Attorney Sun welcomes original contributions that provide useful, well-researched information for readers interested in legal practice, law firm management, legal services, law and regulation, legal technology, and business, compliance and legal risk.
We are interested in substantive professional content rather than material created primarily for promotional exposure or search-engine manipulation.
These guidelines explain the types of contributions Attorney Sun may consider, the standards expected of contributors, and how submitted material may be reviewed and edited.
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Our Editorial Focus
Attorney Sun’s coverage is organized around six connected areas:
- Legal Practice & Professional Development
- Law Firm Management & Operations
- Legal Services & Practice Areas
- Law, Research & Regulation
- Legal Technology & Innovation
- Business, Compliance & Legal Risk
Strong contributions normally fit clearly within one or more of these areas.
Topics should have a meaningful connection to the publication’s readership rather than being selected solely because they provide an opportunity to insert a link or promote a product.
What We Look For
We look for articles that provide one or more of the following:
- Original analysis
- Useful professional insight
- Clear explanation of a complex subject
- Evidence-based discussion
- Practical examination of an established professional issue
- Analysis of legal or regulatory developments
- Informed discussion of legal technology
- Examination of law firm operations or management
- Meaningful discussion of compliance and legal risk
- Well-supported perspectives on developments affecting legal professionals
A contribution should have a clear editorial purpose and provide value independently of any commercial objective associated with the contributor.
Originality
Submitted material should be original.
Contributors should not submit articles copied from another website, substantially rewritten from an existing article, generated by scraping another publication, or previously published elsewhere unless Attorney Sun has expressly agreed to republish the material.
Contributors must have the necessary rights to submit all text, images, data and other material included in their submission.
Plagiarism and misrepresentation of authorship are not acceptable.
Quality of Research
Contributors should research their subjects carefully and verify significant factual claims.
Particular care is expected when writing about:
- Legislation
- Court decisions
- Regulatory requirements
- Professional standards
- Legal procedures
- Statistics
- Market information
- Technology capabilities
- Security claims
- Company information
Where appropriate, contributors should consult authoritative or primary sources.
Legal information should be presented with sufficient jurisdictional and temporal context to prevent readers from interpreting a jurisdiction-specific or outdated proposition as universal.
Legal Topics
Articles concerning law should recognize that legal outcomes depend upon jurisdiction and circumstances.
Contributors should avoid presenting general information as individualized legal advice.
Where a legal rule, case or regulatory requirement is central to an article, the relevant jurisdiction should be clear.
Developing or disputed legal issues should not be presented as settled without appropriate qualification.
Contributors should not use Attorney Sun to provide advice concerning an individual’s particular legal dispute.
Professional Expertise
Contributors are welcome to write from professional experience where that experience genuinely informs the subject.
However, contributors should not invent qualifications, credentials, professional positions, client relationships, awards, publications or other achievements.
If professional background is relevant to an article, it should be described accurately.
Attorney Sun may request clarification concerning a contributor’s professional background where it is material to the credibility or context of the submission.
Artificial Intelligence
AI tools may be used as part of a contributor’s workflow, but contributors remain responsible for the material they submit.
AI-generated content should be carefully reviewed and independently checked before submission.
Contributors should not submit material containing:
- Fabricated sources
- Invented quotations
- False statistics
- Unsupported legal claims
- Nonexistent cases
- Misleading citations
- Automatically generated factual errors
A polished writing style does not compensate for inaccurate research.
Promotional Content
Attorney Sun may consider commercially relevant contributions, but editorial value remains essential.
A contribution may be rejected or revised where it reads primarily as:
- An advertisement
- A sales pitch
- A company press release
- A product description
- A promotional landing page
- A collection of keyword-targeted paragraphs
- A vehicle for acquiring backlinks
A company, product or service may be discussed when it is genuinely relevant to the article and the discussion provides useful information to readers.
Links
Links should be relevant to the subject and useful to readers.
Contributors should not attempt to maximize the number of links included in an article.
Links may be rejected where they are:
- Irrelevant
- Excessively promotional
- Misleading
- Unrelated to the article
- Primarily intended to manipulate search rankings
- Associated with inappropriate material
- Repeated unnecessarily
The editorial team may modify, remove or decline links at its discretion.
Anchor Text
Anchor text should read naturally within the article.
Artificially optimized, repetitive or contextually inappropriate anchor text may be changed or removed.
The editorial team determines whether a link is appropriate for publication based on relevance, reader value and editorial standards rather than the contributor’s preferred search-engine strategy.
Commercial Relationships and Disclosure
Contributors should disclose relevant commercial or professional relationships connected with the subject of their submission.
This may include employment, ownership, consulting arrangements, commercial partnerships or other material interests.
Disclosure does not necessarily prevent publication.
The purpose is to provide readers with appropriate context.
Where material is sponsored, commercially supported or otherwise subject to a significant commercial relationship, Attorney Sun may apply an appropriate disclosure.
Article Structure
Strong submissions generally benefit from a clear structure.
Depending on the subject, an article may include:
- A precise title
- A concise introduction
- Clearly organized sections
- Appropriate subheadings
- Supporting evidence
- Relevant examples
- A considered conclusion
Articles should progress logically rather than repeating the same point across multiple sections.
Short paragraphs and clear language are generally preferable to dense blocks of text.
Writing Style
Attorney Sun favors professional writing that is precise, readable and substantive.
Contributors should avoid unnecessary jargon, exaggerated claims and generic introductory material.
Writing should explain rather than simply assert.
Where technical terminology is necessary, it should be used accurately and explained where doing so improves comprehension.
Articles should not be padded to reach an arbitrary word count.
Evidence and Claims
Significant claims should have a reasonable evidentiary basis.
Contributors should be particularly careful with statements involving:
- Numerical claims
- Market share
- Financial performance
- Legal outcomes
- Regulatory obligations
- Product performance
- Security
- Customer results
- Professional qualifications
- Industry-wide trends
Claims that cannot reasonably be supported should be removed or appropriately qualified.
Examples and Case Studies
Examples can make complex subjects easier to understand.
However, contributors should clearly distinguish hypothetical examples from real cases.
Real case studies should not be fabricated or presented in a way that creates a misleading impression about the underlying facts.
Confidential client information should not be disclosed without appropriate authorization.
Images and Other Media
Contributors are responsible for ensuring that submitted images, graphics, charts and other media can lawfully be used.
Material copied from another website should not be submitted without appropriate rights or permission.
Attribution should be provided where required.
Attorney Sun may decline to publish media for which ownership or usage rights cannot be established.
Contributor Bios
A contributor biography may be included where appropriate.
Biographical information should be factual and relevant.
Contributors should not make unsupported claims about their authority, professional status, experience or achievements.
A biography should not function as an advertisement.
Contributor Guidelines – Editorial Review
Submission does not guarantee publication.
Attorney Sun may review submissions for:
- Relevance
- Accuracy
- Originality
- Research quality
- Structure
- Readability
- Legal and factual risk
- Promotional content
- Link relevance
- Editorial fit
The editorial team may request revisions before publication.
Editing Rights
Attorney Sun may edit accepted material for clarity, accuracy, structure, length, grammar, formatting and editorial consistency.
Substantive changes may be discussed with the contributor where appropriate.
The publication may decline to make requested changes where they conflict with editorial standards.
Rejection
Attorney Sun may reject a contribution without publication.
Reasons may include poor editorial fit, insufficient research, excessive promotion, originality concerns, unsupported claims, inappropriate links, legal concerns or failure to meet the publication’s standards.
The publication is not required to provide a detailed explanation for every editorial decision.
Previously Published Material
Contributors should disclose whether material has previously appeared elsewhere.
Attorney Sun may consider previously published material in limited circumstances, but republication requires appropriate rights and editorial justification.
Submitting substantially identical material to multiple publications without disclosure is inconsistent with these guidelines.
Corrections After Publication
Contributors should notify Attorney Sun if they discover a material factual error in a published contribution.
The publication may correct, update, annotate or remove material where appropriate.
Contributors should not knowingly allow a significant factual error to remain unaddressed when they become aware of it.
Contributor Guidelines – Responsibility
By submitting material, contributors are responsible for ensuring that:
- The material is substantially original
- Factual claims have been appropriately researched
- They have the necessary rights to submit the material
- Relevant interests have been disclosed
- Confidential information has not been improperly disclosed
- Links are relevant and appropriate
- The submission does not knowingly contain false or misleading information
Publication does not transfer responsibility for the accuracy of a contributor’s underlying representations.
Submission Contact
Potential contributors can contact Attorney Sun using the designated editorial or contributor contact address:
Contributor Enquiries: [Insert official contributor email address]
A submission enquiry should ideally include:
- Proposed subject
- Suggested title or working title
- Brief description of the proposed article
- Contributor name
- Relevant professional background
- Any material commercial relationship connected with the subject
- Proposed links or commercial references, where applicable
Please do not send confidential client information or privileged legal material with an initial submission enquiry.
Final Editorial Decision
Attorney Sun reserves editorial discretion over whether material is accepted, revised, published, updated or removed.
The central consideration is whether the resulting article meets the publication’s standards and provides meaningful value to its intended readers.
A contribution that satisfies those standards has a substantially stronger editorial basis for publication than material created primarily around promotional objectives.
These Contributor Guidelines may be updated as Attorney Sun’s editorial practices develop. Contributors should review the current version before submitting material.
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