The Published Lawyer


"A blog for lawyers interested in freelance writing and getting published."

Author: Julie Tower-Pierce is a lawyer and author of Staying at Home, Staying in the Law: A Guide to Remaining Active While Pursuing Your Dreams. She also authors Darling Hill.

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Recent Posts from The Published Lawyer


  • LawyerWire, A Way to Get Noticed

    In today’s afternoon HARO edition, Peter Shankman talks about LawyerWire.  Though this is the first I’ve heard about it, the LawyerWire site says that “it is the first and only LAW-ONLY media leads and press release distribution service.  Free to reporters,…

  • HARO, ExpertTweet: Finding Sources and Experts For Interviews

    Though you're a lawyer (with thick skin, right?), breaking out of your law comfort zone to write may be a bit nerve wracking, especially when you need to interview a source or expert for the…

  • Where Can You Self-Publish Online?

    Earlier this week, I decided to spend a few minutes looking for popular self-publishing companies.  I was already familiar with “print on demand” Lulu and Amazon’s company Create Space, but what I wanted was to get my hands on a list.  Ideally, a…

  • Q&A: Should You List Your Freelance Writing on Your Professional Resume?

    "I want to start freelance writing, primarily as a way to generate clients (and hopefully, eventually advance in my firm or at another firm), but I'm wondering if it will add value to my professional…

  • The Query Letter: Your Passport to Getting Published

    What’s a query letter?  The first time I wrote a letter to an editor with a writing idea, I confess that I didn’t have a clue that I had written what’s known in the industry as a query…

  • Resources to Nudge a Lawyer’s Inner Novel & Short Story Writer

    Do you have any idea how many people dream about writing a fiction novel?  Well, pop over to 43things and you’ll see that writing a book consistently ranks as a top life goal among those sharing their personal dreams on the site.  But…

  • Is Writing Your Dream?

    Do you find yourself drowning in envy when you walk into Barnes & Noble, Borders or Costco and see tables lined with books, while at the same time thinking why can’t my name be on one of those…