Call for Articles Fall 2010 – Metaphor & Narrative
The Journal of the Association of Legal Writing Directors (J. ALWD) invites
submission of articles for its Fall 2010 Metaphor & Narrative issue. In
addition to articles that address the theme, the Journal encourages authors
to submit articles on any topic that fits within the mission of the Journal.
Current research and scholarship have focused attention on metaphor and
narrative as cognitive processes that structure perception and expression.
In this issue, J. ALWD plans to publish articles examining the use of
metaphor and narrative in interpreting and composing legal texts. In other
words, we are looking for:
(1) articles that discuss the effects on the law-making process of
metaphoric concepts (for example, frameworks, models, images, symbols) and
narrative elements (plot, character, conflict, setting, and so on) and
(2) articles that propose effective methods for lawyers and judges to use
these processes to persuade and to reach understanding.
Questions about potential articles are welcome and should be directed to
jalwd@alwd.org.
The Journal’s mission is to advance the study and practice of professional
legal writing by becoming an active resource for the profession and by
establishing a forum for conversation between practicing lawyers and judges
and legal writing scholars. The Journal is dedicated to encouraging and
publishing scholarship (1) focusing on the substance of legal writing; (2)
grounded in legal doctrine, empirical research, or interdisciplinary theory;
and (3) accessible and helpful to all “do-ers” of legal writing: attorneys,
judges, law students, and legal academicians.
The Journal encourages submissions from law professors, practicing lawyers,
and judges as well as from academics, researchers, and specialists in other
disciplines. The deadline for submission of articles for the Fall 2010 issue
is September 15, 2009. Article selection will be completed by November 15, 2009. The Journal is published annually, thanks to the support of West,
which prints the Journal, and ALWD, which distributes the Journal by mail to
some 3,200 practicing lawyers and judges; law school libraries, deans, and
professors; and others interested in the field of legal writing. The Journal
is available electronically on the ALWD website and from Westlaw, SSRN, HeinOnLine, and H.W. Wilson Company.