Fellow peers,

All of us have valuable perspectives and facts to share with other eDiscovery practitioners. Here are the evolving guidelines for outside submissions:

  • The eDiscovery Journal does not take paid submissions or advertising. Ever. So do not ask.
  • Submissions will be original personal, professional content that has not been published in any other medium or venue. The author retains author rights and grants eDiscovery Journal publication and discussion rights for display and use on eDiscoveryJournal.com only.
  • The eDiscovery Journal does not republish or repurpose prior content other than attributed excerpts for commentary.
  • Authors should read essays and comment discussion to understand the overall style and culture of the eDiscovery Journal.
  • Essays, research tools or eDJ News commentaries submitted should focus on real world pain points, solutions and better practices. Ask yourself these questions before submitting.
    • Is this useful to eDiscovery peers? Does it specify, illuminate and/or address a pain point?
    • Would my eDiscovery peers care about this topic?
    • Is this selling, endorsing or emphasizing a particular solution while omitting/minimizing competitors?
    • Does the submission get to the point quickly?
  • General essay parameters include:
    • 250-750 words maximum
    • Personal, casual style written from a professional perspective
    • We encourage public hyperlinks for all terms of art, product/company names or other external references. Make it easy for readers to check your public sources.
    • Submissions should be made in MS Word or HTML format. Embedded images or attachments should be included as separate files for ease of upload.
    • Author must have a validated membership with their display name that matches their real name.
    • Must be accompanied by an author blurb that explains their current market role, experience and anything else potentially relevant to the submission content/context/perspective. ALL financial affiliations or potential bias must be disclosed if relevant to submission content.
  • Research tool parameters:
    • Research tools include anonymized forms, checklists, calculators, tracking sheets, raw survey data and other items useful to peers.
    • All tools are published for member download and usage under the Creative Commons license. Tools are available to all validated members without charge and without individual tracking. eDiscovery Journal does not track, transmit or sell member information in exchange for tool submission except as anonymized metrics.
    • Tools should be in common file formats such as MS Excel, Word, and Adobe PDF or as compressed self-executable files. Tools that have separate instructions, reference files, etc. should be compressed into a single download.
    • Tool author must have a public membership and post their email address in the tool description for user questions.
    • Tool submission will include Title, Description, Author fields along with the file for download.
  • eDJNews commentary parameters:
    • eDJ News commentaries are time sensitive and generally authored by the Editor. They are a personal/professional opinion on a very recent news release, press release, article, discovery related news story, caselaw or other topic in the public domain that has potential impact on the eDiscovery market/practice.
    • Commentaries will be titled with the original (source) title and hyperlinked to open the source in a new window.
    • Commentaries will have a short excerpt(s) from the source that will be clearly marked in quotations in the Excerpt section of the post.
    • The actual author commentary should be 100-400 words. It should not run ‘below the fold’ of a typical browser window. Commentary context should be clear based on the Source, Title and Excerpt content as much as possible.
    • Commentary Author Display Name must be real name. As with Essay, Author blurb must include roles, experience and any potential financial bias relevant to the news discussed.