Lake County Bar Assocation


The Docket:  Advertising Information

Advertising Rates
General Rates
Size 1 Issue 6 Issues 12 Issues
1/8 Page $ 65 $ 60 $ 55
1/4 Page $ 115 $105 $ 95
1/2 Page $170 $155 $140
Full Page $290 $265 $240
Bar Bulletin Board
Size Price
Up to 5 lines $ 25
6 to 10 lines $ 35
11 to 15 lines $ 40
16 to 20 lines $ 45



Advertising Specifications
Ad Sizes
  Inches w x h Picas w x h
Full page trim size 8.5" x 11" 51p0 x 60p0
Full page live area 7 3/8" x 10 3/8" 48p0 x 49p8
Half page horizontal 7 3/8" x 4 3/4" 48p0 x 28p6
Half page vertical 3 3/8" x 9 1/8" 20p3 x 54p9
Quarter Page horizontal 7 3/8” x 2 1/4” 48p0 x 13p6
Quarter page vertical 3 3/8” x 4 3/4” 20p3 x 28p6
Eighth page 3 3/8” x 2 1/4” 20p3 x 13p6




Mail articles with disks to:
Lake County Bar Association
7 N. County Street
Waukegan, IL 60085

Or email articles as attachments to info@lakebar.org





Specifications for Article Submissions

The deadline for your article is 9:00 a.m. on the first day of the month preceding publication.

Please submit your article via email to us as an attachment to info@lakebar.org, or submit your article on a disk (mandatory) together with a “hard copy” or printout. A “hard copy” is absolutely necessary if your article contains graphics, charts, or tables. Your disk may be retrieved from the bar office following publication.
Our system works with Windows files. The file formats that are acceptable include:

    *Adobe PDF
    *Microsoft Word for Windows (any version)
    *Word Perfect (6.0 or older)
    *Text only (This is Ideal)

*Picture files should be one of the following file formats: PDF, TIFF, or JPG.

If your article/ad is created in a program other then those listed above, then your article/ad must be mailed to our office, our editor is able to work with a variety of other programs. Mail to: Lake County Bar Association 7 N. County Street, Waukegan, IL 60085. Please don’t bother with fancy formatting or styling; use single spacing, leave out tabs, page numbers, margin justification, etc. However, if you want to emphasize certain text, go ahead and use underlining or bolding as needed. Any questions please contact our office at 847-244-3143.

Length restrictions are applicable as follows:
*Maximum Feature Article(1): 3500 words (or up to 4 Docket pages, including art (2)).
*Minimum Feature Article: 1500 words (at least 1 ¾ Docket pages, including art).
*Maximum Letter to Editor: 825 words (or up to 1 Docket page, including up to ¼ page art).
*Maximum Press Release for Bar Briefs:400 words (or ½ Docket page plus up to ¼ page art allowed).
*Maximum Own Column or other article: 2100 words (or 2 ½ Docket pages, including art).
*Minimum Own Column or other article: 620 words (at least ¾ Docket page, or at least 1 Docket page with art).

(1) Feature articles are chosen by the Editorial Board at its discretion. Length is not the only criterion employed by the Board in choosing feature articles for publication.
(2) As a rule of thumb, ½ page of art is approximately 400 words of text. If your article includes art, such as graphs, tables, photos, etc., subtract 400 words from the maximum number of words allowed for each ½ page of art submitted, to arrive at the Docket page maximum. If art is less than ½ page, text may be reduced ratably.