Editorial Submissions
Nevada Lawyer welcomes the submission of unsolicited article outlines, manuscripts and photographs on topics of interest to the State Bar of Nevada and its members. When possible, completed articles are preferred to outlines or proposals. Please submit queries or articles to nvlawyer@nvbar.org. Your work will be fully attributed to you, the author or photographer.
Submission Guidelines
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Guideline highlights:
- Unsolicited submissions should be 1,500 words or less.
- Please keep endnotes to a minimum – 10 or less.
- Articles authored by Nevada attorneys are strongly preferred.
- All article submissions must be accompanied by a signed copy of our Copyright Assignment Agreement.
Deadline for substantive article submissions is three months prior to the issue date (in most cases, timely or urgent submissions will be considered). Non-feature and advertising items should be submitted by the first of the month prior to publication.
2023 Submission Deadlines:
| ISSUE | TOPIC AND DEADLINES | CONTACT |
| January 2023 | Issue Theme: General Topics on Nevada Law
Article Deadline: Oct. 21, 2022 |
Editor: Deborah Westbrook |
| February 2023 | Issue Theme: Legislative Issue
Article Deadline: Nov. 18, 2022 |
Editor: Scott Wasserman |
| March 2023 | Issue Theme: Digital Privacy
Article Deadline: Dec. 16, 2022 |
Editor: Michael Morton |
| April 2023 | Issue Theme: Nevada Legal History
Article Deadline: Jan. 20, 2023 |
Editor: Anna Karabachev |
| May 2023 | Issue Theme: Civility
Article Deadline: Feb. 17, 2023 |
Editor: Steve Smith |
| June 2023 | Issue Theme: Diversity in Practice
Article Deadline: March 18, 2023 |
Editors: Laury Macauley and Yolanda Carapia |
| July 2023 | Issue Theme: Fourth Amendment
Article Deadline: April 14, 2023 |
Editor: Chad Olsen |
| August 2023 | Issue Theme: Children’s Law
Article Deadline: May 19, 2023 |
Editor: Laura Tucker |
| Sept. 2023 | Issue Theme: Guardianship Law
Article Deadline: June 16, 2023 |
Editor: Patty Walsh |
| Oct. 2023 | Issue Theme: Legal Education
Article Deadline: July 14, 2023 |
Editor: Greg Shannon |
| Nov. 2023 | Issue Theme: Artificial Intelligence
Article Deadline: Aug. 18, 2023 |
Editors: Joe Riccio & Richard Hy |
| Dec. 2023 | Issue Theme: Housing & Homelessness
Article Deadline: Sept. 15, 2023 |
Editor: Deborah Westbrook and Charlie Finlayson |
| Jan. 2024 | Issue Theme: General Topics on Nevada Law
Article Deadline: Oct. 20, 2023 |
Editor: Kristen Simmons |