Published: 11.03.2026
This special issue, edited by Mark Flear and Marie Selwood, brings together all the articles in our open access 'Reflections on Writing' series that were published in 2025.
Full Issue
Editorial
Introduction: Reflections on Writing Supplement
Abstract 60 | NILQ 77 Reflections RWS 0 Editorial Downloads 17Page vii-ix
Articles
How the academy negatively affects writing practice
Abstract 68 | NILQ 77 Reflections RWS 1 Valverde Downloads 13Page 1-8
Writing for publication: inspiration and perspiration
Abstract 48 | NILQ 77 Reflections RWS 2 Pattinson Downloads 13Page 9-19
Don’t write on Fridays! My reflection on reading and writing
Abstract 79 | NILQ 77 Reflections RWS 3 Prainsack Downloads 19Page 20-26
Why do we get stuck in academic writing?
Abstract 57 | NILQ 77 Reflections RWS 4 Laurie Downloads 10Page 27-39
Academic writing: craft, scholarship and finding the time
Abstract 41 | NILQ 77 Reflections RWS 5 Sheehan Downloads 10Page 40-49
The company of long-distance co-writing
Abstract 55 | NILQ 77 Reflections RWS 6 Hervey Downloads 13Page 50-58
The craft of writing in legal scholarship
Abstract 66 | NILQ 77 Reflections RWS 7 Cotterrell Downloads 12Page 59-67
Writing about EU law in the UK after Brexit
Abstract 228 | NILQ 77 Reflections RWS 8 Nic Shuibhne Downloads 7Page 68-77
How I made academic writing work for me
Abstract 51 | NILQ 77 Reflections RWS 9 de Mars Downloads 15Page 78-87
Working and writing together – a reflection
Abstract 47 | NILQ 77 Reflections RWS 10 Cowan and Halliday Downloads 12Page 88-96
On academic writing
Abstract 41 | NILQ 77 Reflections RWS 11 Lacey Downloads 9Page 97-115
Writing: why, how and when?
Abstract 48 | NILQ 77 Reflections RWS 12 Jackson Downloads 14Page 116-123
Eight tips for surviving (and enjoying!) academic writing
Abstract 63 | NILQ 77 Reflections RWS 13 Gearty Downloads 9Page 124-129
Writing as a middle-aged legal academic
Abstract 51 | NILQ 77 Reflections RWS 14 Dougan Downloads 14Page 130-137
Treating love, joy, anxiety, anger and pain as scholarly allies
Abstract 59 | NILQ 77 Reflections RWS 15 Liebling Downloads 10Page 138-146