My husband is a contributing editor of a newsletter in his field (forensic
toxicology), and apparently he is the only one who ever gets anything in on
time (although he has to beg people to submit case notes). The overall
editor has to hector all the other contributors about submitting their
material. I suspect a lot of editors are in this position (but probably not,
as you say, those of legal journals).

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"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
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On 3/9/05 8:31 AM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I personally think you ought to dictate some formatting requirements to
those who wish to submit an article.

And you think authors would actually follow them? It depends on the
journal,
but if you're one of those that has to beg people to submit copy in the
first place, you can't be too picky. If you have authors beating down
the
doors to get in, then, yes, you can be more selective.

True...I live in a world where we are all desperate to get published.
I
guess publishing legal articles is prestigious, but presumably not
everyone
tries to do it.

DM