Legal Affairs: Guidelines

Lincoln Caplan

Legal Affairs began publishing in 2002 as a non-profit venture with an educational mission. Law and lawyers matter deeply in the United States and around the world. Yet literate and probing writing about the law is found too rarely in even the best general newspapers and magazines. Legal Affairs presents this kind of writing regularly, with the goal of stirring a challenging, vibrant conversation about the law.

Legal Affairs is the first general interest magazine about the law. Each bimonthly issue offers a rich mix of perspectives and voices. Contributors range from star academics and outstanding judges, to award-winning journalists and Pulitzer Prize-winning writers. They are liberal, conservative, and everything in between.

Each issue of Legal Affairs includes witty commentary, illuminating narrative, and shrewd analysis—all designed to enlighten and entertain. Our regular coverage embraces law, politics, history, culture, and more.

The magazine's website hosts one of the most popular legal weblogs in the country, Howard Bashman's "How Appealing." Our website's weekly "Debate Club" brings together legal scholars, practitioners, and journalists to discuss current issues in the law.