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The ''New York Law Journal'', founded in 1888, is a legal periodical covering the legal profession in New York,
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Background

The newspaper, published Monday through Friday, provides daily coverage of civil and criminal cases from state and federal courts, as well as news about court administration, large and small law firms, elected officials, government offices, law schools, nonprofit agencies, in-house legal departments, and bar associations. It provides analysis and insight in columns written by leading professionals and serves as the official publication for the First and Second Judicial Departments. The newspaper publishes a number of special issues, including its "''NYLJ'' 100" rankings of New York's 100 largest law firms. The ''Law Journal'' is published by ALM. The ''Law Journal'' is published Monday through Friday, except on February 20 in honor of President's Day. With a circulation of 11,450, which it says makes it the highest circulation legal daily newspaper in the United States. The paper's website has 3,500 paid subscribers. Its primary audience is litigators. Because the full decisions of many New York City court cases, particularly the New York City Civil Court, are reported only in the ''Law Journal'', it is common for lawyers practicing in these courts to cite to the newspaper for case law authority. The ''Law Journal'' is also one of the accepted newspapers regularly used to serve process by publication of legal
notice Notice is the legal concept describing a requirement that a party be aware of legal process affecting their rights, obligations or duties. There are several types of notice: public notice (or legal notice), actual notice, constructive notice ...
s. The full text of most ''Law Journal'' articles on its website is available to subscribers only; however, a selection of articles from NYLJ and other ALM properties is available for free on ALM's ''New York Law Journal'' website.


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''New York Law Journal'' website
Daily newspapers published in New York City Legal newspapers Publications established in 1888 ALM (company) {{US-law-stub