Municipal Lawyer, IMLA’s flagship membership publication, is published in digital and hard copy every two months. ML’s feature articles provide in-depth analyses on issues of special interest to local government lawyers: recent features have covered social media policies, homelessness, excessive force, takings, Second Amendment issues in the wake of Bruen, local ordinances following Reed, RLUIPA, developments in employment and labor law, short-term housing, drones, Section 1983 litigation, municipal finance, and much more.
Other ML sections cover a broader range of topics, including Practice Tips (ethics, ordinance drafting, trial preparation, open meetings, and more), Supreme Court (the battle over qualified immunity, the Court’s changing politics, and more), Code Enforcement (noise ordinances, limits on entry, condemnation policies, and more), Amicus (IMLA’s amicus activities at the Supreme Court and appellate courts nationwide), Inside Canada (recent cases of note), ListServ (a look at human interest aspects of municipal law practice), Day in the Life (interviews with IMLA members), and more.
Many of ML’s writers are leading city and county attorneys, recognized academics and acknowledged domain experts in private practice.
IMLA welcomes submissions by members seeking to share their expertise. Please forward proposed articles to Erich Eiselt, IMLA Deputy General Counsel, at eeiselt@imla.org.
