Tuesday, November 18th 2025
Balls & Strikes is “a site for critical, progressive, and bullshit-free commentary about courts, judges, and the legal system they uphold.” Their editor-in-chief is accepting pitches. Their coverage focuses on “the real-world consequences of what judges do, and not on parsing the precise jurisprudential philosophy they did or did not apply in order to arrive at a given result.” They typically pay $500 for essays of approximately 1,000 words. For more information, refer to their editor-in-chief’s post and this page.
Tuesday, July 15th 2025
Balls & Strikes is “a site for critical, progressive, and bullshit-free commentary about courts, judges, and the legal system they uphold.” Their editor-in-chief is looking for pitches about the Supreme Court: “Periodic reminder that if you are the kind of sicko who wants to think and write about the Supreme Court in your spare time, you should pitch me, because I will at least pay you for it.” They usually pay $500 for essays of 1,000 words. If interested, send your pitches to pitches@ballsandstrikes.org. To learn more, refer to their editor-in-chief’s post and this page.