Background and Format: IBA Global Insight is the official magazine of the International Bar Association. Previously titled International Bar News (IBN), it is published six times per year and is distributed to all IBA members. The magazine covers topical legal and business issues, and highlights IBA initiatives and activities. Audience and Readership: Legal professionals who are members of the IBA. Deadline: Flexible.  Time of Publication: Published in February, April, June, August, October and December. Circulation: Source:Publisher Distribution: The magazine is available to members of the International Bar Association. Ad rates: IBA advertising information can be viewed here Other information: They do not wish to receive 'traditional' press releases, but are interested in commissioning for editorial content. The team would prefer all enquiries to be sent to editor@int-bar.org Alerts: Gorkana Alert: Tuesday 16 August 2011 The editorial team for IBA Global Insight, Business Law International and Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law have moved to 4th Floor, 10 St Bride Street, London, EC4A 4AD. The team can now be reached on +44 (0)20 7842 0090 and editor@int-bar.org

Background and Format: Irish Legal News is a free daily email newsletter supported by a website which covers daily news for Irish and Northern Ireland lawyers and legal professionals. Audience and Readership: The website aims to target lawyers based in Ireland. Monthly Unique Users: Source: Publisher Ad Rates: Advertising information can be found here. Other Information: The website prefers not to list editorial contacts but can all be reached at their general email address and telephone number.

The Times Law section covers all legal stories. Every Monday – Friday, the day starts at 10am with a ‘kick-about’ meeting where the team float ideas and talk about stories that they have lined up. They also circulate a fledgling news list. This lasts for roughly 15 mins.   Most journalists don’t get in until 10am. 9:30am is the earliest, really, as most of them are working until 8/9pm the night before.   At 11am and 3:30pm there are newspaper conferences, where the Editors or Deputy Editors of each department meet with the Editor of The Times to go through the entire news list. This is where a lot of the structure for next day’s paper is formed. The 11am meeting lasts roughly an hour and the 3:30pm meeting lasts 40 minutes. In the ten minutes after the meeting has finished the Editors will discuss with their teams what the plan for the next day is and what has come out of the last hour/40 mins.   3pm onwards is when a lot of the articles are written. Articles can take anything from 20 mins to 3 hours to write. This time is dependent on how big the article needs to be and availability of quotes and opinions from experts, witnesses etc. The Times are always keen to get quotes and opinions into their articles. 12:30/12:45am – the planning meetings begin. This is where the production editors come in and start putting stories to pages, working out which articles need to be long, which need to be short, how they fit around adverts etc. If a massive story comes in in the early hours of the morning, they can usually get the story into the paper, but they’ll only do this for major news.   Mornings are the best time for PRs to get in touch, specifically around 10:15am, when they’ve had their 10am meeting and are on the prowl for stories. Up until about 3pm is fine, but as stated above this is when the journalists usually start writing so they should have their stories by this point. Deadline: Wednesday. Time of Publication: Thursday

Background and Format: Scottish Legal News is a website and newsletter. It aims to break news in the following sectors: civil, criminal, commercial, conveyancing and crown. Audience and Readership: The website aims to target lawyers based in Scotland. Deadline: Ongoing. If you want something published on the same day though, it must be in by 10:30-11:00 at the latest. Frequency: Daily Monthly Unique Users: Source: Publisher Ad Rates: Advertising information and a media pack can be found here.

Background and Format: Launched in 1985, Counsel is the monthly Journal of the Bar of England and Wales. Counsel also contains the Bar Council's publication Bar News. This is provided as a pull-out inner section and contains news from the Bar Council, guidance and advice for members of the Bar and notices of forthcoming events. As the Bar's own magazine, Counsel is largely written for barristers. Circulation: Source: Publisher Ad Rates: For ad rates please contact charlotte.scott@lexisnexis.co.uk Other information: Counsel carries contributions from all sections of the Bar, including pupils and law students.