Write for Northwest Indiana Legal Guide
We welcome contributed legal guides from licensed Indiana attorneys and legal professionals who want to help Region readers understand the law.
Northwest Indiana Legal Guide accepts original, useful articles from attorneys and legal professionals. A well-written guide puts your name and expertise in front of local readers who are actively looking for legal information, and it adds genuinely helpful content to the site. This page explains what we look for and how to pitch.
Who can contribute
We prioritize licensed Indiana attorneys writing in their area of practice. We also consider experienced paralegals, law professors, and qualified legal writers when the piece is accurate and clearly useful. If you are writing about a practice area, tell us your relevant experience so readers know the guidance is grounded.
What we publish
- Practical, plain-English guides that answer a real question a Region resident would ask. Think "what to do after a rear-end crash on the Borman" rather than a general essay on tort theory.
- Indiana-specific content. Cite the Indiana Code, Indiana court rules, or recognized state agencies where relevant.
- Original work, 800 to 1,500 words, not published elsewhere, written for readers rather than for search engines.
- Accurate and current. We fact-check legal claims and may ask for a source or an edit before publishing.
Author credit and links
Published contributors receive a byline and a short author bio that may include your name, firm, and one relevant link. We keep links relevant and reasonable so the article stays useful to readers and credible to search engines. We do not publish thin, keyword-stuffed posts, hidden links, or content that reads as an advertisement. Editorial judgment on what is published, and how it is edited, stays with us.
What we do not accept
We decline pieces that give specific legal advice to an unnamed reader, make guarantees about case outcomes, disparage named people or firms, or misstate the law. We also do not present contributed articles as anything other than what they are: general legal information from a knowledgeable author, not advice for a particular case.
Pitch a topic
Send a short pitch with your proposed topic, a one-paragraph outline, and your relevant experience. We reply to pitches we are interested in. You can use the form below or email editor@nwivolunteerlawyers.org directly.