Hennepin Lawyer.
Submission of Material
The Hennepin Lawyer Committee encourages material for
publication from Hennepin County practitioners. While
the committee seeks out particular authors for some of
the magazine’s articles, unsolicited manuscripts are
always welcome for consideration.
The committee strives to publish articles of interest
to the practicing bar, with a slant or focus pertaining
specifically to the law or lawyers of Hennepin County.
Of particular interest are articles that detail recent
changes or proposed changes in the law or that stress
practice aids.
A copy of the Author's
Agreement is required with any article submitted
for consideration. View
and print form in PDF format.
Please also include any photos, graphs, and/or
graphics to be included with your article.
Query Letters
Authors are encouraged to explore possible editorial
interest in a subject before expending significant time
and effort preparing a complete article. Potential
authors should contact the managing editor, or
contact an HCBA committee/section chair, or
upcoming issue editor.
Length of Articles: Format
Articles that address substantive areas of the law
should be 2,000 to 4,000 words in length (8-15
double-spaced pages). Feature or human interest articles
should be 1,000-2000 words (4-7 double-spaced pages).
Authors should use section headings, underscoring, and
highlighted text where appropriate. Authors’
suggestions for pictures, illustrations, and other
sidebar materials are greatly appreciated.
Articles should be submitted as
text documents to thl@hcba.org
or by mail to: The Hennepin Lawyer, 600 Nicollet Mall,
#390, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
All submissions should be typed
double-spaced on 8½- x 11-inch paper with one-inch
margins. The author’s name,
address, phone number, and date of the manuscript should
appear at the top right-hand corner of the first page.
Footnotes
Footnotes, if any, should be placed at the end of the
article, not on the same page as the text. Preferably,
citations should be incorporated in the body of the
text.
Pictures and Biographies
Prospective authors should submit a recent photograph
(executive-style head shot) and a short biographical
sketch (20-30 words) to accompany the article. The
sketch should give the author’s collegiate and
professional education, place of current employment, and
an indication of any affiliation or bias that may
pertain to the content of the article.
Deadlines
The Hennepin Lawyer deadlines are sacrosanct. Production
schedules are inflexible and late manuscripts create
particular havoc for our publication schedule.
Submissions should include both a manuscript of the
article and a 3.5" disk, preferably in Microsoft
Word, ASCII, or Text File. Articles that are not
received on time for publication in a particular issue
will normally be forwarded to future issue editors for
consideration.
Editorial Review
Articles should be submitted to the managing editor.
Copies will be forwarded to the upcoming issue editors
for consideration. The editorial review also covers
grammar, punctuation, readability, and consistency of
style. The issue editor has broad discretion in the
editorial process. Significant editorial changes will
normally be cleared with the author in advance.
"Accepted" articles are not guaranteed
publication in any particular issue. Space and other
limitations occasionally require holding an article
until a later issue.
Letters to the Editor
The committee is pleased to receive letters,
particularly in response to articles in The Hennepin
Lawyer or to other bar activities. If a letter is
written in response to a published article, the author
of the article may be invited to respond in the same or
a subsequent issue. Letters should not exceed 500 words.
Publication is subject to editorial review and letters
may be edited.
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